Results 21–40 of 3000 for speaker:Jeff Smith OR speaker:Jeff Smith OR speaker:Jeff Smith

Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Jeff Smith: What steps she is taking to increase access to mental health services.

Health and Social Care: Mental Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Jeff Smith: If only the reality was that rosy. The entire sector is calling out for reform of the Mental Health Act 1983. With our mental health services in crisis, why did the Government scrap the long-awaited and overdue mental health Bill, which could have started to alleviate pressures on trusts by reducing the numbers of people detained inappropriately and making services more fit for purpose? Is...

Business of the House (18 Jan 2024)

Jeff Smith: It is now over two years since the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) produced her fan-led review of football, and the Government have accepted most of the recommendations. In that time, several communities have faced losing their local club, and the longer we wait, the more that will happen. When will we finally see the football governance Bill, or are we going to have to...

Business of the House (11 Jan 2024)

Jeff Smith: The strong rationale for HS2 was always about the capacity on the west coast line, rather than speed. The Select Committee has now learned that when HS2 starts to run from London to Birmingham it will actually mean fewer seats on trains further north to Manchester, thus reducing the capacity. Given that the Government created this mess by cancelling HS2 to Manchester, may we have a statement...

Israel and Gaza (19 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: I hope that the Government can support a UN resolution today, but we desperately need an immediate ceasefire, to protect the civilian population in Gaza and to create the space for dialogue for a permanent ceasefire. Once we get to that point, how does the Minister see the UK’s role in getting to the political solution on the ground and, in particular, ensuring that the Palestinian...

Treasury: Banking Services: Access (19 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: What recent steps he has taken to help ensure people have access to banking services.

Treasury: Banking Services: Access (19 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: More than 5,000 bank branches have closed since 2015. Sadly, the Lloyds bank in Withington village will join the many more branches closing in the coming months and leave Withington without a bank branch, but by the end of the year the industry will have delivered only 30 shared banking hubs. Does the Minister think that the pace and scale of that roll-out is good enough?

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Gaza: Civilian Deaths and Humanitarian Situation (12 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: What recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on the situation in Gaza.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Gaza: Civilian Deaths and Humanitarian Situation (12 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: There has to be a ceasefire to protect civilians in Gaza. Does the Minister agree with the US Secretary for Defence when he said that “protecting Palestinian civilians in Gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative”, and that “if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat”? Are the Government making those...

Attorney General: Rule of Law within Government ( 7 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: What recent steps has she taken with Cabinet colleagues to uphold the rule of law within Government.

Attorney General: Rule of Law within Government ( 7 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: I will not ask the Attorney General to comment on specific legal advice that she has given to colleagues—I know she cannot do that—but, as a general point of principle, does she agree that the inclusion of a notwithstanding clause in legislation cannot magic away the international laws to which it refers, especially if an individual claimant can still assert their rights under those...

Written Answers — Women and Equalities: LGBT+ People ( 6 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which stakeholder groups representing the LGBT+ community she has met in the last 12 months.

Violence and Abuse towards the Retail Workforce ( 5 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as a proud member of the USDAW trade union. Everybody deserves to be treated with respect and fairness at work. Nobody should have to carry out their job in fear of receiving verbal or physical abuse, but sadly that is becoming the reality for many of our retail workers. Abuse of and attacks on shop workers have doubled...

Gaza: Humanitarian Situation ( 4 Dec 2023)

Jeff Smith: Without a ceasefire or truce in place, there is no safe zone in Gaza. I have expressed concerns before about the inadequacy of Al-Mawasi as a safe zone without any infrastructure or ability to get aid to innocent civilians. Given that there seems to be no place for people to go and no hope for innocent civilians, does the Minister share my worry that the constant bombardment will drive the...

Energy Security and Net Zero: Household Income: Energy Costs (28 Nov 2023)

Jeff Smith: An estimated 6.3 million households are in fuel poverty across the UK. Ofgem has announced that energy debt has reached £2.6 billion. With millions of people facing another difficult winter, the Government promised to consult on a social tariff to help the most vulnerable. Can the Secretary of State provide an update on that consultation?

Israel and Hamas: Humanitarian Pause (27 Nov 2023)

Jeff Smith: Does the Minister agree that we cannot accept civilians being ordered to flee into areas that are then subject to bombardment? Does he share the concerns of the UN and the World Health Organisation about the proposals for a safe zone with no infrastructure, which will cause more problems down the line?

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum (27 Nov 2023)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of when the asylum backlog will be reduced to 2010 levels.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: USA: Travel Restrictions (21 Nov 2023)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made the US Administration on greater transparency for UK nationals on the reasons for Electronic System for Travel Authorization refusals.

Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy: Meters (20 Nov 2023)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have been involuntarily fitted with pre-payment meters since October 2022.

Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy: Meters (20 Nov 2023)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have (a) had pre-payment meters removed and (b) received compensation due to the involuntary installation of pre-payment meters since February 2023.


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