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HANSARDStop and SearchI am a London MP, and my community has felt the effect of young lives being tragically lost to knife crime. Some innocent teenagers and black and mixed-race people in my…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Parental Leave and PayI thank the hon. Lady for giving way again; she is being very generous. I am passionate about the question of fathers, because in families up and down the country, including my…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Parental Leave and PayThe hon. Lady is making an excellent and powerful speech. Does she agree that with statutory paternity and maternity pay levels so low, at less than half of full-time pay at…19 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFreedom of information requests from the Liberal Democrats recently revealed that three in four primary schools will not have a mental health support team in place by 2024, when…12 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsA simple question for the Transport Secretary: are the Government committed to building a third runway at Heathrow—yes or no?08 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseNew figures published this morning show that almost a third of teachers quit within five years of qualifying. The Government miss their own teacher training targets so often that…08 Jun 2023HANSARD Pupil Roll Numbers and School Closures: LondonThe hon. Gentleman is making a well-informed speech. On that point about pupil admission numbers, it is my understanding—I am happy to be corrected—that if a school has a…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Pupil Roll Numbers and School Closures: LondonI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. She made a powerful point about the sky-high childcare and housing costs in London, which are driving people out of…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportThe shadow Minister has referred several times to children’s mental health and the crisis that often occurs when they present at A&E departments. Does she agree that schools have…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportLike other colleagues, I see many children in my constituency waiting well over a year, sometimes two years, to access child and adolescent mental health services, so I was…07 Jun 2023HANSARDAfghan Women and GirlsMy hon. Friend is being generous with her time. On visas and the criteria, given the challenges that women face in accessing education, patently the requirement to learn English…06 Jun 2023HANSARDAfghan Women and GirlsI thank my hon. Friend for securing this really important debate. On her point about depression and mental health, she might have seen a powerful report on the BBC last night from…06 Jun 2023HANSARDStudent VisasOur schools are in the midst of such a chronic teacher recruitment and retention crisis that the Department for Education currently offers £10,000 relocation payments to overseas…24 May 2023HANSARD Heathrow Airport ExpansionThe problem with airspace modern-isation, and the feedback I get from some of my community groups, is that the process is not transparent at all. We have no idea whether there…24 May 2023HANSARD Heathrow Airport ExpansionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I congratulate the hon. Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson) on securing this vital debate. We MPs across south-west…24 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsSo far, we have heard a lot about what we do not know, but I want to remind the House about what we do know about the results of the last condition data collection survey,…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. During the Schools Minister’s opening speech, I asked whether he would commit to publishing the details of the 39 schools that have…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsThe Minister has said that he either cannot or will not publish the data from CDC1, but on 21 February, in response to a written question from me, the Minister confirmed that 39…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsWill the Minister give way?23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsI could not agree with my hon. Friend more. I regularly hear from teachers that they are doing so much outside their core remit of teaching in order to support our students, and…23 May 2023