Local Government and Social Care Funding

Debate between Toby Perkins and Vicky Foxcroft

Wednesday 24th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab)]

I wish to focus my contribution on the impact of local government cuts on tackling youth violence. We know that early intervention and prevention is key as is a public health approach, and I will come back to those points later on in my contribution.

[Toby Perkins]

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise for interrupting my hon. Friend, but I note that there is not a single Member of Parliament on the Government Benches. I just wondered whether the fire alarm had gone off and none of us on the Labour Benches had heard it.