Former Labour MP for Stourbridge
Why did my right hon. Friend choose Ofcom, which does not support a ban on advertising to children of food high in fat, sugar and salt, to liaise with the food and drink and television industries, which are also against a ban? May I suggest that he should choose another organisation that is perhaps a little less biased, such as the Food Standards Agency or one of the 120 organisations,...
Does the hon. Lady recall that, in Committee, the Minister for Children argued in favour of the Secretary of State having powers to direct? Does she agree that that is totally wrong and that the Secretary of State should not have such powers? The Secretary of State can already instigate inquiries and it is vital that the children's commissioner be independent of Government and free to comment...
Will my right hon. Friend give his support to the measures in my Children's Food Bill? Does he realise that if he does so, he will be in the company of hundreds of MPs from all parts of this Chamber and some 120 organisations, including the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of General Practitioners, cancer charities and the Food Commission? Does he...
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I ask your advice. Is there is an available date?
Seven days in the future. Debate to be resumed on Friday 22 October.
I very much welcome the report, which is extremely important, and my right hon. Friend's response to it. It is ludicrous that the police have not been automatically required to share information across forces. Hon. Members on both sides of the House have said that they do not want such a failing to occur ever again, but in my view it will happen again. Since my Protection of Children Act...
In my constituency, the Government have made money available for various matters related to carers. Unfortunately, the money for the last couple of years has been used mainly for researching projects. Carers have told me that they are concerned that that money may be freed up within the council for it to spend as it wants and will not necessarily be targeted directly at carers, who obviously...
Looking at the last couple of words of clause 1(2), "leisure opportunities", may I again mention to my hon. Friend the younger people whom some of our hon. Friends have already mentioned? I am sure that all hon. Members present, on both sides of the Chamber, are very concerned about those young people. Leisure opportunities for young carers are virtually non-existent and I feel that there are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Stourbridge constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Stourbridge constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role the Government envisages for the UN Human Rights Norms for Business in clarifying the responsibilities of multinational corporations with regard to human rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will support the UN Human Rights Norms for Business at the UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in April.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are taken to ensure that individuals deemed unsuitable to work with children, are not able to gain access to other vulnerable client groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Stourbridge constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on the Stourbridge constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Stourbridge constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on Stourbridge constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when Ofsted will take school meals into account during inspections as set out in the White Paper, Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier".
