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HANSARDVulnerable TeenagersThat this House takes note of the report by the Commission on Young Lives, Hidden in Plain Sight, published on 4 November 2022, and the life chances and educational prospects of…26 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable TeenagersMy Lords, I want to thank everyone for their contribution today. I am sort of feeling guilty, because I somehow manage to get a slot each time at the end of the business of the…26 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable TeenagersWe all have our problems.26 Jan 2023HANSARDChildren Seeking Asylum: SafeguardingThe people I have spoken to who have been to visit the hotels have come away very anxious about the lack of knowledge or ability of anyone around or outside the hotel in…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: Funding AllocationMy Lords, many people see child poverty as the measure of where levelling-up funding should be targeted. Why then in the north-east did no authority north of the Tees get…23 Jan 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Local Authority AccommodationMy Lords, I wonder whether the Minister may come to regret his statement that all is working well with accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees. Too many of the stories, even…16 Jan 2023HANSARDDemocracy Denied (DPRRC Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the maiden speech of my noble friend, who has been involved in the trade union movement all of his working life, as he said. He has had…12 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy Lords, I wonder whether the Minister—I hate to say this—will recognise that, too often, it feels that the Government have no institutional memory, have no ability to learn from…10 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Principles Policy StatementMy Lords, the Minister said that one of the things that the principles are meant to do is to ensure that across government environmental standards are maintained in other…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Fit for the future? Rethinking the public services workforce (1st Report, HL Paper 48).16 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I thank everyone for their contributions. Anyone listening to the debate today will know that, across the piece, this House understands that public services are central…16 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to talk about this today. I hope I get through it without losing my voice, and I apologise to the House for having a cold. This is the third…16 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaMy Lords—08 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaMy Lords, can I question the Minister from the perspective of steel? I represented a seat that used to have the most efficient steel-making company in the country, in Consett in…08 Dec 2022HANSARDIndependent Review of Children’s Social CareMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Watson for giving us the chance to have another look at this issue. I chair the Public Services Committee, which produced a report on…08 Dec 2022HANSARDRape: Prosecutions and SupportMy Lords, I am concerned that the Minister’s ambition seems to be to get back to the figures from 2016. Those who work with children, young women and women who have been abused,…29 Nov 2022HANSARDChild Hunger in SchoolsMy Lords, has the Minister noticed the appalling rise in the number of children who are now below the poverty line in the north-east of England? Up until 2010, there was a…22 Nov 2022HANSARDKinship CareMy Lords, I am grateful that the Minister is paying attention to this, but she, like me, must be aware since the publication of the MacAlister review that many kinship carers now…14 Nov 2022HANSARDFamily: Protective EffectMy Lords, I know the Minister understands that the intervention and support of kinship carers is essential for many of the most vulnerable children and their families. There were…07 Nov 2022HANSARDGCSE and A-level Results: Attainment GapTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the GCSE and A-Level results on the widening gap in attainment for children and young people in the North East of…08 Sept 2022