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HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthMy hon. Friend is right to remind us that adverse childhood experiences and inequalities, including health inequalities, lead to worse mental health outcomes in later life and…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthThe hon. Member highlights the point that mental health should not be a political football, which is why we hope that he will support the Opposition’s recommendations. I should be…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthDo the right hon. Lady’s Government take any responsibility for the tens of thousands of children who are now bereaved as a result of losing their parents because of this…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthI thank my hon. Friend for her very powerful point. When it comes to mental ill health, no group is unaffected. It is really important that we acknowledge that, while some groups…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthAs always, my right hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for all groups, but particularly when it comes to black and minority ethnic groups. We do not have the data—we do not…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthMy hon. Friend is entirely right, and that is why we are here today. Our children deserve better; they cannot go on like this. That is why we are talking about measures that can…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthThe hon. Member is absolutely right. So many 16 to 18-year-olds find themselves on a waiting list for an extended period only to drop off it just as they turn 18, or else have one…08 Feb 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATFar too many people of my age lived through the harsh cold winters of the Thatcher Government. That was to be expected in the Tory Britain of the ’80s and ’90s, but several…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATNo, you are my opposition. Regardless, my opposition are chuntering from a sedentary position, proving once again how absolutely out of touch they are with ordinary working…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Member for that contribution. That is exactly right. The Bill seeks to move that forward, not frustrate the process. I welcome any intervention that underscores…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillIn three years, we have had three prescriptions on the NHS. In three years, we have seen people in fear of not having a roof over their heads because they cannot afford to give…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI will make a bit more progress and then I would be absolutely delighted to give way. The situation that we face, whereby only three prescriptions in three years have been…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI do not need to tell the hon. Member, who has mentioned his CV—as many of us scientists have today—the cost of not investing in these young people. Think of every time a young…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI could not agree more; my hon. Friend puts the point across perfectly. If anyone is planning on talking the Bill out today, please will they ask themselves who benefits from that…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillMy understanding and my belief, unless someone has an alternative proposal, is that clinicians are often screaming from the rooftops in the knowledge that their patients need this…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAs usual, I could not agree more with my hon. Friend, who makes a passionate and fair point. The Bill serves as an opportunity to move forward in a way that even the sceptics…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillWhat effect does the hon. Member think it has on a child’s brain to have upwards of 30 seizures a day?10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillWithout doubt, no one in the House wants anyone to suffer unnecessarily. However, most of us understand, as I am sure the hon. Member does, that in this case a randomised control…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI must begin by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith), a fantastic campaigner who is working across party lines and with affected…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillHaving a number of research degrees, I am very aware that there are many different types of trials and that a randomised control trial is not the panacea in all cases. That…10 Dec 2021