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HANSARDEngagementsEvery parent’s worst nightmare is watching their children starve and suffer, yet in Gaza living hell is being realised, with innocent children eating weeds and 1,000 children…10 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs many of us go home tonight and kiss our children, parents in Gaza will be searching for body parts to recognise their children and burying them. Families broken; futures…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the Future“A profound betrayal”, “An insult”, “Incomprehensible”, “A major breach of trust”, “A huge blow”, demonstrating “what little regard the current UK government has for mental…13 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen atrocities take place, we have a duty to call them out. When Hamas murdered and kidnapped innocent civilians, we rightly called it out, and when Putin targeted innocent…24 Oct 2023HANSARDSuicide PreventionOver 1.8 million people languishing on mental health waiting lists, black people five times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, and over 2,000 people with…17 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe acts of terror that were committed by Hamas were horrifying, and our prayers go out to everyone affected, both in Israel and across the world, and those who are here in the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDJusticePeople in Tooting are alarmed that someone could escape from what is supposed to be an extremely secure prison. A few months ago, I raised the issue of low staffing levels with…11 Sept 2023HANSARDHMPPS UpdatePeople in Tooting are alarmed that someone could escape from what is supposed to be an extremely secure prison. A few months ago, I raised the issue of low staffing levels with…07 Sept 2023HANSARDMental Ill Health: West YorkshireAs my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) highlighted, all too often, children are stuck on long waiting lists for treatment. In West Yorkshire, 30,000…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Defibrillators: Public AccessThe end of the academic year is in two weeks’ time, on 17 July. May I ask for an update on the progress to meet the target?04 Jul 2023HANSARD Defibrillators: Public AccessIt is a pleasure to close for the Opposition with you in the Chair, Sir Charles. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare) for bringing…04 Jul 2023HANSARD Mental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. However, it beggars belief that it has taken the Government so long to address the House on this matter. It…28 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI beg to move, That this House notes with concern the scale of the mental health crisis facing the country with patients suffering with mental health issues waiting more than 5.4…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; he is right. I will talk about the need for mental health not to exist in a silo later in my remarks. Frankly, it is the problem of…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI will take no lectures from the hon. Member, because he proudly sat as a Member of a Government who oversaw hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. Families are still…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI could not be more proud to work with my hon. Friend in this space. He is a powerful advocate and I wholeheartedly support all his efforts, and those of Members across the House,…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI thank the hon. Member; it has been a pleasure to work with him in every single debate about mental health that I have held in the past three years, since I started my role. He…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI thank my hon. Friend for assisting me in writing my speech; she has pre-empted much of what is to come. She is a powerful advocate for her community and I am proud to share the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI will make some progress, but I would be happy to take further interventions after that. Amid all the anguish and pain, one thing comes through: people cannot access the mental…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI entirely agree with my hon. Friend, who works tirelessly on this issue. After more than a decade of Tory Governments, if people need help, all too often no one is there. Last…07 Jun 2023