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Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (14 May 2013)

Heidi Alexander: Can one of the Ministers here today explain exactly how publishing a Bill providing for a European Union referendum in four years’ time will first create jobs, secondly attract investment and thirdly secure Britain’s future in a global economy?

Business of the House (9 May 2013)

Heidi Alexander: There was much hype yesterday over the Government’s immigration Bill. Will the Leader of House make it clear when the Bill will be published and, in advance of that, how the check scheme for private landlords will work and be enforced?

[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] — A and E Waiting Times (23 April 2013)

Heidi Alexander: Will the Minister give a commitment today that no changes will be made to Lewisham’s A and E until there are no ambulances being diverted to Lewisham hospital, and waiting time targets are met in the neighbouring hospitals?

[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] — A and E Waiting Times (23 April 2013)

Heidi Alexander: Does my hon. Friend agree not only that there are fewer community nurses, but that those who still remain have much enhanced work loads, which means the time spent with each individual patient is reduced? That, too, causes problems with the quality of care provided in the community.

[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] — A and E Waiting Times (23 April 2013)

Heidi Alexander: I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd) on securing this debate. What struck me when listening to the contributions from all parties represented in Westminster Hall this morning is the consensus that exists about the fact that we need to hear from the Government their vision for accident and emergency services. I agree entirely with the comments of the...

[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] — A and E Waiting Times (23 April 2013)

Heidi Alexander: I said that the whole process was deceitful and potentially dangerous. A legal challenge about Lewisham is under way. We have to await the outcome of that to see what the future holds for Lewisham. I stand by my remarks. The process was not really open from the outset. My final point has already been mentioned. We need to work out exactly how we stop people going into A and E who do not need...

CCTV: Immigrants (NHS Treatment) (25 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: If the child of an asylum seeker who is yet to have their asylum application determined requires NHS primary care, will they still be eligible for free treatment?

Ways and Means — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: amendment of the Law (22 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: It is a pleasure to follow two excellent speeches from fellow female Labour London MPs. The hon. Member for North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg) said that households should now be able to afford to spend. That might be the case for his constituents, but it is not the case for mine. It certainly does not feel that way to them, as they struggle hard to make ends meet on a daily basis. I want...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Women’s Single-Tier Pensions (11 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: What recent assessment he has made of the effects of the Government’s proposal for a single-tier pension on women born between 6 April 1952 and 6 July 1953.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Women’s Single-Tier Pensions (11 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: The Minister says that 85% of women will benefit under the proposals that he has announced today, but what about the 15% who do not?

Department for Communities and Local Government — New Housing Supply (5 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins). I did not agree with everything he said, but I certainly agree with his last point that it is just plain wrong that, in the 21st century, we are paying money through housing benefit to slum landlords. I will probably pick up on that theme later. I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee, my hon....

Department for Communities and Local Government — New Housing Supply (5 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: I totally agree with my hon. Friend, and our hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter) made a similar point. We are lining the pockets of private landlords on an industrial scale. There are no two ways about it. Another suggestion I would put to the Minister relates to public land. The Government often talk about releasing public land to deliver new homes. There is a lot of...

Department for Communities and Local Government — New Housing Supply (5 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: One of the recommendations in the Select Committee’s report is that the opportunities for self-build do exist. I will conclude on that note, grateful for having had the opportunity to contribute to the debate.

Department for Communities and Local Government — New Housing Supply (5 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: Is my hon. Friend aware that in lifting a cap, local authorities could deliver 600,000 new homes over a five-year period if additional borrowing was available to them? Sorry, that should be 60,000.

Crossrail 2 — [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] (5 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: I hear what the Minister has said, but he will have heard my case about the population increase in south-east London and the existing problems with overcrowding on the overland rail network. Would he undertake to discuss the Mayor’s current thinking on the Bakerloo line extension with him?

Crossrail 2 — [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] (5 March 2013)

Heidi Alexander: I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) on securing the debate. I represent a south-east London constituency. My constituents would not necessarily benefit directly from new stations on a Crossrail 2 project. Nevertheless, they would benefit from improved transport links in London more generally, so it is important that we are having the debate today. I want...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Railway Stations (28 February 2013)

Heidi Alexander: The stations that my constituents in south-east London would like to see opened are a Bakerloo line station at Lewisham and a docklands light railway station at Catford. Those, of course, would also require major extensions to existing lines. Will the Minister tell me what planning if any is being carried out by his Department and Transport for London about the longer-term strategic transport...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: A and E and Maternity Provision (South-east London) (26 February 2013)

Heidi Alexander: Demand for A and E services at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and at King’s will go through the roof if Lewisham’s full A and E closes. The Secretary of State may claim that he is keeping a smaller A and E at Lewisham, but that is nothing more than dangerous spin. No blue-light ambulances will call at Lewisham under his plans, and even the College of Emergency Medicine says that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (25 February 2013)

Heidi Alexander: The Minister for defence personnel will know that for the past two months I have been trying to secure a meeting with him to discuss the financial losses faced by Army officers who are being made redundant shortly before their immediate pension point. To date, he has not agreed to such a meeting. Will he do so today? If not, can he tell me how members of our armed forces should raise their...

Backbench Business — New Nuclear Power: Accident and Emergency Departments (7 February 2013)

Heidi Alexander: How does the hon. Gentleman know that those different mortality rates that he cites are down to less consultant cover at weekends and are not, for example, the result of a sicker population entering A and E at weekends?