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HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareAs a new Member, I am learning how this place works, so I am interested to see how much you expect the Labour Government to have achieved in 100 days. Why is it, after 14 years,…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. I used the word “you” instead of “the hon. Member”.16 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceThis has been an extraordinarily interesting debate. I pay tribute to everybody who has spoken and thank the would-be official Opposition for having secured it. In my constituency…16 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the shadow Minister give way?15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWe are talking not just about today but about what happened 25 years ago. Looking back at today’s debate, has my hon. Friend been struck, as I have, by Opposition Members’ saying…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillMy right hon. Friend will be aware that the Darzi report last month highlighted the severe problem of damp and mould, particularly in the private sector, and the bitter impact of…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillIt is absolutely extraordinary to hear strong opposition to every part of the Bill from the right hon. Lady, or am I mistaken? Is she opposed to the parts of the Bill that will…09 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsGiven that the situation confronting the Government is entirely of the previous Government’s making, will the hon. Member apologise for the terrible state of the SEND system?08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsThe one thing I did not hear from the hon. Gentleman was an apology for what his party did to the special educational needs system in this country over 14 years. We do have a…08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsI am glad the hon. Member appreciates the point I am trying to make. I will make the point it absolutely clear: because children cannot get an EHCP thanks to the failures of the…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent Schoolsrose —08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsWill the hon. Member give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI am most grateful to the hon. Member. Does she not think that a little bit of an apology from her and her colleagues for the disgraceful SEND system that they left as a legacy is…08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsWill he apologise?08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsI am amazed by the Conservative Opposition’s chutzpah when they talk about special educational needs. No one would have thought that they had been in power for the last 14 years…08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsLet me make a little bit more progress. Cash-strapped councils are having to send their constituents’ children to private schools because state provision is not available. Parents…08 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationWill the hon. Lady give way?07 Oct 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportOn the Chelsea council estates that I have the honour of representing, Grenfell and the incompetence and indifference shown by the local council and the tenant management…04 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt has just been revealed that the UK has fallen out of the top 10 manufacturers globally. Does my right hon. Friend agree that strengthening our country’s trading relationship…30 Jul 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Cost to Public Purse of Public Procurement FraudIn my corner of London, concerns have been expressed about a particular supplier being awarded contracts worth more than £25 million for useless PPE, after being put forward by a…25 Jul 2024