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Westminster Hall
Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease - Thu 08 Jun 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Virendra Sharma (LAB - Ealing, Southall) Poverty and deprivation are key drivers of both obesity and fatty liver disease in the UK.Ethnic minorities - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) There can be no denying that poverty is a significant factor, as are housing, education, access to open - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Energy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 06 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) Those aims were about security, but also about tackling fuel poverty. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 06 Jun 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Mark Pawsey (CON - Rugby) Rugby is the largest urban area within Coventry and Warwickshire that does not have its own A&E provision - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (CON - Colchester) Funding for Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board has increased to over £1.6 billion this year - Speech Link
3: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) the biggest cause, with Diabetes UK noting that those disproportionately most at risk are those from poverty - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 25 May 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) why the National Audit Office has not been asked to investigate it, the 4 million children living in poverty - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) her to compare our record on caring for children, where we have 400,000 fewer children in absolute poverty - Speech Link
3: Zarah Sultana (LAB - Coventry South) Coventry University Nursery provides excellent early years care and education for children of university - Speech Link
4: Chris Elmore (LAB - Ogmore) I have raised the issue of food poverty with the Leader of the House over many months. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Energy Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)
Committee stage:s: 3rd sitting - Thu 25 May 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: None Coalition, National Pensioners Convention, Advice for Renters, Warm This Winter Coalition, Fuel Poverty - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Wed 24 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Earl of Caithness (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Baroness, with her experience, but I come at this from the point of view of having served on the Food, Poverty - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blower (LAB - Life peer) They are a form of deprivation that can lead to isolation and poverty and can leave people vulnerable - Speech Link
3: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (LAB - Life peer) in the Midlands for 20 years—in rural Leicestershire, in rural Nottinghamshire, in Nottingham and in Coventry—so - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Social Housing: Furniture Affordability - Wed 24 May 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) On hearing mention of the term “furniture poverty”, many people say, “What do you mean?” - Speech Link
2: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) End Furniture Poverty, the charity that has helped me on this topic, is doing a separate piece of work - Speech Link
3: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) Finance scale-up programme, £5 million of dormant assets funding has been invested in support of the Coventry-based - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Energy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 23 May 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: None Convention on Climate Change;(c) the desirability of reducing costs to consumers and alleviating fuel poverty - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) limited to, our targets under the Climate Change Act 2008, reducing costs for consumers, tackling fuel poverty - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
School and College Funding: The Midlands - Tue 09 May 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Zarah Sultana (LAB - Coventry South) at Coventry College. - Speech Link
2: Toby Perkins (LAB - Chesterfield) there are many parents who do not apply for free school meals and might not consider that they are in poverty - Speech Link
3: Toby Perkins (LAB - Chesterfield) increasingly taking on that social work function and are expected to be the last line of resort for pupils in poverty - Speech Link
4: Toby Perkins (LAB - Chesterfield) Friend the Member for Coventry South also spoke about Coventry College being in a position where it can - Speech Link
5: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) Lady also mentioned Coventry College. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Machetes: Consultation - Tue 18 Apr 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) have taken evidence from experts on the knife problems in my constituency they tell me it is about poverty - Speech Link
2: Taiwo Owatemi (LAB - Coventry North West) When will the Government start listening to my constituents in Coventry North West, invest in policing - Speech Link