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Business of the House (23 Jan 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: Luton station in my constituency is falling apart, the roof has leaked for years and it is not fit for purpose. Many Members have raised their unhappiness with poor rail services, but I would like to ask the Leader of the House for a debate on the level of investment in railway stations in large towns such as Luton.

Assisted Dying Law — [Sir Graham Brady in the Chair] (23 Jan 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: I congratulate the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) on securing this important debate. I am a humanist and I believe people should have complete autonomy over their own lives. As the Member of Parliament for Luton, South I am well aware of the case of fellow Lutonian Diane Pretty, whose hardship was publicised in 2002. She was paralysed from motor neurone disease and wanted...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Luton Station (31 Jan 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve Luton train station.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Luton ( 4 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase funding for schools in Luton schools in 2020.

Local Government Finance ( 5 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: I am pleased that we are having this Opposition day debate on a topic that directly impacts on all our constituents’ day-to-day lives. The aim of any Government should be to ensure that people’s day-to-day lives are improved and to give people a greater stake in society. To achieve that, we must empower the collective voice of our communities—our local councils. Instead of listening to...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Poverty: Children ( 6 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support Luton Borough Council to reduce child poverty in Luton South constituency.

Office Block Conversions: Essex (13 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) on securing such an important debate. As in his constituency, permitted development rights have allowed the creation of poor quality homes in my constituency of Luton South in Bedfordshire—it is also, technically, in the east. We have a severe housing crisis....

Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Temporary Accommodation: Children (19 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of children living in temporary accommodation in Luton.

Social Care (25 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: I am pleased to speak in this debate as a serving councillor still on Luton council, because we know how much social care needs are impacting on local councils. We have heard much from many colleagues, but I want to bring a bit of lived experience to the debate. Luton council set its budget last week, but we have been struggling, like many councils up and down the country. Our revenue support...

Special Educational Needs: Isle of Wight: Equality of Funding: Post-16 Education — [Philip Davies in the Chair] (25 Feb 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle) on securing this important debate. For the past five years, I have been a governor at Luton Sixth Form College, which is the oldest in the country and, with more than 3,100 students, one of the largest. It is the college that I am proud to have...

Business of the House ( 5 Mar 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: I took the Leader of the House’s previous advice and wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport on 11 February, to request a meeting on the decrepit state of Luton’s train station. I still have not received a response and the train station is in urgent need of vital investment. Will the Leader of the House advise me on how I can prompt a response from the Transport Secretary?

Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Council Housing: Luton ( 9 Mar 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase council housing stock in Luton.

Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Change of Use ( 9 Mar 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that offices converted into flats through permitted development rights meet planning permission regulations.

Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Mar 2020)

Rachel Hopkins: The week before Christmas, Luton food bank issued 339 food parcels, of which 124 were specifically for children. The level of child poverty in Luton has risen to a shameful 46%. While Luton’s unemployment rate may be going down, more people are in low-paid, insecure jobs. Does the Prime Minister agree that it is wholly unacceptable that families are in work but children are growing up in...


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