Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of disabled people currently hold a driving licence.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers have been in post in each of the last five years.
Anneliese Dodds: I welcome the new Minister to his place and thank my wonderful hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for securing this debate and for her tireless campaigning on these issues both in this House and, for many years, in civil society. She made a typically powerful and well-evidenced speech, as did all the other contributors from whom we have heard. I am grateful to my right...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November to Question 76019 on Arthritis: Medical Treatments, if his Department will collect data on regional variations in access to advanced therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had any recent meetings with representatives from the OCTAVE study; and what the timescale is for the publication of the findings from that study.
Vicky Ford: There are long waiting lists for the Crown court in Essex, and I am told that that is in part due to a shortage of judges. What progress is being made to shorten the waiting lists and appoint judges in Essex?
Vicky Foxcroft: What discussions the Committee has had with the Electoral Commission on the publication of guidance for returning officers on the implementation of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022.
Andrew Mitchell: Thank you, Sir Gary. This is the first time I have had the privilege of performing under your eagle eye. It is my third time in government, since I first became a member of the Government in 1992, but I have never taken a debate in Westminster Hall before, so I hope you will treat me gently on this occasion, as I am a bit of a debutante. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for Canterbury...
Alex Norris: ...to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to promote the safety and wellbeing of teenagers; to make provision to prevent crime against teenagers; and for connected purposes. There is nothing more important than ensuring that our young people have the best opportunities to thrive and that all are able to access such opportunities. Every...
Michael Gove: ...the housing sector. Those problems, as we have discussed, have been exacerbated by the nature of the housing stock that we have in this country—its age and its condition—but that is no excuse for not taking action. I think—and I hope this reflects the mood of the House—that we have reached a point at which we all recognise that, thanks to this tragedy and thanks to the campaigning...
Vicky Ford: May I add my voice to the condolences to the people of Poland? President Duda is a very thoughtful man, and we should all be deeply thankful for his calm and rational approach in recent hours. Putin is using military missiles to destroy Ukrainian infrastructure. He is doing so because he wants innocent Ukrainians to freeze and starve to death this winter. There can be nothing more evil than...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, for both securing this debate and opening it so comprehensively and powerfully, I should declare that I am co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea. I will focus my remarks on justice and accountability, which are absent from the 2 November peace agreement and the 12 November road map. Yes, we all agree that the...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that no one with complex disabilities goes without the care they need because of staff shortages.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to address the need for rheumatology services in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) England.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to local NHS services on supporting patients using lifesaving healthcare equipment in their own homes in the event of winter blackouts.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to Integrated Care Systems to implement the recommendations of the 2021 Getting It Right First Time Programme National Specialty Report on rheumatology.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for tackle the disproportionate impact of increases in the cost of living on young wheelchair users.
Vicky Ford: I thank my hon. Friend for everything he does for the early years sector. I also give my condolences to Zoe and Lewis for their tragic loss. In my constituency of Chelmsford, people want to have outstanding childcare, and, like others across the country, they care about the safety of their children. As a mother who once had three under four, I know what tight ratios mean. But people are also...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the equipment offerings for young wheelchair users aged five and under in the NHS England wheelchair services equipment framework.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Minister in in his Department is responsible for ensuring the safety of people with long-term health conditions who use lifesaving equipment, including ventilators and dialysis machines, in their own homes in the event of power blackouts this winter; and if his Department will publish its plans for protecting...