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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe new Government guidance on care home visits requires them to take place outside, at a window, or with a floor-to-ceiling Perspex screen separating people. For many of the…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThis pandemic has made the problems with our social care system clear. High staff vacancy rates and a reliance on agency staff contributed to the spread of the virus. Lack of…02 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Restrictions: South YorkshireThis morning, Professor Edmunds told the Health and Social Care Committee and the Select Committee on Science and Technology that he would not follow the strategy of imposing tier…21 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State talks about fairness, but today we find out that Greater Manchester is effectively getting a third of the level of financial support that the Government…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateA number of families in my constituency are worried about the impact that isolation is having on their family members with dementia who are living in care homes with no visits…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe know that case rates are rising in Greater Manchester, but, as the chief medical officer has made clear, imposing new restrictions on its own will not be enough to turn this…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateUnder the initial furlough scheme, staff had 80% of their salary paid if there was no work for them, but the Chancellor’s new scheme pays only two thirds of wages, which for…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIn Salford, the case numbers have now risen above 250 per 100,000. As well as this case uploads programme issue today, our local contact tracing programme is having to wait on…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Professional and Amateur Sport: Government SupportThe AJ Bell stadium in my constituency is home to both Sale Sharks rugby union club and Salford Red Devils rugby league club. Sale Sharks is the only premiership rugby club in the…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I am glad to be able to speak in this debate, but the only reason I feel able to do so is that we are unlikely to have a Division today. Last year I was diagnosed with breast…28 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to return to support for the aviation sector during the pandemic. Thousands of jobs have been lost at easyJet and Airbus, and easyJet has moved many pilots to part-time…17 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThirteen-year-old Jack Worwood was walking along the pavement on his way to play football with his friends when he was struck by a vehicle driven by an uninsured driver at nearly…16 Sept 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThirteen-year-old Jack Worwood was walking on the pavement on his way to play football with friends when he was hit by a vehicle. The driver, Liam Wilson, was driving at nearly…10 Sept 2020HANSARD Schools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningSchools across the country could be spending hundreds of millions of pounds to meet the costs of covid-19. With budgets already at breaking point, many will have to cut spending…01 Sept 2020HANSARDRented Homes: End of Evictions BanLifting the evictions ban from 24 August is expected to put more than 200,000 people at risk of eviction, and changes introduced by the Lord Chancellor on Friday will have no…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe fourth annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme was published today, and it showed that people with learning disabilities continue to die…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI want to support the comments of the shadow Leader of the House, my right hon. Friend the Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz), on the lack of accountability. Throughout this…16 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewAfter decades of having their concerns dismissed and struggling to be heard, the victims of these scandals deserve both the apologies we have heard and ex gratia payments for the…09 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI join my hon. Friend the shadow Chancellor in urging an end to poverty pay for our care workers. Today’s interventions in the job market are welcome, but there is still no…08 Jul 2020HANSARD CoronavirusAt the start of this crisis, the guidance for care homes was unclear. They could not get PPE, and patients were being discharged from hospitals to care homes without being tested…07 Jul 2020