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HANSARDRights of Children (Police Custody)I apologise for that, Mr Hollobone, and I will not refer to that case in the rest of my speech. Finally, I believe we need a review into the policing of black children. They are…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI am disappointed that, yet again, the Department has not produced all the papers for me in large print; it has produced all the papers in standard print. I hope the Secretary of…27 Jun 2022HANSARDTower Block Remediation Deadline5. If he will impose a legally binding deadline for remediation works on tower blocks in England that are deemed unsafe as a result of (a) cladding and (b) other associated fire…27 Jun 2022HANSARDTower Block Remediation DeadlineWe still have no legal deadline in place to fix cladding and fire safety issues and no justice for Grenfell, and thousands of buildings, including in my constituency, are still…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) BillMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent point, and he probably articulated it even better than I did. Does he also agree with me that the whole premise of DLA, PIP and…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) BillIn opening, the Secretary of State alluded to the fact that 6 million disabled people would qualify for the additional disability support payment of £150. Does she acknowledge…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Battersea Funfair Disaster: Child Trauma Support ServicesThe hon. Gentleman is right: we can all learn, and it would be useful for the Minister to say whether she would like to meet Ministers in Northern Ireland to look at what works…21 Jun 2022HANSARD Battersea Funfair Disaster: Child Trauma Support ServicesThis year is the 50th anniversary of the Battersea funfair disaster. I want to start by remembering the victims, their families, and the survivors. I also want to pay tribute to…21 Jun 2022HANSARD Battersea Funfair Disaster: Child Trauma Support ServicesI just want to ask about the support that is available via NHS England and ensuring that it is available, as the Minister says, within a four to six week period. Can she assure me…21 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsA total of 5,279 children were strip searched by the Metropolitan police between 2019 and 2021, 75% of whom were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background. This data…20 Jun 2022HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Fifth AnniversaryMy hon. Friend alluded to the number of disabled people in Grenfell Tower. If the recommendation on personal emergency evacuation plans is not implemented, and the Government have…16 Jun 2022HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Fifth AnniversaryMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I have been in this place for only five years; the Grenfell fire and its aftermath have been a defining part of my term. A number of…16 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseToday is Clean Air Day. Air pollution is one of the biggest threats to our health and causes around 64,000 premature deaths a year. We know that this Government have failed to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI have been trying persistently to get the Secretary of State’s attention so that he would give way, but he wants to play politics throughout. He talks about wanting to protect…15 Jun 2022HANSARDNHS BacklogsDemand for eye care services is at an all-time high, with more than 632,000 people waiting on the NHS waiting lists for ophthalmology treatments. Delays to diagnosis and treatment…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that Channel 4 reaches audiences that other outlets struggle to reach, and produces content that attracts a diverse…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the Minister for giving way. He has not responded to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris) about publishing an impact…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. If we are not committed to building genuinely affordable homes, how are we going to house people? That is why I am really proud that the…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI start by putting on record my thanks to the brilliant London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, who has been delivering for Londoners across the city. We have all seen it, and we can all…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillOn the issue of viability that the Secretary of State has just raised, how does the Bill seek to prevent developers from going back and using viability as an angle to, say, reduce…08 Jun 2022