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HANSARDUkraineYesterday, I was talking to Natalia, a Ukrainian teacher who came to my constituency with her seven-year-old twins when the war broke out. She watched in horror over the weekend…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe welcome the Chancellor’s target to get back to levels of growth last sustained under a Labour Government, but under the Conservatives the UK is currently forecast to have the…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThere used to be two trains an hour from Penge West and Anerley stations in my constituency to London Bridge. Now there are none, and the number from Sydenham and Forest Hill…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenThis is not just a time of national mourning; our grief is shared the world over, a testament to our Queen’s service and the impact she had. For seven decades, she selflessly…10 Sept 2022HANSARDWar in UkraineMany six-month placements under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are coming to an end. For many reasons, not least the cost of living crisis, lots of them will not be extended, yet…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateLewisham Council’s energy bill has already doubled from £7 million to £14 million a year, with bills set to go up further. But instead of setting out a plan of support, the Tories…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Public Advocate (No. 2) BillI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) for her persistence in bringing forward such an important Bill. I share her view, as I am sure we all…15 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseAs many places through the Homes for Ukraine scheme approach their end, Ukrainian families will face a cliff edge. One mother, her two boys and their grandmother have found it…14 Jul 2022HANSARDProbation ServiceDedicated probation officers are telling me that they cannot manage their workloads as it is. One said: “I used to spend about an hour each week with my high risk cases, but that…05 Jul 2022HANSARDRape and Sexual Abuse VictimsThree years on from the Government’s end-to-end rape review, little has changed, with victims waiting three years for their case to get to court, section 28 rolled out in 37 out…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackSix years—I think that speaks volumes, does it not, about the priority the Conservatives place on victims. Being tough on crime and on the causes of crime remains as much a…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackI thank my hon. Friend for that point. It is right that this fall started years before the pandemic. Some 25% fewer offenders finished community sentences in 2021 than did in…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackCommunity payback can be fixed if the Government follow Labour’s plan. First, Ministers must end the chaos that they have created in the probation service by ruling out any…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackThe huge fall started years before the pandemic in 2017, and it has continued since. No one had heard of covid in 2017, so it is disingenuous to suggest that it is all because of…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackSince the Conservatives took office in 2010, there have been cuts to police, stations have been closed, there are fewer police on the streets and there is less confidence among…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsThis feels like groundhog day. Yet again, we are debating this Government’s appalling record on tackling rape. As the latest scorecard shows, court delays are still at near-record…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackI am well aware of that. I am also aware that it was six years ago that the Government first proposed a victims Bill and we have been waiting for it ever since. Where is it?28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point about hours not being completed and communities not seeing justice done. He talks about Greater Manchester, but that is a problem up and down…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I visited a community payback scheme in my constituency a few weeks ago where offenders were carrying out maintenance on a children’s…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackVictims would be at the heart of everything a Labour Government do, whereas the Government have time and again promised a victims Bill that still has not made it on to the statute…28 Jun 2022