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HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityWe have heard some really impressive speeches in this debate, including those from my hon. Friends the Members for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy), for Bradford…12 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformIt is an absolute privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. This has been a good debate; it is nice to watch friendly fire and I enjoyed listening to the right…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformI was going to wait until my contribution to respond to the right hon. Lady, but it is quite clear that that is not the policy of the Labour party or of my right hon. Friend the…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformWill the Minister give way?11 Jun 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaAt a primary school a few years back, I met a little girl who told me how scared she had been when she heard about a plane that had flown into the side of a mountain. She was not…16 May 2019HANSARDInternational Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and TransphobiaWe rightly acknowledge —especially those of us who are a little older—just how much freer and fairer our society has become for LGBTQI people in a short time. We usually do not…16 May 2019HANSARDNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceThe Secretary of State will know that Maryam is now nine months old. We have been waiting nine long weeks for NICE to announce a decision that I am told it has already made.…07 May 2019HANSARDNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence9. What recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of decision making by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.07 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeOn Monday, I was privileged to host students from the fabulous St Bonaventure’s boys school in my constituency, who are working with the East London Citizens Organisation and the…01 May 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseI am delighted to hear what the Minister has just said, and I know that Glitch will be, too. Should she launch a quiet campaign—we know that is how politics is often done—in the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ryan. I will take a few minutes to talk about the absolutely wonderful work of a rather new organisation called…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and to the Minister for what she has said today. I want to mention, again, that the police service in my constituency has had major difficulties…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseMy hon. Friend is right. When I was shadow Minister of State for Policing, I visited police forces that raised that issue, and they talked about how they just do not have the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI absolutely agree. As many as a third of pupils in some local nursery classes are now thought to need some support. That is massive. In Newham, the challenge for schools is only…25 Apr 2019HANSARDSchool FundingThe pressures that schools face are growing. We know it across this House, and we hear it from heads, teachers and parents alike. The message—just like the message that many of us…25 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI am grateful that my hon. Friend has mentioned children’s services. Clearly, the overspend on children’s services has hit a new high of £800 million—and of £12 million in Newham…24 Apr 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsIt is on behalf of my constituents.21 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases Treatmentsrose—21 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. This is a political issue—what we are discussing today is political. It is about which of our constituents get access to which medicines,…21 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsI am sure hon. Members will not be surprised to hear me talk again about baby Maryam, my seven-month-old constituent with spinal muscular atrophy type 1. Without treatment, Maryam…21 Mar 2019