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HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskI want to make a point about mental health and the impact of the cladding scandal. I would like to read something from one of my constituents who lives in a dangerously clad…14 Sept 2021HANSARDChildcareI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I was listening to his speech very closely, because I was reflecting that there is no way I could have got through six years of…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2The construction of vent shafts for HS2 on Adelaide Road and in South Kilburn in my constituency is already causing major disruption to residents in Swiss Cottage and a part of…13 Sept 2021HANSARDChildcareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I would like to thank all my colleagues across the House who took the time to speak in today’s important debate. Like…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Plastic WasteLike me, the hon. Member was, and presumably still is, a councillor. Between 2010, when I was a councillor in Camden, and the start of the pandemic, there were £16 billion-worth…08 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this year, in June, I stood at this Dispatch Box and confronted the Minister about the number of nurseries and childcare providers that were closing because of the…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe flu season that we have just been through was the mildest on record, thanks in no small part to the fact that we have all been wearing masks to protect against coronavirus.…06 Jul 2021HANSARDChildren from Low-Income Families: Education SupportThe Minister is boasting about free school meals and how much the Government have done. Will she admit that her Government were forced, kicking and screaming, to extend free…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Flexible WorkingI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to give workers the right to flexible working from the first day of employment except in exceptional circumstances; to…30 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren from Low-Income Families: Education SupportIt is pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. First, I would like to say a big thank you to my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) for securing this…30 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the Early Years Alliance revealed secret Government documents that exposed that Ministers have been knowingly underfunding childcare, childminders and nurseries for…21 Jun 2021HANSARD Children and Young People’s Mental HealthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. We have talked a lot about self-isolation over the past year but less about the impact of being isolated on our mental…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Aviation, Travel and Tourism IndustriesToday, I want to focus on a specialist sailing holiday company in my constituency, which has been running for several decades and has essentially been unable to run its business…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Support for Children Entitled to Free School MealsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq, for the first time. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) for securing this…26 May 2021HANSARDChild Food PovertyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) for moving the motion, and the…24 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksYesterday, racists drove past the amazing Jewish community centre JW3 on Finchley Road in my constituency shouting antisemitic hate speech. I am very proud to represent an area…17 May 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.27 Apr 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. The whole House will be aware that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, my constituent, has been in prison in Iran for five years…27 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMore and more children are relying on free school meals because of the pandemic. The Government’s holiday activities and food programme tells local councils to provide just 16…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Special Educational NeedsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) for initiating this important debate. He was…21 Apr 2021