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HANSARDBullying in SchoolsLast week I introduced by ten-minute rule Bill on bullying and respect at work. It is not just children who experience bullying in the school environment but teachers and other…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Minister spell out exactly how trade unions are to comply with and enforce a code that is outwith their jurisdictions in making workers go into work?17 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education ReformThe Government should address the reasons why some courses are struggling, not the consequences. Higher education funding is in crisis, and that is having an impact on the…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI find it a shocking admission from the Minister—we are fighting for the relatives of people in Afghanistan whose lives are at risk—that these Afghans are being blocked by him…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillAs has been pointed out on numerous occasions, the measures that the Minister is trying to introduce are outside the jurisdictions of trade unions, which therefore do not have the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The mental wellbeing of young people and children is really important. Last week, I met staff from Ebor Academy Trust and our mental health trust to talk about how better…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy hon. Friend has just made a valid point, because when NHS Employers and the NHS Confederation came before the Select Committee on Health and Social Care, they said that they…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingI raised the issue of addiction; although the Minister has said that vaping products are safer, does she agree that if they are drawing more children into addiction, they are…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingTwenty-nine years ago I handed in my dissertation for my degree. It was focused on tobacco advertising, and the very arguments being made today by the industry were being made…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingI am grateful to the Minister for giving way, because I want to turn to the evidence. We know that, when we had plain packaging and removed advertising around cigarette sales, we…12 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Harris. I, too, welcome the draft regulations and wish to highlight the inequality that has arisen between Northern Ireland…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Bullying and Respect at WorkI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for a statutory definition of bullying at work; to make provision relating to bullying at work, including to…11 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe number of deaths increased by 13.5% in December 2022, particularly around influenza and pneumonia—up by 26.2%—so York’s public health team want to know what the Government are…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Two-child Benefit Cap and Child PovertyMy hon. Friend mentioned the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which is based in my constituency. It has done work not only to demonstrate that the two-child limit is having an impact…11 Jul 2023HANSARDHouse BuildingThe Government are notoriously bad at disposing of public land—I need only look at NHS Property Services and the seven-year wait on the Bootham Park hospital site, and at Ministry…10 Jul 2023HANSARDViolence in the West BankI do not think the Minister understands the power of office. Today we have heard comments and some warm words, but we have seen no action. The UK currently has the power of…04 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanDespite the significant desert of dentists, I note from the plan that we will not see an increase in dental training places next year, the year after or the year after that,…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Mental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyI, too, welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, but I am disappointed that he did not say more about the serious risks that we have raised in the House—not least about timely…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Lung Cancer ScreeningOf course those most at risk must be fast-tracked into diagnostic services, but when we are 2,000 radiologists short, 4,000 radiographers short and 5,000 other health staff short…26 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith the MOD estate an outlier in allowing trail hunting on its land, and with the memorandum of understanding to allow hunt monitoring access having been torn up—something…26 Jun 2023