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HANSARDNHS MedicinesWomen suffering from endometriosis often do not get the medicine or treatment they need. One in 10 women suffer from this condition and it takes, on average, seven years to have a…10 Mar 2020HANSARDCost of School UniformsThe overall cost of school uniform has become an intolerable financial burden for many families in the UK. The RE:Uniform scheme in my constituency has been a huge success,…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment Assessments and OutcomesAs the Minister will be aware, PIP assessments can be incredibly stressful and traumatic for claimants. That is why I am working with Disabled People Against Cuts to provide…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFree ChildcareI want to correct something I said in my intervention on the Minister. The report I mentioned was by the Education Policy Institute, which found that the attainment gap had…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFree ChildcareI am sure that the Minister is as aware as I am of the report published last year that showed that the attainment gap, having started to narrow, has now widened and that, on our…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFree ChildcareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell), the Chair of the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Dr Hudson). As the Minister might be aware, the Humber is the region with the second largest area of…04 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusCan the Secretary of State confirm that claimants will not face benefit sanctions if they miss appointments because they are choosing to self-isolate?03 Mar 2020HANSARDFurther Education Colleges: Future SkillsI am interested to know how much more money the Minister has to throw at T-levels before she accepts that they have created a qualification that is undeliverable in rural areas…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingAs the Minister will be well aware, Hull is at permanent risk of flooding, which is one of the reasons why local businesses have got together to develop a project called Lagoon…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken), who made a very thoughtful speech. There is lot of agreement on the Opposition…24 Feb 2020HANSARDApprenticeships: SMEsMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I have questioned the whole concept of T-levels before. If they are a solution to a problem, what problem were they trying to solve? I have…13 Feb 2020HANSARDApprenticeships: SMEsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) for securing this debate. I must say it is also a pleasure to…13 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureWe have had 10 years of rail downgrades in Hull, from cancelling electrification to older trains taking longer to arrive at their destination. While I would like to welcome…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyIt is a genuine pleasure to sum up on behalf of the Opposition, and I thank the hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) for securing the debate. He gave a thoughtful and…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEducationMore than three quarters of sixth-form colleges do not believe they have the funding they need to support disadvantaged students. The FE sector, the Education Committee and the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Social MobilityThe Minister will be aware that the armed forces recruit heavily in areas such as mine in Hull. However, a recent Sutton Trust report showed that people from private schools are…03 Feb 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Social Mobility15. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of social mobility in the armed forces.03 Feb 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn yesterday’s debate on homelessness, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government appeared to dismiss the statistics that I gave him, which were that the…30 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessThe Secretary of State must have heard me say to my right hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) that eviction rates for tenants on universal credit are…29 Jan 2020