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HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireI add my congratulations to those given to my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Emma Dent Coad) for her phenomenal leadership on this issue. She represents a constituency…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallChildren with autism and learning disabilities are still being pinned face-down on the floor, tied to beds or locked up in seclusion rooms. The Government promised five years ago…23 May 2019HANSARD Children and Young People: Restrictive InterventionI congratulate the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) on securing this important debate, and on the powerful case that he made. I am sure the whole House would pay…25 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Local authorities are formally responsible for applying to the EU settlement scheme on behalf of looked-after children, but it is not clear what support is available for…01 Apr 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley (Thelma Walker) on securing this very important and timely debate. Since the Conservative party came to power in 2010, my…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeIn my advice surgery last Friday, I met Mr Glenford Spence, whose son had been savagely knifed to death in a youth club two weeks previously. When I asked the Minister in the…22 Mar 2019HANSARDCharity RegulationI want to press the Minister further on the garden bridge issue. It has been a total fiasco. We have seen £40 million of public money wasted; public tendering and procurement…07 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeWe already know what works in tackling violent youth crime because we have done it before. For instance, the public health-type approach that I and others introduced in Lambeth in…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Communities: Charities and VolunteersWhat is destroying our high streets are the right hon. Gentleman’s Government’s business rate hikes. The community and voluntary groups that are part of all of this innovation are…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Communities: Charities and VolunteersI agree. It is outrageous that the Government are actively penalising people for volunteering when we need to be encouraging volunteering. In particular, it helps people who are…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Communities: Charities and VolunteersI listened with interest to the Minister’s warm words, but I suspect that we will hear much this afternoon about the gap between the rhetoric and the reality in the Government’s…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Communities: Charities and VolunteersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said, 600 youth centres have closed, and all the activities that could have gone on in them have been taken away. That is a crying shame.…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ12. ISS is a private contractor that employs some of my constituents as porters and cleaners at Kingston Hospital, but it will not pay them sick pay. One was refused sick pay…06 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI have, Mr Speaker.04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI congratulate the many Members on both sides of the House who have contributed to such an important debate. On my own side, my hon. Friends the Members for Tooting (Dr…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTV Licences: Over-75sThe Secretary of State is not going to get away with devolving the blame for his cuts. More than 2 million over-75-year-olds live alone, and the Campaign to End Loneliness reports…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingHotels!23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI look forward to the Minister’s response, but I agree completely agree with my hon. Friend. I will draw to a close soon and I look forward to the Minister’s response to hon.…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the important point that he has made. He has emphasised that this is not just about ACM cladding—there is a problem with wider fire safety…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingI completely agree with my hon. Friend’s point about the cladding manufacturers seeking better reassurance for themselves. Of course, it is not just the cladding that is…23 Jan 2019