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HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI welcome today’s statement and my right hon. Friend’s setting out the five heads of harm, and I also welcome Sir Robert Francis as the interim head of the new authority. It has…21 May 2024HANSARDPrison Capacity13. What steps he is taking to increase prison capacity.14 May 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityManaging prison capacity is in part about ensuring that we have enough prison officers, but being a prison officer can be both demanding and dangerous, with 70% of prisoners…14 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the past, flooding from the Lady brook and Micker brook, which run through Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle to join the River Mersey, has caused devastation to homes and…09 May 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service and Police Services: Joint Working3. What recent steps she has taken to increase joint working between the Crown Prosecution Service and police services.09 May 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service and Police Services: Joint WorkingDuring a recent visit to Greater Manchester police’s divisional headquarters in Stockport I heard that there can be significant delays between sending a case to the CPS and…09 May 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, and I commend her work and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), not only in…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionI am grateful for my hon. Friend securing this debate and for his work on the subject. In Cheadle, we are welcoming a new £70 million SEND provision being opened at the end of…14 Mar 2024HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care2. What steps her Department is taking to improve urgent and emergency care.05 Mar 2024HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareIt is welcome news that the brand-new £30 million A&E campus at Stepping Hill Hospital is nearing completion. However, other buildings on this ageing site are failing and urgently…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsCheadle Town FC have been a member of the north west counties football league since 1983. However, the oversubscribed division leaves Cheadle Town and other south Manchester clubs…22 Feb 2024HANSARDHelping People into Employment: Cumbria, Cheadle and Darlington18. What steps his Department is taking to expand the support available through jobcentres in Cheadle constituency.05 Feb 2024HANSARDHelping People into Employment: Cumbria, Cheadle and DarlingtonSpeaking to Stockport jobcentre last week, I heard about the success of the movement to work scheme, which places young people with employers, including in the civil service.…05 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon System: Compensation for Sub-postmasters12. What steps her Department is taking to encourage sub-postmasters who were affected by the failure of the Post Office Horizon system to claim compensation.25 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon System: Compensation for Sub-postmastersThe Post Office Horizon scandal has made clear to us all what happens when whistleblowers are ignored or silenced. Does my hon. Friend agree that as well as ensuring that victims…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsStaff at Bramhall High School have worked extremely hard to maintain the education of students following the discovery of RAAC. I am grateful for the support given by the…11 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough: Bishop James Jones ReportI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor for bringing forward today’s statement. Hillsborough is synonymous with cover-up. Innocent victims were…06 Dec 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in the first King’s Speech debate for 70 years, not least because of its historic nature but also because the first day of the debate…07 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, my constituent was having a drink with his son, having attended a Manchester City match, when his son was glassed in the face in an unprovoked attack. The assault took…26 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael, Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access and Human RightsPeople in Cheadle are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and welcome the doubling of aid that was announced by the Prime Minister. However, we know that…24 Oct 2023