Audio visual equipment on buses can support a wide range of disabled passengers to feel sufficiently confident to use buses. It enables them to access education, employment and other services, whether or not they are familiar with the route they are travelling.
The theft of a much-loved pet causes emotional trauma and impacts pet owners and families. The Government launched a Pet Theft Taskforce in May 2021 in response to concerns about a perceived increase in pet theft.
I appreciate the strength of feeling around this issue. Around a million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction and the abundance, diversity and connectivity of species is declining faster than at any time in human history.
I take this issue very seriously and I know that my colleagues in the Equalities Office remain committed to tackling conversion therapy in the UK. I am absolutely clear that this practice has no place in civilised society.
There will be few people that will be unaffected by the rising costs of living - firstly in the wake of the pandemic, and now due to the escalating global effects of Russia's war against Ukraine, which is having a significant detrimental effect upon fuel prices.
I understand that some people have concerns about the measures being introduced through the Public Order Bill to reduce the impact of protests on people's day to day lives.
I have noted the concerns of those who took place in the ‘March of the Mummies’ protest last year and appreciate the strength of my constituents who have shared this campaign with me. It is vital that all parents have access to childcare.
In January 2022, the Government announced plans to bring forward a Bill to create a more innovative regulatory regime that would not have been possible were the UK still a member of the European Union.
The Government is working to encourage agricultural and scientific innovation in the UK through legislation, opening the potential of new technologies to promote sustainable and efficient farming and food production.
