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HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsThank you, Mr Pritchard. Anyone would say that I was garrulous after those comments. I thank and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Dame Meg…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEaster AdjournmentI can assure you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that there will be no reference to those involved in the particular case or to anyone who will potentially be charged. The petition states:…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEaster AdjournmentIt certainly will, Madam Deputy Speaker, because I have one single very important issue to bring to the attention of the House and the Leader of the House—a tragic case of…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Special Schools Eye Care ServiceThe Minister will be aware that the problem with these services is that they are small and difficult to set up on a local basis. Given the pressure that the NHS is under to do big…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Special Schools Eye Care ServiceThe Minister is being generous with her time, but I am sure she understands why I am so passionate about this service. It is not just great quality for the children, but it helps…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Special Schools Eye Care ServiceI beg to move, That this House has considered NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service. I am delighted to lead a debate on a hugely beneficial development for the children who are…30 Mar 2022HANSARDBritish and Overseas Judges: Hong KongHuge congratulations to the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for all his leadership, time and commitment on this issue, and to all the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Special Schools Eye Care ServiceSeeAbility is very worried that, by raising this issue, it will be seen as just trying to keep its work. It wishes the Minister to be absolutely clear that its concern is for this…30 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI add my voice in expressing outrage at the utterly appalling treatment of staff by P&O Ferries. Its methods may be more brutal, more direct and more organised, but there is a…21 Mar 2022HANSARDDigital DivideWhen schools closed, the move to remote learning highlighted the digital divide in our society. Schools such as the outstanding Ursuline High School were already at the forefront…14 Mar 2022HANSARDDigital Divide4. What steps he is taking to help close the digital divide for children without access to the internet or adequate devices at home.14 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyMy being here might seem a bit strange, given I am a London MP, but I must set out the problems that we experience in London. I cannot even fall back on the suggestion that I am…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyWill the Minister clarify the point about 100,000 children brought out of poverty before housing costs? What is the number after taking account of housing costs?02 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyWill the Minister give way?02 Mar 2022HANSARDGovernment’s Education Catch-up and Mental Health Recovery ProgrammesQuite simply, this debate could not be any more important. The inaction of the Government in catching up the lost learning of our young people will be felt by many of them for a…03 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteI know the hon. Gentleman is giving a speech about a popular view of the private finance initiative, but I wish to make him aware of the Atkinson Morley wing at St George’s…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteOn the Chancellor’s watch, £4.3 billion of covid business support has been stolen by fraudsters—£4.3 billion. Of course we recognise the scale of the covid support schemes and the…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on securing this particularly important debate. The…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat more evidence does the Foreign Secretary need to take sanctions against General Silva, the chief of the defence in Sri Lanka, to follow the American Government in those…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentWill the Minister give way?20 Jan 2022