Barbara Keeley: ...of Members’ Financial Interests as an unpaid trustee of a local charity. It is a pleasure to speak in this debate with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for securing this debate and for her work on loneliness, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen (Kim Leadbeater). I do mean those thanks because, as the SNP...
Daisy Cooper: Let me extend my sincere thanks to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) for leading the debate, and to the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for co-sponsoring the application. I pay tribute to both Members for sharing their own experiences and those of their constituents in such a powerful way. I am also extremely grateful to the Relatives & Residents...
Tracey Crouch: ...hospital providers, published on 14 April 2022 and withdrawn on 27 May 2022, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that cancer patients in England can be accompanied by a relative, friend or carer to their appointments.
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a UK recovery and respite plan for unpaid carers; and what wider steps his Department is taking to support unpaid carers.
Tracey Crouch: ...subject to far less scrutiny than those covered by the Act. We should perhaps reflect briefly on why we have that particular section of legislation in the 2003 Act. People who work in schools as carers or youth workers will have gone through the required Disclosure and Barring Service checks. Although some might fall through the cracks, ultimately people who pose a known risk to children...
Alex Chalk: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for securing this important debate and for her distinguished service as a Minister. Her speech was absolutely in the spirit of that distinguished service. As my hon. Friend indicated, I have been in post for only a few short weeks, but it is already...
Tracey Crouch: ...the launch of a new Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts, to recognise clubs or providers who have reached and maintained excellent safeguarding standards. This new code will help empower parents and carers to make informed decisions when selecting a martial arts club or provider for their child. The Code was developed by Sport England through close consultation with representatives from...
Tracey Crouch: ...The VSC Rating Board is working with PEGI to assess further steps to inform consumers about purchases in games. The Competition and Markets Authority provides guidance and advice for parents and carers, in respect of children’s use of online games. The advice includes information on checking device settings to prevent children from making in-play purchases, as well as guidance on game...
Tracey Crouch: ...aged four and under, achieve their developmental milestones through social action. The fund is backing projects where social action will build the confidence and knowledge of parents and primary carers, to support their children to achieve their developmental milestones ahead of their fifth birthday. Community Organisers act as local leaders, bringing people together to take action on...
Tracey Crouch: DCMS has a Foster Carers’ & Family and Friends Carers’ Leave policy to support employees who care for children under a fostering or family and friends care arrangement. The DCMS Special leave policy sets out the provision and entitlements to paid special leave and unpaid career breaks to support employees. The department has a Flexible working policy in place to support employees’...
Jeane Freeman: I do indeed welcome that appointment, and I thank the member for raising the matter. I have written to the minister in question, Tracey Crouch, to congratulate her on her appointment, and I have offered to work with her and to share our draft strategy. The Equal Opportunities Committee’s first recommendation in its report on age and social isolation was that the Scottish Government should...
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen: ...fact that your Lordships feel that the Government have not responded properly and have taken a long time to do so. All I can say is that in the short time I have been involved in this our Minister, Tracey Crouch, feels very strongly about it. From the meetings I have been in at DCMS, this really is at the forefront of the department’s thinking. The speeches that we have heard today mean...
Tracey Crouch: ...for games publishers setting out what they need to do to comply with the relevant consumer protection regulations. Additionally, in June 2015 the Authority published advice for parents and carers on children’s use of online and app-based games, setting out what steps to take to control the additional features a child can purchase in online and app-based games. The Gambling Commission...
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that family carers for dementia patients receive the training they need to care appropriately for them.
Bill Esterson: ...the number of children who suffer in this way. So to the Government I say, “Update the guidance, and support my Bill.” Question put and agreed to. Ordered, That Bill Esterson, Rosie Cooper, Tracey Crouch, Nia Griffith, Julie Hilling, Kelvin Hopkins, Barbara Keeley, Tim Loughton, Lisa Nandy, Jim Shannon, Sir Andrew Stunell and Dr Sarah Wollaston present the Bill. Bill Esterson...
Norman Lamb: ...of the House made impassioned and effective speeches. However, I undertake to write to them to ensure that I pick up all their points. I congratulate the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) on her excellent introduction to the debate, as well as on securing it in the first place. I have a few scatter-gun points. I would be absolutely delighted to go to Salford. I think...
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the provision of rights and support for young carers in the draft Care and Support Bill; and if he will make a statement.
Tracey Crouch: ...payments after an initial two year award when it is clear that their condition is not going to improve; and what assessment he has made of the potential risk of mental distress to patient and carers as a result of his current policy in this area.
Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether during the transfer period from disability living allowance to personal independence payments carers will have to make a fresh application for carers allowance once transferred to personal independence payments.
Paul Burstow: ...to remove some of those opportunities, and I commend it to the House. Question put and agreed to. Ordered, That Paul Burstow, Hazel Blears, Jack Lopresti, Glyn Davies, John Pugh, Andrew Stunell, Tracey Crouch, Mr David Ward and Mr Michael Meacher present the Bill. Paul Burstow accordingly presented the Bill. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 1 March, and to be...
