Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Monday 17th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Gordon Henderson. Not here.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

17. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding for adult social care.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Monday 4th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Rishi Sunak)]

The hon. Lady will be aware that the recent settlement confirmed a real-terms increase in the resources available to local authorities. The Government responded to pressures faced by councils in the autumn Budget and supported financial sustainability with more than £1 billion of additional funding across this year and next.

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Before I call the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson), we are very short of time so I hint that the hon. Members for Morley and Outwood (Andrea Jenkyns) and for Nuneaton (Mr Jones) could usefully seek to take part in the exchanges on this question, if they were so inclined. It would work perfectly well.

[Bridget Phillipson]

Since 2010, Sunderland City Council has been forced to make cuts of more than £290 million, yet the announcement today of the so-called stronger towns fund will see only £105 million for the whole of the north-east region put together. Given that our communities will be hit hardest by this Government’s Brexit plan, does the Minister seriously expect us to be grateful for this announcement, and does he expect us to support another decade of Brexit-driven austerity and decline?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Tuesday 6th February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Very well.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

NHS figures continue to show an alarming decline in the number of family doctors working across the north-east, which is why I am supporting the University of Sunderland bid to establish a new medical school. Does the Minister accept that prioritising training places in areas of greatest need is the best long-term solution to the crisis facing general practice?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Monday 5th February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am grateful to the Minister. I am sure that Members will have an opportunity to pore over her comprehensive reply by moving speedily to the Library, where copies will, I am sure, be located within minutes.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Thursday 26th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Bridget Phillipson]

The hon. Gentleman will know that in certain circumstances it is possible for someone, including a Member of Parliament, to be lawfully registered to vote in more than one place. The Electoral Commission takes very seriously any claim that individuals voted twice. The Minister with responsibility for the constitution, the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore), has informed the House that police forces are investigating several allegations. The commission urges anyone who has evidence of such individuals to take those allegations to the relevant police force.

[Mr Speaker]

We are out of time, but we should hear the question of Mr Christian Matheson.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Tuesday 10th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Louise Haigh is not here. I call Bridget Phillipson.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

T6. In his Green Paper, the Minister says that he wants to improve access to higher education for the most disadvantaged students. Will he match that rhetoric with action and protect the student opportunity fund, which does so much to support young people from across the country in realising their full potential?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Monday 4th March 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Having myself known the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) for three decades this year, I can testify that he is indeed a persistent woodpecker.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

17. What recent progress he has made on the Priority School Building programme.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Tuesday 13th September 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am grateful to the Minister both for his succinctness and his control of his breathing, which was impressive.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Socio-economic Equality Duty

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and John Bercow

Thursday 18th November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. That question suffers from the disadvantage that it has absolutely nothing whatever to do with the socio-economic duty.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

The Minister came to the Chamber and said that the duty was “weak” and a “gesture”, and that substantive legislation is required. When will she introduce that legislation?