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Lords Chamber
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) That was partly because I had young children; it was also because I was on the Front Bench—the successful - Speech Link
2: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) tirelessly, as many noble Lords have mentioned, in international development, promoting humanitarian aid, poverty - Speech Link
3: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) know I was chosen because I had worked with several aid NGOs, including Christian Aid and Save the Children - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) continues to do, for many NGOs and other organisations, particularly Anti-Slavery International, Save the Children - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Mental Health and Long-term Conditions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) Despite this record level of demand, it remains the case that around two thirds of children considered - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) Almost 1 million children and young people in England were referred to mental health services last year - Speech Link
3: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) Only a few weeks ago, we put forward funding for 24 early support hubs—support hubs for children who - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) prevalence in an area is affected by age distribution and reflects socioeconomic factors: income levels, poverty - Speech Link
2: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, in its report UK Poverty 2022, talks of“a gap of around 12 percentage - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The proportion of people in families where someone is disabled and in absolute poverty after housing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Women’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman Report - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) I married in 1977 and continued working full time.”Jill took six months off to have her two children. - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford and Eccles) Many of these women affected spent significant periods out of the workforce caring for their children - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) We understand the injustice that has been done, the poverty that many people have been forced into and - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) people cannot wait, because they either will literally not be here any more, or they are living in poverty - Speech Link
5: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) We now have 200,000 fewer pensioners in absolute poverty after housing costs. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Labour has plans to tax education, destroying a ladder for many children and increasing the burden on - Speech Link
2: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) In Gateshead alone, 8,464 people needed support, of whom 2,694 were children. - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) The result in Oldham is 500 children living in temporary accommodation in single hotel rooms, because - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Under the last Labour Government, 200,000 more pensioners were living in absolute poverty, and we had - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) High housing costs both cause and worsen poverty. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) I come to the issue from my long-standing concern about poverty. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) Generation Rent research shows that fuel poverty has fallen by only 4% for private renters since 2010 - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) My constituent accompanied her husband to Wales as a student, also bringing their children, several years - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) That is the fairest way to support people without settled status and their children, and safeguard them - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict - Tue 14 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Women and girls account for 95% of those cases and children account for 32%. - Speech Link
2: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) The captive women and children were used for sexual slavery and trafficking. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) violence, abuse”.She goes on to say that the high incidence of abuse reflects the gender inequality and poverty - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) that they can protect their children and also have their freedom. - Speech Link
5: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) The impact on children, women, families and communities is enormous. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Substandard Housing - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: George Galloway (WPB - Rochdale) national average is 7.8%; in Rochdale, it is 11.7%.We have 35.8% of our people officially living in fuel poverty - Speech Link
2: George Galloway (WPB - Rochdale) I was horrifying my children this very morning, telling them how I had to sleep in a drawer. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) The Government are committed to ensuring that separated parents support their children, taking robust - Speech Link
2: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) My constituent Georgina Mitchell is a single mum to three children, two of whom have additional needs - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) But 2 million pensioners are in poverty. - Speech Link
4: Jeff Smith (Lab - Manchester, Withington) New statistics show that there are 4.3 million children living in relative poverty in the UK, with, as - Speech Link