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Commons Chamber
Local Government Finance - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) It will help families stay together, divert thousands of children from care and transform the outcomes - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) workers; the“quality of support, advice and guidance for care leavers”;the “quality of help” for children - Speech Link
3: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) Two thirds of council funding in St Helens is spent on adult social care and children. - Speech Link
4: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) children and care leavers.It is clear that for all the bluster, the smoke is clearing, and the mirror - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) , too many plans drifted, and too many care leavers did not get consistent support.I pay tribute to my - Speech Link
2: John Whitby (Lab - Derbyshire Dales) The lack of resource and support has contributed to the number of children in care rocketing. - Speech Link
3: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) That will put almost 2,000 children at risk of entering formal care in Yorkshire and Humber. - Speech Link
4: Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) I was particularly moved by the personal commitment to looked-after children by the hon. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) the well-being of looked-after children and care leavers in the exercise of their functions, including - Speech Link
2: None to looked-after children), at end insert “and a duty to promote the child’s family and social relationships - Speech Link
3: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) These help looked-after children and care leavers to identify and connect with important people in their - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) care system and professionals involved in the care of looked-after children should help them to maintain - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) practices on looked-after children and relevant young persons”. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) regulators, will be required to be alert to matters that affect looked-after children and care leavers - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Call for General Election - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) , which will ensure that our veterans, as well as domestic abuse survivors and care leavers, get a roof - Speech Link
2: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) And let’s not forget puberty blockers—these are medical trials on children. - Speech Link
3: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) I worked with children, families and school staff every day, and I saw how bad decisions in Westminster - Speech Link
4: Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) That is helping 2,097 children in my constituency of Kilmarnock and Loudoun. - Speech Link
5: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) this issue, and they care about it passionately. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Violence against Women and Girls Strategy - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) Relationships between men and women and relationships between parents and children are delicate, particular - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) to preventing harms to care leavers and care-experienced people? - Speech Link
3: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) the “family first” part of the strategy—the bit about children’s social care and care leavers. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) care leavers, and to provide free breakfast clubs in primary schools.Crucially, the Bill seeks to remove - Speech Link
2: Liam Conlon (Lab - Beckenham and Penge) Some children in special schools require complex, specialised care, and so it is right that local authorities - Speech Link
3: John Whitby (Lab - Derbyshire Dales) third and the number of children living in residential care has more than doubled. - Speech Link
4: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) in care, keeping all children safe, and driving the best possible standards in our schools. - Speech Link
5: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) and children in care deserve a childhood filled with love, support and access to the opportunities that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) the difficult and demanding work of protecting our streets and looking after—I use that phrase advisedly—the - Speech Link
2: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) need, and what intervention they may receive following a more thorough assessment by probation after - Speech Link
3: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) looked at through the prism of race and ethnicity. - Speech Link
4: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) Care to ensure that all offenders who need it have access to high-quality mental health, alcohol and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
2nd reading - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick (XB - Life peer) their relationships and community place, to see them at high risk and to put their children at severe - Speech Link
2: Baroness Longfield (Lab - Life peer) Looked-after children have long been overrepresented in the youth justice system, with more than half - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) This is Care Leavers Month, when we remember the resilience and brilliance of our young people who have - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) November marks the first ever Care Leavers Month, and this is a time to recognise that every child deserves - Speech Link