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HANSARDPlaying Fields: Community Access3. What steps she is taking to help increase community access to playing fields.11 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Provision and FundingIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Sir Jake Berry). While I cannot speak from personal experience in the way he movingly has, I hope to…11 Jan 2024HANSARDPlaying Fields: Community AccessUdney Park playing fields in Teddington, in my constituency, have gone to rack and ruin over the past decade as successive developers have bought the site and, quite rightly,…11 Jan 2024HANSARDSchools (Mental Health Professionals)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to require every school to have access to a qualified mental health professional; and for connected…09 Jan 2024HANSARDTackling SpikingI welcome some of what the Minister has announced. When the National Police Chiefs’ Council ran a data collection for spiking incidents at festivals and other events last year,…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) and to the journalist Caroline Wheeler for their tireless campaigning on this issue. I…18 Dec 2023HANSARDKinship Care1. If she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Government’s kinship care policies on carers and children with protected characteristics.13 Dec 2023HANSARDKinship CareThe annual survey of the Kinship charity showed that the majority of kinship carers are women, typically grandmothers, many of whom are affected by the gender pay gap and a rising…13 Dec 2023HANSARDTeddington Direct River Abstraction ProjectI rise to present a petition about Thames Water’s Teddington direct river abstraction proposals to draw water out of the River Thames in times of drought and replace it with…12 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyI have heard the Minister’s explanation of why the UK made the deeply disappointing decision not to support the UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire. Over the…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTeacher WorkloadTeacher workloads are being exacerbated by teacher vacancies that schools are struggling to fill, and funding pressures are resulting in cuts to support staff, who often support…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillThe Secretary of State was talking about leasehold houses. I was recently visited by a group of residents from Hampton Wick in my constituency who have been collectively trying to…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesWill the Minister give way?05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI welcome the Minister to his new role. I thank him for giving way, given that the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the hon. Member for Taunton…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesWill the Minister give way?05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe hon. Gentleman outlines very effectively all the failings of the water companies and of this Conservative Government to take action. Thames Water has been dumping billions of…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesWill the right hon. Lady give way?05 Dec 2023HANSARDChildren in Custody: EducationEarlier this year, I visited Feltham young offenders institution and witnessed at first hand the very challenging conditions in which dedicated professionals work with young…21 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Prime Minister and certain other senior Government figures have suggested that the European convention on human rights should be disapplied in some asylum cases, and the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren in Custody: Education14. What steps he is taking to improve the provision of education for children in custody.21 Nov 2023