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HANSARDCost of Living: Mental HealthThis Government have been supporting people with the cost of living through the £37 billion package, and £15 billion of targeted support for those most in need. That includes £150…07 Mar 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Mental HealthLast year, £50 million was invested through the promotion of the better mental health fund in 40 local authorities that have the most deprived parts of the country. That is to…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIndependent Review into Maternity and Neonatal Services in East Kent: Government’s Initial ResponseI wish to inform the House of the Government’s initial response to the report of the independent review into the maternity and neonatal services at East Kent University NHS…07 Mar 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Mental HealthI thank my hon. Friend for her hard work securing that funding for the crisis centre in her constituency. These centres make such a difference, because they are based in the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue. We are launching a prevention of suicide strategy, and male suicide will be a particular focus, as it is a high-risk…07 Mar 2023HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Harris. I thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing this important debate. Both as an MP and as chair of…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionLet me first pay tribute to all the wonderful staff across the NHS who day in, day out give their all for their patients. I should mention doctors and nurses but also cleaning…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekThe Government have made huge amounts of funding available, for both mental health and eating disorders. More funding than ever before has gone into those services, but that…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekAbsolutely; I will look out for the results of those trials. I am keen that we use evidence-based medicine, and if something has proven to be effective in clinical research, it…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Hormone Replacement Therapy: PrescriptionsAround 400,000 women enter the menopause each year in the UK. Around three quarters of women will experience menopause symptoms, and around a quarter of women will experience…21 Feb 2023HANSARDHealthcare Safety Investigation Branch: Transition UpdateI am making this statement to update Members on the Government’s time- table to establish the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) and the Maternity and Newborn…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndemnity for the Liverpool Community Health Independent InvestigationIt is normal practice, when a Government Department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Children's Mental Health Services: LincolnshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Stamford (Gareth Davies) for securing this debate and for…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Children's Mental Health Services: LincolnshireThank you, Sir Christopher, for allowing me to continue what I was setting out to my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Stamford, who has been campaigning so eloquently on…07 Feb 2023HANSARDAutism and ADHD AssessmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. I take this opportunity to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for…06 Feb 2023HANSARDAutism and ADHD AssessmentsI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. The mental health teams will support children in schools so that, we hope, we can get in at an earlier stage and children are not excluded…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger) for raising those points. The amendments make the case that any harassment must be directed to the employee; it cannot…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert— “(1) The Equality Act 2010 is amended as follows.” This amendment is consequential on Amendments 3 and 4.03 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on bringing the Bill to its Third Reading and on the way in which she has championed the fight against workplace…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillAs the House is aware, the Government have provided their full support for the Bill throughout its passage. We believe that fundamentally everyone should be able to thrive in the…03 Feb 2023