🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I take on board your advice about making use of the time and ensuring that the Chair is aware in advance. However, since we have almost four minutes spare—you indicated that the Front Benchers would start speaking at 5.10 pm—this is an opportunity for me, on behalf of the universities in our city of Manchester, of which we...
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My hon. Friend makes an important point about the wider benefits to local and regional economies. Part of the economic contribution comes from our universities’ capacity for research. Does he share my concern that if the number of international students declines, the contribution they make to subsidising the cost of research in universities will also decline, and that will make our regional...
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I declare an interest as a member of the board of governors at Manchester Metropolitan University. I agree with much of what the hon. Member is saying, except about independence for Scotland. I believe we are stronger together. I endorse the hon. Member’s point about the value that is added by international students, particularly in commuter universities such as Manchester Metropolitan. Our...
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The New Statesman has reported that the spend on Healthy Start has fallen by two thirds in the last decade, and this afternoon I will be presenting a Bill that would help to increase take-up. Will the Secretary of State or one of his team meet me to discuss the details of what campaigners and I are proposing so that we can make this helpful benefit reach more of the families it is intended to...
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Can the Home Secretary tell us how many, if any, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been accommodated at Manston or Western Jet Foil, and what arrangements she is making to keep them in safety in hotels, properly supervised and safeguarded?
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for drawing attention to the importance of families being able to afford healthy food—all the more important given the rising cost of living. In relation to Healthy Start, she will know that take-up of these essential vouchers that provide fresh fruit and veg, and milk and vitamins to pregnant and new mums and their children is at only about 60% across the...
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In that regard, my hon. Friend will be pleased to know that Healthy Start does support the provision of plant-based meals.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 151099 on Health Services: ICT, which providers of digital services used by NHS organisations to deliver patient-facing services are Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) compliant.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Category D prisoners are held in (a) open and (b) closed prison environments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2022 to Question HL2011, what progress her Department has made on (a) collecting and (b) publishing data on take-up of the Healthy Start scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to resume the publication of monthly take-up data for the Healthy Start scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
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