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HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into Work16. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the welfare system in supporting disabled people into work.17 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) for securing this important debate. I…06 Mar 2025HANSARDJammu and Kashmir: Human RightsI echo the comments of my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour about Majid Khan and Amjid Wazir. Many of my constituents in Stoke-on-Trent North have deep ties with Kashmir.…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI will build on what my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) said about the action that the council is taking. One of the things that residents have…05 Mar 2025HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsI thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for attending my first Westminster Hall debate. As always, he raises some important points. I remember the old days of Stoke,…04 Mar 2025HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsI thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for that intervention. I could not agree more; I am certain that the Minister will have heard those comments and I wholeheartedly…04 Mar 2025HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsI thank the right hon. Member for those comments. I know that she has spoken passionately about this matter in the past, and I will come on to the point about the need to support…04 Mar 2025HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsI beg to move, That this House has considered energy cost support for the ceramics industry in North Staffordshire. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John, and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour3. What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour.24 Feb 2025HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourMark Porter is a community leader who runs Kidsgrove Ladsanddads. Around 400 young people play football at Birchenwood fields every weekend, yet the football pitches are…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Youth Provision: Universal and Targeted SupportI thank my hon. Friend for securing this really important debate. In Stoke-on-Trent, the amount spent per young person is £10.76, but in inner London it is £110—10 times more.…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Community and Third Sector Organisations: EmploymentOn localised services, other programmes of years gone by, such as the Work programme, had big contract package areas and moved towards nationalised models, and a lot of voluntary…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Community and Third Sector Organisations: EmploymentI am pleased to support this debate on the voluntary sector and its role in supporting people into education, training and employment. We have some good examples in Stoke-on-Trent…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseBack in 2021, residents in Kidsgrove were promised a portfolio of projects as part of the Kidsgrove town deal. To date, residents have experienced delay and confusion. They…06 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Winter Support for ConsumersAs well as residents, businesses in the ceramics sector struggle with high energy bills and face many other pressures. Sadly, only yesterday more than 80 workers in my…04 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Winter Support for Consumers3. What discussions he has had with energy suppliers on support for consumers during winter 2024-25.04 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, the YMCA released its annual report, revealing the devastating cuts to youth services over the past 14 years. Spending in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire has been cut…30 Jan 2025HANSARDSpeech and Language TherapyThank you for your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, which my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Dave Robertson) introduced on behalf of the…27 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth15. What steps she has taken to help increase economic growth in Stoke-on-Trent.21 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthI warmly welcome the recent investment of an extra £20 million for our buses and an extra £11 million to fix our broken roads across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Does the…21 Jan 2025