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HANSARDProblem GamblingI have been contacted by the family of a constituent who is addicted to online gambling and is trying to recover. There are some measures, to which the Secretary of State…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Child ImprisonmentI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Successive reports and inquiries have found that children’s prisons are unsafe and unable to meet even basic…25 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool StandardsIn response to questions about school standards and, indeed, school cuts, the Government often try to persuade us that nothing is wrong by citing the number of children in…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Court Closures: Access to JusticeIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate (Bambos Charalambous) on securing it. It is also a pleasure…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Court Closures: Access to JusticeThat is a good point. The reforms are being pushed through without a proper look at what they mean in practice. A survey of Resolution members by the Family Law Group showed that…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Court Closures: Access to JusticeThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. I, too, know the difficulties that this is creating for the police and the court service locally. These complex considerations have to…20 Jun 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityPublic health budgets have fallen by over 5%, with millions more in cuts anticipated. In both Lewisham and Bromley, the ring-fenced public health budget has fallen by 2.6% this…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Colombia Peace ProcessMy hon. Friend will know that I went on delegations to Colombia in 2007, when Uribe was still in power, and in 2012. We heard widespread evidence of human rights abuses, and I am…18 Jun 2019HANSARDChildhood Obesity14. What recent assessment he has made of progress in implementing Childhood obesity: a plan for action, chapter 2, published in June 2018.18 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI am grateful to my hon. Friend for pre-empting my next point. The cancellation of recesses this year will no doubt have had negative consequences for the work-life balance of…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI beg to move, That this House has considered making Parliament a more modern, family friendly and accessible workplace. It is a pleasure to open this debate. I place on record my…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. I recall that, on the occasion of one of the EU votes, my Fitbit started buzzing because I had done 10,000 steps, but I had…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will talk a bit more about that later. This is as much about those who work here as those sitting in the Chamber. Parliament is about a…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI thank everyone who has taken part in the debate. I said at the outset that no single person has all the answers in respect of the modernisation of Parliament, but this afternoon…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; I know that he cares strongly about these issues. Parliament is a fantastic place to work, and being a Member of Parliament is a real…13 Jun 2019HANSARDFemale EmploymentAs was pointed out by the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller), 54,000 women lose their jobs each year because of maternity discrimination. The Women and Equalities…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy hon. Friend is right to recognise that these sentences have now been abolished. The Parole Board previously aimed to get the IPP prisoner population below 1,500 by 2020, but…11 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleI welcome the Government’s decision to adopt a public health approach to youth violence, but aside from a summit we are yet to see any affirmative action. The Home Secretary…10 Jun 2019HANSARD Sure Start: IFS ReportWhen I held a summit on parental loneliness in my constituency, the local children’s centres made clear the vital role they played in supporting local families—often some of the…05 Jun 2019HANSARDInterim NHS People PlanIt has been reported this week that there has been a dramatic rise in self-harm, with one in five girls cutting, burning or poisoning themselves. Despite this, the NHS trust in my…05 Jun 2019