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HANSARD Generative Artificial Intelligence: SchoolsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) on securing this important debate. The use of…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI warmly welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on restoring a comprehensive and strategic approach to early years support, childcare and early…07 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWelfare reform is important because the current system is not working and because it has a huge impact on the lives of so many individuals and families across the country. For the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI welcome the bringing forward of employment support, and I know how effective that support can be, but we have yet to see it bed in. I have further concerns that have not yet…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank my right hon. Friend for her statement, and for the steps she has taken to improve the Bill. In launching the Timms review, she has accepted that the current PIP…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI rise to address the House on the Department for Education’s main estimate for 2025-26. I thank the Liaison Committee and the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationMy hon. Friend makes an important point about the state of the school estate. The final area of challenge is that many universities face a risk of insolvency. At the heart of all…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI thank my hon. Friend for her important work in this area. I agree that the cuts made to the adoption and special guardianship support fund have caused great alarm across the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. The education and children’s social care system across the country has been well represented, and we…24 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. This is a question of trust and a question of basic fairness. There cannot be any excuse for a lack of clarity across compensation schemes…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I will come on to the wider implications of the scandal, which I think speak to the issue my hon. Friend highlights. The Windrush scandal was the most egregious breach of trust.…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituents, who, like so many of the Windrush generation, demonstrated their resilience by taking initiatives to circumnavigate the racism to…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025Yes.16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025Of course, in our two boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, the contribution of the Windrush generation is extraordinary. It is demonstrated most powerfully in the statue that my…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. We have heard from many different areas of our country—from Yorkshire, Merseyside, Manchester, East Anglia and the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I thank my hon. Friend for intervening and helping me make sense of a sentence in my notes that did not quite work. I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that the Windrush…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND Support: Children without an EHCPOne of the biggest challenges affecting the delivery of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities is the extent of local authority funding deficits.…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I thank my hon. Friend for all the work she is doing on this issue. As I have said, I believe this is an unaddressed issue on which there is still work to do. In that vein, it is…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I beg to move, That this House has considered Windrush Day 2025. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this important debate. On 22 June 1948,…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025I welcome the focus my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has placed on children and young people in this spending review, with additional investment in children’s social care,…11 Jun 2025