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HANSARDImmigration Fees for Healthcare WorkersTwo weeks ago, I met second year medical students studying in our country. The majority said they are not planning to remain in the UK to practise as doctors because of the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Fees for Healthcare WorkersDuring the pandemic, I was involved with GMB’s campaign for NHS cleaners and carers to be granted indefinite leave to remain after the sacrifices they made. Does my hon. Friend…30 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Fees for Healthcare WorkersWill the Minister give way on that point?30 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Fees for Healthcare WorkersSo many of my constituents have contacted me to say that these fees are absolutely too expensive for those in the healthcare profession. Why does the hon. Gentleman think the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Fees for Healthcare WorkersMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that the Government are behaving in a rather ironic way by encouraging people from skilled professions and backgrounds…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanLast night, my constituent’s 11-month-old son had to wait in A&E for eight hours, which my constituent found extremely unacceptable. The waiting experience in our hospital is like…30 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Fees for Healthcare WorkersI hope the Minister will come on to the point of biometric residence permits, but I want to draw his attention to the fact that when NHS workers come and their biometrics keep…30 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce: Retention and RecruitmentIs the Secretary of State fully aware that under this Government every part of the NHS is in crisis? Are the Government satisfied with the fact that, as medical students in their…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce: Retention and Recruitment2. If he will bring forward a plan to increase (a) retention and (b) recruitment of NHS staff.24 Jan 2023HANSARDRail Service ImprovementsUnder Southeastern’s new timetable, my Blackheath constituents have had significant changes made to their journey, which were imposed on them without consultation. There are also…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sure many of us have received emails from constituents concerned about this process, or rather the lack of process. Thousands of pieces of legislation need to be reviewed and…18 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIs the right hon. Lady aware that the Secretary of State’s own colleagues—the Secretaries of State for Transport and for Education—believe that the Bill will not solve the strikes?16 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeThis is an important debate on improving school standards by changing the tax status of private schools. I will be focusing my remarks on the need to improve school standards.…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend and I am pleased that she has raised the issue of SEND children. Only this morning, one of the teachers from my child’s primary school spoke…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyOur NHS is in crisis, and it must never be overlooked that it was in crisis before the pandemic. The British Medical Association has supported that view and said: “Demand for…11 Jan 2023HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned Review: Implementation of RecommendationsThe former Home Secretary promised to implement all 30 recommendations in the Wendy Williams review. It seems that we need to remind the Minister that it was a Government review,…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresDuring this winter period, my constituents took their two-year-old child with severe breathing difficulties to A&E. It soon became apparent that the child needed to be…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentI had to shorten my speech because there are too many issues that need to be raised as a result of the Government’s ongoing failures. However, since it is Christmas, I considered…20 Dec 2022HANSARDSoutheastern Railway Timetable ChangesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Harris. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) for securing such an essential and necessary…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSoutheastern Railway Timetable ChangesIn conversation, many of my residents raised concerns about their daughters working up town quite late. The parents and the young women like the reassurance that they can get on…06 Dec 2022