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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Motorists in Harlow driving down Edinburgh Way have faced shocking congestion since 2017, because of delays from the utility companies, costing Essex County Council about £2…14 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexMy hon. Friend has been an incredible supporter; his constituents will know the work he has done to lobby the Government for our new health campus. He makes an incredibly…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexI beg to move, That this House has considered NHS funding in Essex. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I have raised the pressing need for a new…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ15. Since 2014, the number of children being excluded from schools has risen by 67%. In every school week, 4,253 children with special educational needs have been permanently…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexMy hon. Friend makes the funding case for south Essex. As he says, the whole of Essex needs support, and I know he is supportive of a new hospital in Harlow. The MPs in the…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexMy right hon. Friend has always been a champion for Essex—there is not an Essex issue that she is not on top of. She has been very supportive of the need for a new hospital in…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexMy hon. Friend again hits the nail on the head. We have a problem at the moment, but we will have thousands and thousands of new houses in our area. It will be impossible to…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexThe health campus would work closely with Public Health England, whose timely move to Harlow in 2022 would allow for unrivalled research and training partnerships. The hospital is…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Primary Schools: Nurture and Alternative ProvisionI thank my hon. Friend for his work on the Education Committee. I note that several Committee members are here. On his point about on-site organisation within a school, he will…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Primary Schools: Nurture and Alternative ProvisionMy hon. Friend mentioned children with special educational needs. Does he agree that there is a significant problem when something like 4,000 children with special educational…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexMy hon. Friend is right. We are very lucky that the management of Princess Alexandra Hospital are second to none. We were in significant difficulties, but they turned the hospital…13 Feb 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexI am delighted that my hon. Friend’s daughters were born in the Princess Alexandra Hospital—not a fact I knew until today. Knowing their father, I am sure he was very proud that…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Cairncross ReviewOnly a few years ago, three local free newspapers went to almost every home in Harlow. The last one, the Harlow Star , has shut its doors in the last couple of weeks and residents…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Social Media and Screen Use: Young People’s HealthI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on this incredibly important report, which complements some of the work done by the Education Committee. Does he support the request made…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Tackling Disadvantage in the Early YearsI thank the hon. Lady for her questions and remarks. We talk a lot about the problems of the workforce, which need to be recognised. There needs to be proper progression and clear…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Tackling Disadvantage in the Early YearsI thank the right hon. Gentleman and he is absolutely right. When the 30-hours policy was devised, it was all about the labour market and perhaps trying to create incentives for…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Tackling Disadvantage in the Early YearsThe hon. Lady proposes an interesting idea. I was in the House of Commons the other night when Members on both sides of the House presented one petition after another—I have never…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Tackling Disadvantage in the Early YearsSocial justice is the defining issue for our country and is a fundamental aspect of the Education Committee’s work. We published our report on “Tackling disadvantage in the early…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week, the Harlow Star newspaper closed its doors for the last time, meaning that for the first time since 1953 our town does not have a local newspaper. Can we have an urgent…07 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Mobile Roaming ChargesI know we are all worried about roaming overseas, but may I ask my right hon. and learned Friend to look at the signal at home, because too many people do not get a mobile phone…07 Feb 2019