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HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am shocked, because I was about to come to that as a possible solution to staying within the price cap. Apparently that will not be allowed either—18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt is a pleasure and a privilege to rise to speak on part 1 of the Bill, and in particular on the new clauses and amendments that stand in my name. When the Bill had its Second…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI had not shared my speech with my hon. Friend, but she has anticipated the next couple of points that I was about to make. I agree with her strongly. I preface my comments by…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe data in the book to which the right hon. and learned Lady has referred is alarming. Last week in Hampton, in my constituency, the Smartphone Free Childhood campaign organised…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt is always an honour to take an intervention from the hon. Gentleman, and it is great to hear about the pilot scheme in Northern Ireland. I have read that the Government in the…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Mental Health Support: Educational SettingsThe Minister has referred to access to specialist mental health support. For the benefit of the House, could he clarify what level of resource he expects that to be—will it be…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Mental Health Support: Educational SettingsI congratulate the hon. Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) on securing this incredibly important debate. I have spent much of the past five and a bit years in this place talking…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillCould the Minister clarify for the House whether the provisions on the school support staff negotiating body will provide a ceiling as well as a floor on pay, or will it just be a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI recently met a distressed constituent who escaped a very abusive marriage, only for the courts to order a financial settlement that allows her ex-husband to still exert…11 Mar 2025HANSARDSchooling CostsThe Child Poverty Action Group estimates that the parent of a child in secondary school spends, on average, over £480 a year on school uniforms. The Government’s move to limit the…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities FundingSome of the huge cost pressures on SEND budgets are being driven by the lack of state special school places, with many councils forced to send children with complex needs to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic GrowthAs the poor growth figures show, the Chancellor’s jobs tax is really hurting businesses, not least in our hospitality sector. In my constituency, pubs such as the Eel Pie and the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic Growth20. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in employer national insurance contributions on economic growth.04 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ReliefIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell-Buck. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for introducing this…03 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement expressing the United Kingdom’s unequivocal support for President Zelensky and Ukraine. In view of the Prime Minister’s cuts to the aid…03 Mar 2025HANSARDSudan16. What steps his Department is taking to support people affected by the humanitarian situation in Sudan.25 Feb 2025HANSARDSudanThe Genocide80Twenty campaign group at Hampton school in my constituency recently met members of the Darfur diaspora who have fled the atrocities in Sudan, and they would like to…25 Feb 2025HANSARD SEND Education SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter) on securing this important debate.…25 Feb 2025HANSARD SEND Education SupportNo. As a Liberal—I have said this many a time—I believe in a mixed economy in many of our public services. I was about to make the point that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools…25 Feb 2025HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourAntisocial behaviour is a problem not just in our town centres, but in our parks. That is why my constituents are extremely concerned about plans to axe the specialist royal parks…24 Feb 2025