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HANSARD Kinship Care for BabiesI will finish by saying that there is an urgent need for the Government to look comprehensively at the framework of support that is offered to kinship carers in order to enable…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Kinship Care for BabiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I congratulate the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom) on securing this important…22 Feb 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Children’s Mental Health ServicesIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newbury (Laura Farris) on securing this very important debate during Children’s Mental…09 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthI am grateful to all hon. Members who have spoken in this important debate. We have heard this afternoon many moving and devastating accounts of the ways in which children and…08 Feb 2022HANSARDChild PovertyThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation highlights that child poverty in families with more than two children has risen, on this Government’s watch, to levels not seen since before 1997.…07 Feb 2022HANSARDChild Poverty9. What assessment she has made of the reasons for the finding in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s “UK Poverty 2022” report that child poverty in families with more than two…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementJack Dromey had a fierce heart for justice, and combined with his inherent kindness and decency, he was able to achieve so much for so many, and we have heard much about that…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Emergency Protection of Tenancy Rights)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to give social housing tenants the right to continuity of secure tenancy in circumstances when they have to move because of a…01 Feb 2022HANSARDFuture FundingTaxpayer-subsidised childcare is increasingly being taken over by large for-profit companies quartered overseas, according to new research by University College London and the…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsI agree entirely with my hon. Friend. We had that infrastructure in Sure Start centres across the country, but 1,000 of them have closed, which is a shameful part of this…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsWill the Minister give way on that point?25 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) on securing this important debate to mark Childcare and Early…25 Jan 2022HANSARDHate CrimesWomen and girls in Dulwich and West Norwood and across the country are desperate to see action on the sexual harassment they experience daily on our streets and in public spaces.…12 Jan 2022HANSARDHate Crimes2. What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Law Commission’s recommendations on hate crimes.12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventMy constituent Ruby Fuller was a remarkable young woman who had been head girl at the Charter School in Dulwich. She lived by her motto, “Live kindly, live loudly”, in pursuit of…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit UpliftMany of my constituents have caring responsibilities and can only work part time, often at low wages. Does the Secretary of State recognise that families in this situation will…13 Dec 2021HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit Uplift8. What assessment she has made of the impact of removing the £20 uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit on household budgets.13 Dec 2021HANSARDRail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanCan the Secretary of State confirm that, while he is letting down passengers across the north and the midlands, he is also letting down passengers in London? Can he confirm what…08 Dec 2021HANSARDInflation: Living StandardsAs food and energy bills are skyrocketing this winter, far too many of my constituents face the appalling choice between heating their homes and putting food on the table. Will…07 Dec 2021HANSARDInflation: Living Standards11. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of inflation on living standards.07 Dec 2021