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1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) the backbone of our economy, which is why I do a shout-out to a small business in Luton North every single - Speech Link
2: Rachel Taylor (Lab - North Warwickshire and Bedworth) Their Christmas hampers provide food and essentials to families who may be struggling at Christmas, and - Speech Link
3: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) make it difficult for investigative media outfits—like The Londoner, The Manchester Mill and their parent - Speech Link
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1: Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) A parent has been in touch with me about the rising cost of rail travel for her daughter. - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Ultimately, the only way that we can get fares down in the long term is to have a railway with a single - Speech Link
3: Aphra Brandreth (Con - Chester South and Eddisbury) Even where a school bus exists, families tell me that if a child misses that single service, there is - Speech Link
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1: Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) Lots of families are not conventional families. - Speech Link
3: Jade Botterill (Lab - Ossett and Denby Dale) Those changes are made with modern families in mind. - Speech Link
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1: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) The Government have yet to respond.Meanwhile, families continue to struggle. - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Families like them deserve decisive action from the Government. - Speech Link
3: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Across the country, thousands of women are living with that reality every single day. - Speech Link
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1: Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) has the Secretary of State made of the impact of the abolition of the two-child benefit cap for families - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) No parent should have to fight for the support their child needs. - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) The First Minister should act, because families deserve accountability. - Speech Link
4: Douglas McAllister (Lab - West Dunbartonshire) By removing the two-child benefit cap, we will lift more children out of poverty in a single Parliament - Speech Link
5: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) Will the Prime Minister ensure that no parent ever has to fear for their child’s safety while they go - Speech Link
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1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) That means that it will increase from £227.10 to £238 per week for single pensioners, and from £346.60 - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) Many working families do not have incomes much higher than the threshold for universal credit but are - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Lady made the point that families have a choice about whether they can afford another child. - Speech Link
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1: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) My constituents, their children, the visitors who support our communities, and families, including my - Speech Link
2: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) Families are already under intense pressure from the cost of living crisis. - Speech Link
3: Lee Pitcher (Lab - Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme) They are working really hard, including by leaving their families late at night, to try to make things - Speech Link
4: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) We agree with having a single regulator, for which the Liberal Democrats have been calling for years. - Speech Link
5: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) I turn now to regulation and the case for establishing a new single water regulator. - Speech Link
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1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) Spiralling rents and a lack of security in the private rented sector mean that more and more families - Speech Link
2: Luke Taylor (LD - Sutton and Cheam) to data from the Trust for London, that figure rises to 38% for non-white households and 53% for single-parent - Speech Link
3: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) We are changing children’s social care in a generation by rolling out the Families First Partnership - Speech Link
4: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) I am anxious to work with London councils, including her councils, to get children and families out of - Speech Link
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1: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) I am proud of him every single day. - Speech Link
2: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) I will touch on adaptive technologies later.Every time a child looks up and finds a parent looking down - Speech Link
3: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Hitchin) Friend not just for securing this debate, but for speaking powerfully as a parent about why this is so - Speech Link
4: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) When schools and families are aligned, children will develop clearer boundaries and healthier habits - Speech Link
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1: None (2) It is the duty of relevant authorities to commission sufficient and specific services for the parent - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) report by the University of Suffolk showed that Restitute has built a model of support for victims’ families - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) who prey on the most vulnerable.An independent economic impact assessment concluded in 2025 that a single - Speech Link
4: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) Victims and their families often report that they do not know what is expected of them when making a - Speech Link