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HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireWill the Minister also tell us what the Government will do about the “stay put” policy? According to Inside Housing and the FBU briefing for this debate, 209 residential buildings…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireThe horrific image of Grenfell is still very fresh in all our minds, almost as if it happened yesterday. I am sure that is true for every Member here, but it is particularly true…06 Jun 2019HANSARDInterim NHS People PlanI raised the cost of the Babylon GP at Hand app and the cuts in the number of conventional GPs at Prime Minister’s questions but, with respect to the Minister for the Cabinet…05 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ9. My local NHS is cutting GP hours while it and NHS England are forced to subsidise a private company, Babylon GP at hand, which has sucked up more than 50,000 patients for its…05 Jun 2019HANSARDLocal Authority Budgets3. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the fiscal effect of the no recourse to public funds condition on local authority budgets.21 May 2019HANSARDLocal Authority BudgetsWill the Minister at least acknowledge that there is a problem? London boroughs are spending about £50 million a year—which they have to spend, but usually under the Children Act…21 May 2019HANSARDUse of Torture OverseasThis matter might not be news to the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve) and his Committee, but it does appear to have been news to IPCO, which had to be…20 May 2019HANSARDPrisons and ProbationOn accountability, the previous Prisons Minister, the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Rory Stewart), was going to resign if he did not improve the prisons, so I…14 May 2019HANSARDPrisons and ProbationHe has! [ Laughter . ]14 May 2019HANSARD Places of Worship: Security FundingThere is a shortage of dedicated prayer space for Muslim communities, especially in London, where land and buildings are expensive, and Friday prayers often take place in…07 May 2019HANSARDPatient Experience: Digital TechnologyAs the Secretary of State knows, because he is a member, the Babylon Health GP at Hand digital service is based in Hammersmith and Fulham. By the end of this year, it will have…07 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeAt the opposite extreme to my right hon. Friend’s bicycle, the largest source of carbon emissions in the country is of course Heathrow airport. Given that, is it not folly to be…01 May 2019HANSARDSchool FundingDoes my hon. Friend agree that perhaps worse than the headline figures—millions and billions of pounds—is the fact that a commonplace discussion with every single head- teacher,…25 Apr 2019HANSARDPost Office NetworkI am more cynical than my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore); I have had a temporary closure that has lasted four years and I have four temporary closures. The Post…25 Apr 2019HANSARD NHS: North-West LondonI suspect the Minister was referring to my colleague, Councillor Ben Coleman, the cabinet member for health and adult social care, who wrote to the Secretary of State on 15 April…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionsThree more juveniles who were arrested after the Arab spring for peaceful protest—Dawood al-Marhoon, Ali al-Nimr and Abdullah Hasan al-Zaher—have gone through the same process and…24 Apr 2019HANSARD NHS: North-West LondonI beg to move, That this House has considered the NHS in north west London. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, and to see so many of my Labour…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsThe Government seem to rely on this point about the inquisitorial process, so one must ask why, if the family does not need representation, the various state bodies always need to…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsIt is a pleasure to be here under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mrs Main. To be fair to the Minister, as I always try to be, the issue is not a new one, and has not appeared…10 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingOn no issue save housing is the chasm more evident between the platitudes we heard from the Dispatch Box and the reality that MPs experience every week in their constituencies.…09 Apr 2019