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HANSARDHealth and Social CareI think the Minister’s definition of a “shortage” is different from that of parents. One parent in my constituency got in touch with me last week. She was a local mum of a…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Migration and Economic DevelopmentThe courts have been very clear: it is wrong to have a blanket approach to the treatment of refugees, just as it would be wrong to decide that everybody caught speeding could…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyI think the Minister’s definition of a “shortage” is different from that of parents. One parent in my constituency got in touch with me last week. She was a local mum of a…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI think all our hearts were broken when we saw the news this morning, and grateful for the emergency services being able to save some of the people in the boats. Further to the…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillDoes my hon. Friend, like me, share the sense of mysticism that I suspect parents around the country will feel about the fact that the Government consider childcare to be a…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI know the Minister has tried to take account of these concerns, but from what she has just said, it is not the case that childcare would, unless it is connected to a school, be…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe Prime Minister talks about the views of the British public. I am pretty sure that the British public also think that children should not be punished for the decisions of their…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am sorry, but I cannot give way, because of the time. The hon. Member will have her say too. Amendment 2 would put childcare on an equal footing. Why are we making this form of…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI quote back the words of the Minister, who talked explicitly about how non-infrastructure items could include subsidising the cost of childcare. If we subsidise police offices or…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe “Levelling Up” White Paper set out a mission that by 2030 the number of primary school children who were achieving the expected standards in reading, writing and maths would…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Member heard the words of the Minister, who called childcare a non-infrastructure item. He will know of examples, as we all do, of councils building in payments for…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI congratulate the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) on introducing the Bill. It reflects not a recent concern, but years and generations of campaigners and women…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillDoes the hon. Lady also recognise the point I made earlier about adding the concept of “foreseeable”? The risk with intent is the young man who says, “I didn't realise that this…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case about the importance of being specific, and I think we need to be clear about the fact that this is not about sexual harassment alone.…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Baby Banks: Government SupportI hope the Minister will agree perhaps to meet me and representatives of Little Village and my own local baby bank to discuss this point. Many of our environmental organisations,…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI completely agree. Indeed, one of the frustrations that many of us have had through the years has been police sources in forces that do not adopt this approach saying that it is…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Baby Banks: Government SupportIt is precisely this issue about how parents make sure they look after their child, which is what every parent wants to do well. That is why baby banks need to become the norm; I…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Baby Banks: Government SupportChildren are expensive and wasteful. The amount of stuff they go through and the cost to a parent’s pocket is horrific. In this country, it should be our collective mission to put…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillAnybody who lives in London and has to wait for buses that never seem to show up would welcome that, but it is also important to say that it is not the case that, if somebody was…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI agree that we want people to come forward, but it is also about time that we recognised—and, frankly, apologised to the women of this country for the fact—that it has taken us…09 Dec 2022