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HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingWe all know that well-resourced neighbourhood policing, with bobbies on the beat working in the community, is central not just to solving crime but to preventing it. We saw some…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaI was left numb by the words a doctor wrote on a whiteboard in the Al-Awda hospital in Gaza before he was killed by an Israeli air strike, which said: “Whoever stays until the end…07 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth and Adult Social Care ReformHappy new year, Mr Speaker. Yesterday and over the Christmas recess I was working shifts in my local A&E at St George’s in Tooting. Up and down the country, doctors like me were…06 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe International Criminal Court has confirmed what we have all known for months, which is that the Israeli Government, under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, have unleashed…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn Tooting town centre, we have had Operation Kenny rolled out this year, which has been fantastic in tackling violent crime and making people feel safer. It has meant more police…29 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ8. In Gaza, Israel has attacked hospitals, attacked refugee camps and killed aid workers. Israel has blocked vital aid, turned off water supplies and denied access to food.…15 May 2024HANSARDMental Health Support for NHS Staff13. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support for NHS staff.23 Apr 2024HANSARDMental Health Support for NHS StaffFighting to save a dying child’s life, telling families that their loved one will not make it through the night, and working desperately in substandard conditions—it will come as…23 Apr 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaI returned last night to Tooting from Egypt, where I had been with colleagues from the International Development Committee, meeting some of the world’s leading humanitarian…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024Let me point out two things. First, 12,140 children are on waiting lists at my ICB, an increase of 18.15% on last year. Secondly, the Minister spoke about 1.63 million people…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. Yes, I wholeheartedly agree that there is definitely space for more research. Adverse childhood experiences are the single biggest…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank the hon. Member, whom I would like to call my hon. Friend, because we have worked very closely on this issue for a number of years. He speaks not just as a politician, but…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024If the Government are interested in implementing cross-party proposals, why on earth have they scrapped the Mental Health Bill?30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and he is absolutely right. This is about understanding. As I alluded to earlier, adverse childhood experiences are the single biggest…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank the hon. Member for his passionate intervention. He is right that prevention is better than cure. Anybody who knows anyone who has lost someone through suicide will know…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I beg to move, That this House has considered Children’s Mental Health Week 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Mr Pritchard—a breathless Mr Pritchard. The…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024No, I will continue. The Minister had ample opportunity to respond to a direct intervention, and she chose not to. That Bill was a great piece of cross-party work that would have…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank all Members, including the Minister and my hon. Friend the shadow Minister, for their contributions. Disappointingly, I have not heard anything about the scrapping of the…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank the hon. Member for his intervention and for highlighting something that we so often forget. When we talk about mental illness and children’s mental health, we often do…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. Absolutely yes, black people are significantly more adversely affected. The work has been done. We sat together and saw the evidence,…30 Jan 2024