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HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on introducing the debate and welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Mid…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI agree, and I will come on to the other example I have in a minute. Those problems then result in a cost to the taxpayer. If we had road-tested the ESA policy in terms of mental…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Thomas CookThe directors have walked away with millions while hard-working employees of Thomas Cook, such as Jemma Lynch in my constituency, who contacted me at the weekend, have lost their…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionYou voted for it.04 Sept 2019HANSARDMental Health Act 1983Does my hon. Friend agree that we cannot leave the matter where it is? We need an inquiry into it. Sir Simon calls for more research, but unless we have an inquiry we will not be…25 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Health Act 1983It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. I put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) not only for…25 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Health Act 1983Was my hon. Friend impressed, as I was, when we met various people giving evidence to the inquiry? The best practice was where local authorities and the NHS were co-located and…25 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Health Act 1983I thank my hon. Friend for the way in which he is opening the debate and particularly for his comments on schizophrenia. If they have the right support, there is no reason why…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Body Image and Mental HealthWill the Minister challenge the producers of a show such as “Love Island” to produce a series with real people in it, rather than one with the image that they are trying to…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Body Image and Mental HealthThe popular image of eating disorders is that they mainly affect young women, but does the hon. Lady agree that young men and people of all ages are increasingly likely to be…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Body Image and Mental HealthI begin by agreeing totally with the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr Cameron): the debate is important. Last week we had a debate on mental health; we…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Body Image and Mental HealthI completely agree with my hon. Friend. I will go on to speak about the role of advertising because, as she will know, it has changed. When we were growing up, adverts were in…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Body Image and Mental HealthI agree with what the Minister says, but if we look at some of the adverts—for example, on Facebook—there is no way that people who are signing these prescriptions can actually be…23 Jul 2019HANSARDDetaineesI welcome the statement and note that a lot of the recommendations of our ISC report have been adopted, although I have to say to my right hon. Friend the Member for Islington…18 Jul 2019HANSARDDefence SpendingNo, I will let others make their speeches. Ministers kept repeating that claim. I kept asking them about it, but never got an explanation. I think it came from a National Audit…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDefence SpendingThere is one thing the Conservative party is, and that is consistent. Its Members call for more defence expenditure while in opposition, and when they come into power they cut…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Children and Mental Health ServicesI do agree. In my experience the best local examples of mental health support are what is being done by local charities, most of which, frankly, run on a shoestring. They do not…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Children and Mental Health ServicesI thank the hon. Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths) for securing this debate. It is important because the simple way to change attitudes around mental health in this country is…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDefence SpendingDEFRA beckons.16 Jul 2019HANSARDDefence SpendingI agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (John Spellar) on the use of the word “efficiency”. It is a fact—there is no reason to hide from it—that the Conservatives…16 Jul 2019