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HANSARDArtistic Spaces13. If she will take steps with relevant stakeholders to help provide spaces for artists to create and display their work.18 Apr 2024HANSARDChurch SchoolsThe Church of England educates more than 1 million children in its 4,700 schools, which includes 40% of all primary schools in England. Church schools in Harrow East do incredible…18 Apr 2024HANSARDFamilies and HouseholdsThe report of the joint Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households was enthusiastically received by the General Synod at its meeting in February. The Archbishops’ Council…18 Apr 2024HANSARDFamilies and HouseholdsThe hon. Member will know that this is an issue with which the General Synod continues to be involved through the living in love and faith process. We are working through these…18 Apr 2024HANSARDEaster Church ServicesI was delighted to learn about the pupil chaplain scheme that All Saints Torre is running with Torre Church of England Academy; I will bring it to the attention of the Church…18 Apr 2024HANSARDSale of LandI particularly agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of allotments, for which there is often a very long waiting list. The land at Henlow is owned by the diocese of St…18 Apr 2024HANSARDArmenian Church: JerusalemI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for his sustained interest in this really important issue. It would be an absolute tragedy if there were to be no Christians left…18 Apr 2024HANSARDEaster Church ServicesAlthough we do not yet have confirmed numbers of worshippers for this Easter just gone, our clergy report high attendance, among all ages, at services, which supports the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. An Army non-serving partner says of her children’s mental health treatment: “When you move, they close the case, and then you have to go all the way back through the system,…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWhen we build thousands of new homes to ensure that people are decently and affordably housed, as we are doing in my constituency, we also put thousands of extra motorists on to…14 Mar 2024HANSARDApprenticeship Opportunities: Schools15. What steps she is taking to ensure school pupils are informed about apprenticeship opportunities.11 Mar 2024HANSARDApprenticeship Opportunities: SchoolsVandyke Upper School in Leighton Buzzard, which I visited last week, tells every student about apprenticeships and has an excellent apprenticeships ambassador. As the Minister…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyI too want to congratulate my parliamentary neighbour, the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern), on bringing forward this very important debate, and I agree with…06 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The general practice estates and technology transformation fund supported projects in my constituency and was appreciated by my local integrated care board. What evaluation…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAdult Social Care WorkforceThe managers of the wonderful care home I visited in Dunstable on Friday were annoyed by the number of job applicants for care places who were making the interview stage and then…05 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ14. My integrated care board tells me that only £2 million of the £120 million of capital that it receives annually is for primary care, which seems an unfairly small amount for…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI know that the Government are doing everything they can to get food into Gaza, but we hear increasing numbers of reports of malnourishment and even starvation of adults and…27 Feb 2024HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThere are two questions that my constituents ask me most frequently: when will we see cheaper electricity from renewables, and when people in areas such as mine, which host a lot…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Tackling ObesityI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Sir David Evennett), and I agree with pretty much everything that the hon. Member for Somerton and…27 Feb 2024HANSARDElectricity Market Review15. When she plans to publish the second consultation on the review of electricity market arrangements.27 Feb 2024