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Westminster Hall
Healthy Relationships - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) overall health outcomes, while relationship distress is linked to increased demand for NHS and social care - Speech Link
2: Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) Some 66% of people surveyed want care to be more equal, and 74% of men want it to be more equal. - Speech Link
3: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) The Government are not providing upper-tier authorities with enough funding for SEND care. - Speech Link


Written Statements
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) That is why I am also launching a consultation on the future reform of adoption and kinship support, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) This Bill brings forward once-in-a-generation and much-needed reforms to our children’s social care and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) debates on this Bill, Part 1, rather than trying fundamentally to address the shortage of foster and kinship - Speech Link


Written Statements
Fostering Reforms - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) Today I am setting out the Government’s plan to increase the number of foster care places in England - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is not because they do not care, it is just because there are other priorities. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Lab - Life peer) the pilot project in Wigan testing the use of the NHS number as a unique identifier in children’s care - Speech Link
3: Lord Mendelsohn (Lab - Life peer) I am profoundly struck that his life was saved by being in proximity to the crucial care that he needed - Speech Link
4: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) We did that on our own initiative because we understood our duty of care, but children’s lives cannot - Speech Link
5: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) The school was contacted and the child was taken out of class and received pastoral care to help them - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Local Authority Children’s Services - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) It is bad for the city, but also for the young people in care; we all know that care-experienced young - Speech Link
2: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) In Dewsbury and Batley, around 300 children are being raised in kinship care—cared for by grandparents - Speech Link
3: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) The Minister is aware that I have long campaigned on kinship care. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) EHRC has submitted a draft updated code of practice to Ministers, which we are reviewing with the care - Speech Link
2: Max Wilkinson (LD - Cheltenham) What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help tackle health - Speech Link
3: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help tackle health - Speech Link
4: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) homes, children’s homes and foster care. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) They do not care about high streets, hotels, restaurants, farmers or young people. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 19 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) It seems to me good, solid practice for society generally and for people in care and care leavers. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) and a sibling who is not in care. - Speech Link
3: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) That is a fairly strong causal link between children in the care system, or those going into the care - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) general practices and 50,000 extra appointments, because we need to ensure people get decent primary care - Speech Link
2: Clive Jones (LD - Wokingham) The upcoming national cancer plan is a vital opportunity to resolve chronic issues in cancer care and - Speech Link
3: David Baines (Lab - St Helens North) They have helped to take care of children for over 20 years. - Speech Link
4: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) talk about the remarkable people who they look after, but they are truly remarkable people in the care - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) The idea of a kinship support plan is to increase the resilience of a kinship care placement by offering - Speech Link
2: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) less stressful, and we must be very clear that we desperately need kinship carers. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) out the support available to children living in kinship care in the area, cementing the expectation - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) children in care are under five. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Spielman (Con - Life peer) More family support and more kinship care is often simply not a solution.Then we have to acknowledge - Speech Link