Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate: My Lords, I declare my interests in this subject, first as a former pupil, then a parent and then a governor of the independent Royal Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. I will concentrate some of my remarks on giving a few facts about my old school. Established in 1525, it is coming up to its 500 years. The school has always promoted a rich social diversity. When I attended, a little...
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate: My Lords, I declare my interests in this subject, first as a former pupil, then a parent and then a governor of the independent Royal Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. I will concentrate some of my remarks on giving a few facts about my old school. Established in 1525, it is coming up to its 500 years. The school has always promoted a rich social diversity. When I attended, a little...
Feryal Clark: ...-Trent South (Dr Gardner) has highlighted the importance of the safe development of AI. Safety will also be embedded in our new AI Bill, which I can assure the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) will introduce binding regulations on the handful of companies that are developing the most powerful AI systems of tomorrow. It will also be the foundational principle behind...
Andrew Gwynne: ...includes tackling the determinants that underpin stark health inequalities in order to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions. The Northumberland and North Tyneside local authorities receive a Public Health Grant which funds services, such as stop smoking, drug and alcohol treatment, and sexual health, which contribute to addressing health...
Mary Glindon: ...I wish you all the very best in your new role. It is great to be asked to speak first, so thank you—it is a total shock! It is an honour to speak in this debate as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, as we have a thriving offshore sector along the Tyne. To use the words of the Secretary of State, it is time for Britain to build things again, and my...
Pat McFadden: ...who feel valued and motivated, and who do their part on delivering the Government’s objectives. On the specific issue of pay that he has raised, as I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (Mary Glindon), the Government will have more to say on civil service pay before the summer recess.
Catherine McKinnell: ...three Darrens, but I am a Sacred Heart girl, and I am not the only one in this Parliament. The parliamentary Labour party boasts three alumni of my old school, Sacred Heart Catholic high school in Newcastle; my hon. Friends the Members for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (Mary Glindon) and for Cramlington and Killingworth (Emma Foody) went there, too. My hon. Friend the Member for...
Mark Ferguson: .... In our thriving Jewish community, who I am proud to represent, stands Gateshead’s Talmudical college, the oldest yeshiva in the country, founded in 1929. I am told that it is the foundation upon which Gateshead gained its reputation as the Oxbridge of the Jewish world. Sport, too, is important to Gateshead. Sir Brendan Foster has a long and proud relationship with our town, and of...
Chi Onwurah: ...Benches in support of a Government who will help and empower them. Some Conservative Members have been painting a rosy picture of our economic inheritance, but the message of working people in Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West was clear and consistent: “We need change.” It is not hard to see why. People are worse off; over a third of children in Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West...
Mary Glindon: It is a great honour to be in the Chamber to hear so many wonderful maiden speeches, especially those of my north-east colleagues. They have made me very proud today, and I think they are going to be fantastic representatives of all their constituents. This is my fifth election to Westminster, but my constituency has changed, with only four wards from my former North Tyneside constituency and...
Lindsay Hoyle: ...Alison Louise Griffiths, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Sarah Alison Russell, Congleton Connor James Naismith, Crewe and Nantwich Chris Curtis, Milton Keynes North Natasha Dawn Irons, Croydon East Jessica Redmond-Withey Asato, Lowestoft Danny Boy Beales, Uxbridge and South Ruislip Paul Davies, Colne Valley Calum Alexander Miller, Bicester and Woodstock Alison Louise Hume, Scarborough and...
Lindsay Hoyle: ...honourable Shabana Mahmood, Birmingham Ladywood Right honourable Rachel Jane Reeves, Leeds West and Pudsey Right honourable Lucy Maria Powell, Manchester Central Right honourable Sir Alan Campbell, Tynemouth Right honourable Yvette Cooper, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Right honourable David Lindon Lammy, Tottenham Peter John Kyle, Hove and Portslade Louise Margaret Haigh,...
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of funding for schools in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency, (b) Newcastle upon Tyne and (c) the North East since 2010.
Andrew Stephenson: ...Trust; - North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; - North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust; - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; - University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; - Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; - Kent and Medway NHS...
Vicky Ford: ...hon. and right hon. Members for serving on the Committee. Before going into the detail of the Bill, I will say some thank yous. I thank the Minister for Schools, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire, for his tireless support and for coming to Chelmsford to visit The Boswells School and hear directly from staff and students. I also thank the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne...
Guy Opperman: This Government are investing more than any other in active travel. Around £15 million has been provided to Newcastle upon Tyne since 2020-21 to deliver high-quality infrastructure. That is supported by over £2 million of funding to Transport North East to improve capability across the region. Active Travel England supports local authorities in delivering maximum value for money by...
Chi Onwurah: ...Speaker; I shall of course be guided by you. It is now almost 14 years since I first had the immense honour and privilege of being elected to the best job in the world—Member of Parliament for Newcastle Central —but over those 14 years it has been heartbreaking and outrageous in equal measure to see the consequences for my constituents of Tory economic failure. First, we had austerity:...
Alistair Strathern: ...Blaydon (Liz Twist), for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), for Easington (Grahame Morris), for Putney (Fleur Anderson) and for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne), as well as the hon. Members for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton), for Milton Keynes North (Ben Everitt), for Worcester (Mr Walker), for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous), for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) and for...
Damian Hinds: ...? It felt more like a discussion: sometimes a discursive discussion, but a very good one. Even as politicians, we will probably struggle to find things to disagree on. As the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) said, this is one of those things that brought so many of us into politics, both directly and indirectly: seeking ways to improve the life chances of...
James Cleverly: As I said in response to the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain), my point about starting a national conversation is that there are people who should have been thinking about this matter but were not. The terrible circumstances of the murder of Sarah Everard triggered a conversation within the Home Office and in policing. My own experience long predated those terrible events....
