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HANSARDCultural and Charitable Organisations: Cost of LivingThe cost of living crisis appears to have caused the BBC to announce that some of the finest musicians in the world will lose their jobs. The BBC’s new strategy for classical…09 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareThe Minister is talking about the balance between funding being found locally and funding from central Government grant. The issue I have outlined is that it would be unreasonable…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareWill my hon. Friend reflect on the fact that, when local authority spending on social care is squeezed and the demand goes up, as he describes so well, the work of caring is then…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareI was not going to speak, but I have been drawn by some of the speeches that I have heard to add some comments, particularly on autistic people and people with learning…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, during the urgent question on testing of care home residents during the covid pandemic, I asked a question of the Social Care Minister, the hon. Member for Faversham…02 Mar 2023HANSARDCovid Pandemic: Testing of Care Home ResidentsOn 2 April 2020, I wrote to the former Health and Social Care Secretary, jointly with my right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth), highlighting the…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityThat is something that Carers UK has campaigned on repeatedly. It certainly does need looking at. The Government have failed time and again to provide the necessary support for…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityMore and more people are being pushed out of work owing to ill health: 2.5 million working-age people are now economically inactive owing to long-term sickness. Given the current…28 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentThe anti-Muslim group Britain First has activists in my constituency. The group is known to have carried out more than 80 visits to asylum accommodation sites and to have…20 Feb 2023HANSARDBusinesses: Energy CostsArts organisations have been hit by rocketing energy bills at the same time as audience footfall remains depressed by the cost of living crisis and the residual effects of the…07 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThere were no strikes in the NHS over 13 years of the last Labour Government, and the cavalry is coming to rescue our health service with the next Labour Government. The Minister…06 Feb 2023HANSARD NHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI want to emphasise this aspect of the issue, based on what I was told by my constituent: the leaflet did not mention that the procedure can be stopped if the patient is unable to…31 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI am really appalled, and I want to raise a point with my hon. Friend. The situation Martha found herself in is happening up and down the country. A constituent who was due to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI want to raise the case of a constituent who described to me the state of Salford Royal’s A&E earlier in January, saying: “My partner was taken by ambulance yesterday at about…30 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsThe accessibility of cultural organisations will be affected greatly by the Government’s tapering of orchestra tax relief and theatre tax relief from April. The Association of…26 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingWill the Minister give way?18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingI declare that I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group on classical music. It is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Mr Bone. I thank the hon. Member for Bromley…18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingNo; I will run out of time. Through the directive, Ministers and Arts Council England reallocated a shrinking budget for London. I recommend to the Minister an excellent blog post…18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingIndeed. It is important to focus on that principle. The arm’s length principle has been in operation since public subsidy for the arts began in the aftermath of the second world…18 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseHappy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. Salford Families in Need Meals Project is a charity I support in my constituency, ably led by Antony Edkins and Julie Larkinson with a team…12 Jan 2023