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HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesI thank the hon. Lady for giving way, especially as she is giving such a heartfelt, passionate speech on behalf of her constituents. Ben was a young Coventrian who tragically…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateEnergy bills are soaring, wages are falling and the cost of living crisis is getting worse and worse, but while my constituents are forced to choose between heating and eating,…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateYes.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week I was very proud to join a local group, Coventry City of Languages, in Speaker’s House, where they were awarded the Your UK Parliament award for community campaign of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDInvestment in UK ManufacturingEarlier this month, bosses triggered a consultation on redundancies at Liberty Pressing Solutions, a business in my constituency that produces high-quality products for the…29 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsJoram is a veteran and constituent who came to Britain in 2001 and served in the armed forces, with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. That left scars: he suffered from post-traumatic…28 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementThe richest Member of Parliament just spoke about how he understands the impact that the cost of living crisis is having on millions of people, but what he said will sound like a…23 Mar 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Strip-search of SchoolgirlIn the past three years Metropolitan police officers have been jailed for posing for selfies next to the bodies of black murdered sisters, a serving officer has been found guilty…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThis week marks eight years since the late, great Tony Benn sadly passed away. In one of his most famous speeches in this House, he recounted living in London during the blitz. He…15 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsJo, a constituent, came to Britain in 2001 and served for five years in the Army, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he developed post-traumatic stress disorder. He served…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationAnalysis carried out by the homelessness charity St Mungo’s estimates that between 2009 and 2018 funding for single homeless people fell by a shocking £1 billion—a cut of more…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to new clause 1. The year was 1985. After a campaign lasting decades, 123 councils answered the call for solidarity with the South African anti-apartheid movement…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Yes, it does, and I was proud to stand on a Labour manifesto committed to that policy, too. With the rapidly accelerated threat of climate catastrophe and the need to consign the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityListening to Conservative Members, one would think that the cost of living crisis was something natural, like bad weather or a freak accident. They have said that the Government…08 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Prime Minister and his allies are trying to distract and deflect from the truth, but here are the indisputable facts: the Prime Minister attended Downing Street parties; he…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have informed the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker) that I will be referring to him. In July 2020, the hon. Member for…19 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventMore than 150,000 covid deaths, the highest toll in Europe; a cost-of-living crisis, with universal credit slashed and bills rocketing; a second jobs scandal; an attempt to let…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNHS workers say that they are broken—overworked, exhausted and undervalued, pushed to the brink before the pandemic and now abandoned by the Government. So will the Prime Minister…05 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very proud to represent Coventry’s NHS workers, who make the NHS an incredible public service. Today, I am wearing University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire’s charity…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I am confused, because I do not have any other words to put it in.18 Nov 2021