"The Chancellor’s announcement of at least £445 million for Welsh rail will be transformative for Welsh passengers and Better Connect workers with jobs across north Wales and Manchester, but only if we are pulling in the same direction. What steps will be taken by the Wales Office to ensure that …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"4. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve rail connectivity between north Wales and the north of England...." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"My Heywood and Middleton North constituents live in a state of profound uncertainty as to how the unpredictability of global energy markets will affect their families. Does the Minister agree that if we want to protect those families from volatility, we must end our reliance on global fossil fuel markets, …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"22. What steps he is taking to help support low income families in the context of trends in the level of energy prices. ..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) for securing this crucial debate. The attainment and engagement of boys, especially working-class boys, in their education will determine how society will look in the years and decades to come. Despite the importance of this topic, …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"Digital black spots—areas without good mobile broadband connectivity—are holding communities back. In Middleton, an area that my right hon. Friend knows well as a fellow Greater Manchester MP, many local businesses and people remain cut off from the economic growth of the wider city region due to the lack of …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"Q Good morning, both; thank you for appearing this morning. There are lots of cases in my constituency, and I am sure in those of other Members as well, where housing associations are not taking strong enough action against tenants who are perpetrators of antisocial behaviour. We have heard …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"Q Sometimes in my experience there is an unwillingness, but I appreciate what you say. Clare, have you got any comments on that?
Clare Moody: Not specifically on the legislation piece. I think it is about the agencies working together. We have an example in Avon and Somerset where …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"Q Thank you for giving evidence today. It is important that we do not forget the plight of men and boys who are affected by violent or sexual crime. We need to make sure there are clear pathways for those men to secure justice and support. You have made …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech
"I welcome the Government’s announcement that there will be a national inquiry. Every penny spent on stamping out the evil of child abusers is money well spent. Although welcome, notice of this inquiry will undoubtedly cause a great deal of trauma and distress for both historic and present-day victims, as …..." Elsie Blundell - View Speech