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HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversI thank my hon. Friend for those remarks. I hope that, in the course of this debate, it will be possible to demonstrate that this is not scaremongering, that these are real issues…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversMy understanding is that that is an outstanding Government promise; as my hon. Friend says, there is a resolution to that effect. If there are any plans to curtail the time that…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversThat is absolutely the point. If we do not deal with this now, there will be a whole host of young people wandering around this country, sleeping on streets and unable to get jobs…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. She might be right to say that the overall scheme was designed not to require great legal expertise, but the evidence of the Coram…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversI thank everyone who has taken part in the debate. I thank the Minister for her comments. I hope she will appreciate, as I said at the outset, that this is a cross-party matter.…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentDoes the Prime Minister’s guarantee for EU citizens extend to EU children in the British care system? If so, how will he achieve that without changing the existing arrangements?25 Jul 2019HANSARDFeltham A Young Offenders InstitutionI understand that the suicide rate for boys aged 15 to 17 in custody is about 18 times greater than the rate for their counterparts in the community. Why is that?24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ2. I often disagree with the Prime Minister, but I respect the fact that many of her intentions are honest and decent. When she raised the hopes of millions of carers by…17 Jul 2019HANSARDRelationship Education in SchoolsOn Friday I drove past the protests, which have been moved just up the road from the school in Birmingham. Apart from the fact that allowing these people to get away with it has…16 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillWould it not be right to think about my hon. Friend’s proposal in new clause 4 as an attempt to learn the lessons as we go along? It is not as though this is a project without…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillThe Minister will no doubt be aware, as are other Members, of how often the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) likes to refer in this Chamber to the wise words of the…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI am glad the House has a chance to think about this again. I also remember Rob Marris’s Bill, which I voted against not because I was not sympathetic to the issues but because…04 Jul 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesWill the Secretary of State join me in congratulating Johanne Clifton, the executive principal of Billesley Primary School, and its staff and pupils on achieving an outstanding…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Breathing Space SchemeI welcome the proposals, although it has taken us since 2017 to get to this point and it is going to take another two years to get the first part operational. I am glad the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI am pleased to hear the Minister condemn “do not resuscitate” instructions based on a person having a learning disability, but surely this situation is not a matter of mild…15 May 2019HANSARDWorking at Height: SafetyThe next debate is scheduled to start at 3 pm, so I am required to suspend the sitting until then.02 May 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingIf ever there has been a city subject to close Government scrutiny it is Birmingham. For five years, it has been subject to the Government’s improvement panel, so the Secretary of…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionsThis is an ally whose behaviour is as bad, if not worse, than most of the regimes around the globe that we would regard as hostile. I guess that ordinary constituents listening to…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care Fundingrose —24 Apr 2019HANSARDRetail CrimeIt is good to see you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) on securing this debate and on his thoughtful and…11 Apr 2019