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HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseMy hon. Friend, whose background is in this area, is making a really good speech. As a former children’s services manager in Birmingham, she is absolutely spot on when she says…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Environment BillAir pollution across the west midlands affects some 2.8 million people and our young people are most at risk of dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide. Will my hon. Friend join me…26 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWomen are more likely to be imprisoned for non-violent offences and to receive ineffective short sentences of six months or less, and children whose mothers are sent to prison are…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that the Government have to stop running councils into the ground with their cuts, and should instead invest…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Persecution of ChristiansI thank the hon. Member for giving way and pay tribute to him for his work as chair of the APPG. Whether it is Nigeria, Iraq or Myanmar, we have seen time and again how…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI understand that the census order in Scotland was laid on 23 January 2020, and 10 years ago the census order was laid on 21 October 2009. In December 2018, we were promised that…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekMy hon. Friend is right; poverty has consequences. Take social security. The Government’s flagship policy of universal credit is not only driving more households into poverty but…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekWe know that the Care Quality Commission has raised numerous concerns about mental health provision and instances in which young people are not receiving the care that they need.…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekDoes the Minister think that it is right that we will be expecting teachers to take on another role? They are already leads for safeguarding, FGM and Prevent—a huge array of…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekI think what my CCG will say is that the money is just not adequate. Birmingham is one of the youngest cities in the country; there are so many issues across the city in trying to…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekCan the Minister expand a little on how those young people are going to access that specialist support, because an early years counselling service in my constituency has a waiting…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekThe hon. Gentleman makes a really important point. Far too often, we do not recognise the work that schools are doing, and the charity sector, especially, has contributed…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekThe right hon. Gentleman makes that point very well. A lot of research has been done on this by the Royal Society for Public Health. It is a contributing factor—one of which there…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Children’s Mental Health WeekI am sure that my esteemed colleagues, including the Minister, will have already read my article concerning this important debate on the PoliticsHome website today. But I do…06 Feb 2020HANSARDLocal Government FinanceDoes my hon. Friend agree that the huge cuts of £142 million resulting from central Government settlement funding assessments for Birmingham between 2015 and 2020 are…05 Feb 2020HANSARDLocal Government FinanceDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that councils of all political persuasions are already, as he said, in severe financial trouble following 10 years of savage cuts by the Conservative…05 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillI rise to speak to the amendments in my name and the names of my colleagues. As we have all heard, our NHS needs to be properly resourced in both physical and mental health, but…04 Feb 2020HANSARDBusiness Productivity: BirminghamTransport for West Midlands and the Open Data Institute found that between 2008 and 2018 congestion had led to 216,000 fewer people being within a 45-minute bus journey of the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness Productivity: Birmingham1. What recent steps she has taken to increase business productivity in Birmingham.21 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) who, along with many hon. Members this afternoon, made an excellent maiden speech. I wish him well…16 Jan 2020