Rebecca Paul MP: speeches

Speeches

• 15 May 2025 · Pavement Parking · Hansard source

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  I thank the Minister for her response, and I am really pleased to see that she is committed to addressing pavement parking. It is absolutely essential that it is addressed for my constituents in Redhill, where it is a real problem. As the Minister will know, Guide Dogs has been running a campaign for many years on addressing pavement parking, given the impact it has on those who are visually impaired. Given the Minister’s enthusiasm for solving this problem, can she please give us an idea of the timescale for delivering a solution—not the recommendations, but a solution—so that those with visual impairments and my constituents can navigate pavements safely?

• 15 May 2025 · Pavement Parking · Hansard source

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  12. When she plans to respond to the consultation entitled “Pavement parking: options for change”, published on 31 August 2020.

• 30 Apr 2025 · Gender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing Hormones · Hansard source

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  I will speak only briefly. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has spoken. To echo the words of the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Tim Roca), I appreciate the respectful and constructive tone. There have been some different ideas—not everyone is entirely on the same page—but we have all approached the debate in a way that is evidence-based and about sharing facts. It is very clear that everyone in this Chamber wants the best for our children. We absolutely share that objective. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for his thoughtful contribution. We always tend to be on the same page about such issues. My right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) and I are also very much aligned in our thinking on this point. This is a really important debate. Very vulnerable children are affected by the issue, so it is important that we get it right. I thank the spokespeople, the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) and my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson), for their contributions. I also thank the Minister, who has taken a huge number of questions from me. She and her Department were very constructive in advance of the debate. This debate is not political; it is about doing the right thing for our children. I am absolutely here to work with the Government and to support what they are doing to get us to that right position. If I can do anything to help, they should not hesitate to let me know. I thank the Minister for going through the questions, and I look forward to hearing the detail. I appreciate that some of the detail is not available yet, but will be forthcoming. Question put and agreed to . Resolved, That this House has considered the potential impact of puberty suppressing hormones on children and young people with gender incongruence.

• 22 Apr 2025 · Standard Determinate Sentences: Early Release · Hansard source

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  14. What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the standard determinate sentences 40% early release scheme.

• 11 Mar 2025 · Prisons: Urgent Notifications · Hansard source

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  17. What support she has provided to prisons that have received an urgent notification since July 2024.

• 8 Jan 2025 · Employer National Insurance Contributions · Hansard source

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  I thank the Secretary of State for his response. However, universities, which are at the heart of the UK’s research ecosystem, face an additional £372 million in annual costs due to the rise in employer national insurance. That threatens their ability to fund cutting-edge research, recruit top talent and support early career researchers. Does he recognise the detrimental impact that will have on research in this country? Will he explore measures to ensure that our global competitiveness in science and innovation is not undermined?

• 8 Jan 2025 · Employer National Insurance Contributions · Hansard source

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  5. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employer national insurance contributions on the science and technology sectors.

• 12 Dec 2024 · Hospitality Businesses · Hansard source

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  5. What steps he is taking to support the hospitality sector.