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HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesMy constituents expect the Government to treat taxpayer money with the utmost respect. However, during the pandemic the Conservatives handed out contracts to their friends and…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDAs I have said previously, the important thing is to see a long-term goal where disabled children are truly able to receive a mainstream, inclusive education, so that we get out…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDMy hon. Friend makes a good point. The long-term goal must be better inclusion for disabled children in mainstream education—I would have loved to send my child to the outstanding…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. It is unacceptable that disabled families are faced with choices about their children’s education that parents of children who are not…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDI will make some headway. The requirement for free transport returns for 19 to 25-year-olds with complex needs and an education, health and care plan, to support those who need…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDI would just like to make a little more progress. When I think about my child’s journey through education, I do not see it in stages. The journey for my daughter and for every…03 Dec 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThurrock Lifestyle Solutions in my constituency is an excellent example of good practice in helping disabled people enter and stay in the workplace. It is particularly successful…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe Dartford crossing linking Essex and Kent is a key piece of transport infrastructure in my constituency. However, since moving to a new charging system last year, there have…21 Nov 2024HANSARDTransport Infrastructure10. What steps she is taking to improve transport infrastructure.21 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week I attended the funeral of Margaret Jones, who, among her many other achievements, became the first mayor of Thurrock in 1974. I am sure that colleagues across the House…14 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)This Budget will make a real difference to the lives of my constituents. It is designed to fix the foundations of our economy, to turn the page on the failed policies of the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDChildcare AccessibilityMany early years providers struggle to meet the needs of children with SEND. Lack of funds, lack of training and lack of specialist staff often mean that those that do provide a…04 Nov 2024HANSARDChildcare Accessibility7. What steps she is taking to make childcare more accessible.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI thank my hon. Friend for being so generous in giving way a second time. I want to clarify the claim that the lower Thames crossing is a piece of green infrastructure. Does he…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. I will keep my intervention brief; suffice it to say that my constituents perhaps do not support the lower Thames…29 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Two years ago, Thurrock Council was led into effective bankruptcy by the then Conservative Administration, in no small part due to an investment of hundreds of millions of…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareI begin by reflecting on the version of the NHS’s foundation set out by the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Luke Taylor). I was unfamiliar with that, so I thank him for that…16 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat steps will the Secretary of State take to consider cross-river public transport?10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. At best, the proposed lower Thames crossing offers only a short-term mitigation to the problem of congestion at the Dartford crossing, but will have a significantly…10 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandI thank the hon. Member for Lowestoft (Jess Asato) for securing this important debate. The SEND system is in chaos. It is broken. I am the parent of a disabled child and I have…08 Oct 2024