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“I absolutely agree, and it is one of the reasons why I took those University of Manchester researchers to meet the Safeguarding Minister. I hope that, given the VAWG strategy is a living, breathing document across a 10-year period, we can make sure this is in future versions of the strategy. It is incredibly important.…”

“I would obviously love to congratulate Newbury Road Club and the other organisations that are highlighting Cycling UK’s “My ride. Our right” campaign, and that have been very active in this discussion about women’s cycling safety. I will come on to segregated cycle lanes. In these dark winter months, safety concerns ca…”

“I thank all Members who contributed and the Minister for her remarks and ongoing work on this issue, which forms a key part of the Government’s ambition to halve violence against women and girls. We all very much look forward to working with her to improve women’s safety in this area. I finish with this quote from the …”

“I recently visited Community Dental Services in my constituency, which is supporting the roll-out of our very welcome supervised toothbrushing in schools programme. As we know, dental decay is the leading cause of hospital admissions for young children. Despite that, a number of schools in my area are declining to take…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing this debate on such an important issue. In 2022, 44% of victims surveyed by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner said that their first disclosure was to a healthcare professional. Unlike the crim…”

“Following on from the previous questions, what assessment have you made of schools' capacity to implement on-screen assessments and the level of investment that will be required?”

“Have you issued any rebukes since the tool was introduced?”

“In 2022, our country offered a welcome to people fleeing the war in Ukraine, and since then 27,000 children have been displaced, together with 7,000 from the wider diaspora. A huge number have been identified as wanting to take Ukrainian GCSE, but instead many parents feel that their children are being forced to take R…”

“We will wait to see you do the rebuke. I have one final question. The new principles state that awarding bodies must act with honesty and integrity. Do you have any reason to believe that is not already the case?”

“So you do not know whether it actually does anything? It sounds a little like telling someone off; they might not care.”

“You have updated your compliance policies for awarding organisations this year to introduce a new Chief Regulators Rebuke, as well as new principles for awarding bodies to follow. What prompted you to introduce these measures?”

“Finally, you have already said that subjects with the highest numbers will not be able to be taken on-screen, but what is the likelihood of this changing in the future, given that it is a market?”

“It is not impossible, and the risk may be low; but you could potentially end up with a situation where in one subject, all the exam boards go on-screen. There will be some schools who do not have the funding to cover that.”

“I have two more questions. One is around students with SEND who clearly, as we have heard, would benefit from having on-screen assessments; obviously that would be hugely welcome. But we also know that there is quite a lot of evidence that, for some students, handwriting helps them both to retain and interrogate inform…”

“On the back of that, do you think there is any risk that schools might consider dropping some subjects if they are not sufficiently supported to offer on-screen assessments?”

“Having campaigned for a ban on nudification apps, I hugely welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement today. We have all seen how AI has been used to humiliate and sexualise women, with bullet holes, blood, gagging, bruising, and even the horror of a Jewish woman being stripped of her clothes and placed at Auschwitz…”

“A happy new year to you and your staff, Mr Speaker. Like many Members across this House, I receive regular alerts from the Environment Agency warning of potential flooding in my constituency. Every time the phone rings, I get the feeling of dread that this will be the time when my town floods. Every time the alert is d…”

“I would like to make the House aware of my appointment as the VAWG adviser to the Secretary of State for Health, and it is the commitments made by the Department of Health and Social Care in this transformative strategy that I wish to raise. Will the Minister confirm that the roll-out of the Child House model represent…”

“On the final day of the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, I present a petition on behalf of my Lowestoft constituents on the pornography industry and the serious and long-lasting impact it is having on our society, not least in fuelling violence against women and girls. Pornography that depicts pe…”

“If we agree, what might the barriers be?”