Speeches by Collinge.

“I am mindful of time, so I will continue. Why, then, would we now choose, as a House, to hide from patients information about their options? For so many years, people have been put through that. Informed consent to treatment, including end of life care, is informed only when it includes all options. There is also the p…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. Many of my constituents have contacted me with serious concerns about the proposed changes to PIP. Putting aside the human cost of that worry for one moment, we already know what happens when we take money away from early intervention and preventive support…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement. I appreciate that the Minister cannot comment directly on sanctions, but he knows that I have privately urged him to consider further sanctions and further measurable action. Given the ongoing horror and the statement from the Israeli Government, please will the Minister consider…”

“As I reflect on VE day and the celebration of victory over fascism in Europe, it strikes me that the war effort was one of common endeavour by ordinary people such as my grandad, who was a translator at Bletchley Park, and Richard Brock, who, when I met him last year, was 100 years young. Richard was one of the men who…”

“In my constituency, we are and will always be proud of our club, Morecambe FC. Just one week ago, Morecambe lost a match and, unfortunately, confirmed our relegation. I was gutted, but I know that we will come back fighting, because resilience runs through our town, our fans and our club. In Morecambe, we have the best…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Frith) for securing this important debate. The question about machine learning tools—AI—and their use in intellectual property is a key test of our time. What we decide to do now will have ramifications cultur…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship for the first time today, Ms Butler. As I have two minutes, I will be very brief. The persecution of Christians was brought to my attention by one of my constituents, a member of the Heysham Free Methodist Church. I was appalled to learn of the threat of violence from so-c…”

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“I believe it would allow for humanist celebrations at any other venue, so it would not have to be at a registry office; it could be in a registered place such as a hotel. The aim is simply to allow humanist celebrants to have a humanist ceremony, and for that to be legally recognised in the same way that a vicar conduc…”

“Humanism is a belief system. It is a non-religious belief system, but it is a belief system in the same way that a religious belief system is. If you get married in a church, for example, you have a ceremony personalised to the religious beliefs of that denomination. Equally, a humanist marriage would be framed around …”

“It is something fun for the Ministry of Justice.”

“It is about the regulation of marriage, so it is the MOJ.”

“Absolutely—whenever is convenient. Thank you. The issue we are asking to debate is the legal recognition of humanist marriages. That recognition is not currently available in England and Wales, but it is available in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This touches on fundamental issues of freedom of belief, but in the ligh…”

“I should say that we had late notice that a Conservative Member, the Member for Bexhill and Battle, would have been willing to support our application had he seen the email. I will be happy to get an email to the Committee if it helps.”

“The Ministry of Justice.”

“It would be regulated in the same way as marriage in any other belief system. I would have to check the details, but the legal powers are contained in the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, so whatever that Act says.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) for securing this important debate. My constituency is semi-urban and semi-rural. Without good public transport, my constituents cannot get around, and the visitors we so enjoy having in our …”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that some of the benefits of HS2 have been masked by the name High Speed 2 and that one of the main benefits of HS2 is actually capacity, which we desperately need on the railways?”

“As a member of the Bill Committee, I have had detailed oversight of the measures in the Bill. They are vital for safeguarding children across the country, as well as supporting children and families with measures such as free breakfast clubs, reduced school uniform costs and extra support for kinship carers. I am thril…”

“We know that helping people to stay well and manage long-term conditions or disabilities is almost always cheaper in the long term. Can the Secretary of State tell me how she will account for the potential wider system costs of changing the amount of money that is available to people with disabilities or long-term cond…”