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HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillYes. If the hon. Member looks at clause 3, she will see that it draws on the definitions in the clinically-led review of mental health waiting time standards and mentions both…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillIf the hon. Member is so concerned about those year-long waits—we all have constituents who have experienced them—why is he so opposed to better reporting on that? He complains…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a privilege to speak on my first ever private Member’s Bill. Let me start by thanking the Royal College of…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillI completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. Even if there were 1,000% more funding tomorrow, the workforce is not there, as we know it is not in so many parts of the NHS.…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillI agree completely. We need that preventive intervention at school and community level, as well as investment in acute services right across the way. There is a huge need, from…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillI could not agree more. If children are not happy and well in themselves they will not thrive. There is plenty of data and research to show that children who are unwell mentally…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillThe dashboard does not go into the level of detail required in the Bill. I will come on to the different bits of data that the Bill would require to be published, especially on…18 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFigures provided to me recently by the Department for Education showed that on average a staggering 27% of children were not at the expected reading age when leaving primary…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesI have just come off the phone to my caseworker. Today, we have been contacted by a constituent whose father has managed to flee Ukraine over the Polish border. He went to a UK…14 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring Programme and Adult EducationThe Minister referenced the various funding announcements for the national tutoring programme, but the House of Commons Library briefing says today: “It is not clear how much has…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring Programme and Adult EducationI find myself in a happy position, because normally I am furiously trying to cut down my speech to three minutes. I do not think that is going to happen today, however. I am…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring Programme and Adult EducationI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his excellent speech. On his point about childcare, I declare an interest as he is talking about MPs with children who qualify for the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring Programme and Adult EducationWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?09 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillWill the Secretary of State give way?07 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMore than 2,100 residents have signed my petition to see the former Teddington police station site repurposed for community use and affordable housing. The Under-Secretary of…07 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineOver the weekend the Prime Minister evoked the parable of the good Samaritan when he visited a Ukrainian church in London. In that parable, the good Samaritan is generous and…01 Mar 2022HANSARDOne Public Estate Programme13. What steps he is taking with the Metropolitan police as part of the One Public Estate programme.24 Feb 2022HANSARDOne Public Estate ProgrammeWith police stations throughout London up for sale, including in Teddington, the Mayor of London is determined to flog them off to the highest bidder, which generally means luxury…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Teddington Police StationI thank the Minister for being so generous in giving way again. I may be pushing my luck here, but as well as writing to me, might I persuade him to write to the Mayor of London,…23 Feb 2022