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HANSARD Business of the HouseCoventry University Nursery provides excellent early years care and education for children of university staff, students and the wider community, but the university is threatening…25 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this important debate and giving…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationI mentioned that.16 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI beg to move, That this House has considered school and college funding in the Midlands. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am pleased to have…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI completely agree. It is a slogan without substance, and the Government have had to accept that those targets will not be met. Coventry College recently announced that it would…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsThe hon. Member made a point about free school meals. Scotland, Wales and even London have a policy of extending those to all primary school pupils. Can I count on the hon.…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI will keep it brief. I thank you, Mr Pritchard, for chairing this debate, and colleagues who took part. I began my speech by saying that I hope the teachers who came down from…09 May 2023HANSARDLocal post office closureI rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Coventry South regarding post office services in the Quinton Park area of Cheylesmore. The petition notes the vital…18 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesNurses, junior doctors and paramedics do not take strike action lightly; it is a last resort after more than a decade of working harder and longer for less and less. The Secretary…17 Apr 2023HANSARD BBC: Government Role in ImpartialityThe BBC chairman, Richard Sharp, donated £400,000 to the Conservatives and helped the former Prime Minister on an £800,000 loan. The BBC director-general, Tim Davie, is a former…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillLast year, child poverty nearly doubled, workers’ wages fell at the fastest rate in decades and there was a more than 25% jump in people sleeping on the streets, while our schools…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is the oldest trick in the book. When poverty is rising and the rich are getting richer, when wages are falling and people are struggling, the powerful say that the problem is…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Prevent: Independent ReviewWhen the Government appointed William Shawcross to lead the review of Prevent, more than 450 Muslim organisations and leading human rights organisations such as Amnesty…08 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI have just come from the nurses’ picket outside St Thomas’s Hospital, on the other side of Westminster bridge, where nurses made the point that they were not striking against the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank the Minister for giving way. This anti-worker, anti-strike Bill applies to the fire and rescue service, which has seen a 30% cut in central Government funding since the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUnaccompanied Asylum-seeking ChildrenThese revelations, once again, expose shocking neglect by the Home Office, which is failing in its basic duties to unaccompanied children who have often experienced war and…24 Jan 2023HANSARDFree School Meals14. What assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for free school meals.16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare that I am a proud member of Unite the Union. Politics costs money, and I am proud to be…16 Jan 2023HANSARDFree School MealsEach month, 4 million children experience food insecurity, go to bed hungry and set off to school on an empty stomach. To tackle this injustice, my free school meals for all Bill…16 Jan 2023HANSARDRoyal Mail and the Universal Service ObligationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Ali. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) on securing this important debate. £567 million: that is…12 Jan 2023