Information between 21st January 2026 - 10th February 2026
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Tuesday 10th February 2026 2:30 p.m. Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood) Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall Subject: Funding for local authorities in inner London View calendar - Add to calendar |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 378 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 373 Noes - 106 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 307 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 194 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 317 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 191 Noes - 326 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Youth Unemployment - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 280 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 287 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 303 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 287 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 294 Noes - 108 |
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28 Jan 2026 - British Indian Ocean Territory - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 277 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 284 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 378 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104 |
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4 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Helen Hayes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 392 Noes - 116 |
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Helen Hayes speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Helen Hayes contributed 1 speech (90 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Helen Hayes speeches from: Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTV
Helen Hayes contributed 1 speech (127 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Education |
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Helen Hayes speeches from: Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
Helen Hayes contributed 2 speeches (761 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Helen Hayes speeches from: First 1,000 Days of Life
Helen Hayes contributed 1 speech (143 words) Thursday 29th January 2026 - Commons Chamber |
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Helen Hayes speeches from: Key Stage 1 Curriculum
Helen Hayes contributed 1 speech (999 words) Monday 26th January 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Education |
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Immigration: Children in Care
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood) Monday 2nd February 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made of the impact of failing to resolve the immigration status of children in care before turning 18. Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Secretary set out in the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May 2025 that the Home Office will ensure children who have been in the UK for some time, turn 18 and discover they do not have status, are fully supported and able to regularise their status and settle where appropriate. This will also include a clear pathway for those children in care and care leavers. This commitment will be delivered primarily through an update to the ‘children in care policy’. As part of this, separate targeted engagement will take place with external stakeholders to help us to understand the challenges in this area and develop a policy solution which supports children in care without status while upholding the need to have a robust and coherent migration system. Children who have claimed asylum are dealt with under separate provisions. A range of reforms are underway across the immigration and asylum system, and the development of a clear pathway to settlement for children in care and care leavers must be considered alongside these changes. Further detail on this will be set out in due course. |
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British Nationality: Children
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood) Monday 2nd February 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that citizenship application fees are affordable for children who need to regularise their immigration status. Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) Children seeking to register as a British citizen will have the fee waived if they are able to credibly demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee. In addition, where an application has been made by or on behalf of a child who is looked after by a Local Authority, no fee is payable and it is not necessary for the child’s financial circumstances to be evidenced. |
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Independent Commission for Aid Impact: Finance
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood) Wednesday 4th February 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement has she had with the a) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and b) recipients of UK overseas development assistance, on future funding for the ICAI. Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) I refer the Hon Member to the Minister for International Development's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) budget allocation for 2025/26 is £3.97 million. Details of its past funding can be found in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) annual reports and accounts, and decisions on its future funding will be announced in due course when we publish our allocations of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget up to 2028/29. The FCDO remains committed to full transparency and scrutiny of our ODA spend. Over the previous five financial years (2021/22 to 2025/26), ICAI have published on average 5.6 reviews and 1.6 shorter information notes per year. This financial year, ICAI have published 2 reviews to date. Ministers and FCDO officials continue to have regular engagement with ICAI. |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood) Wednesday 4th February 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure future scrutiny and transparency of UK overseas development and assistance. Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) I refer the Hon Member to the Minister for International Development's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) budget allocation for 2025/26 is £3.97 million. Details of its past funding can be found in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) annual reports and accounts, and decisions on its future funding will be announced in due course when we publish our allocations of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget up to 2028/29. The FCDO remains committed to full transparency and scrutiny of our ODA spend. Over the previous five financial years (2021/22 to 2025/26), ICAI have published on average 5.6 reviews and 1.6 shorter information notes per year. This financial year, ICAI have published 2 reviews to date. Ministers and FCDO officials continue to have regular engagement with ICAI. |
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Independent Commission for Aid Impact: Finance
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood) Wednesday 4th February 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding was given by her Department to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in each of the last five years. Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) I refer the Hon Member to the Minister for International Development's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) budget allocation for 2025/26 is £3.97 million. Details of its past funding can be found in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) annual reports and accounts, and decisions on its future funding will be announced in due course when we publish our allocations of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget up to 2028/29. The FCDO remains committed to full transparency and scrutiny of our ODA spend. Over the previous five financial years (2021/22 to 2025/26), ICAI have published on average 5.6 reviews and 1.6 shorter information notes per year. This financial year, ICAI have published 2 reviews to date. Ministers and FCDO officials continue to have regular engagement with ICAI. |
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3 Feb 2026, 3:44 p.m. - House of Commons " Helen Hayes, thank you, speaker. Child poverty is a scourge on any Child poverty is a scourge on any society. It is a tragedy for individual children and families and the untapped potential, worse " Helen Hayes MP (Dulwich and West Norwood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Feb 2026, 12:33 p.m. - House of Commons " Helen Hayes thank you, Mr. >> Helen Hayes thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm proud that Labour MPs voted yesterday to remove the two " Helen Hayes MP (Dulwich and West Norwood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTV
20 speeches (4,192 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes). The question asked by my hon. - Link to Speech |
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Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
282 speeches (45,598 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes), and I are looking forward to exploring - Link to Speech 2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes), in scrutinising our child poverty strategy - Link to Speech |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
121 speeches (33,947 words) Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) which I learned about at an inspiring parliamentary round table chaired by my honourable friend Helen Hayes - Link to Speech |
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Key Stage 1 Curriculum
62 speeches (13,130 words) Monday 26th January 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes)—is that often the schools that offer play are particularly - Link to Speech 2: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes), touched on that issue.We have had fantastic - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 2 p.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 2 p.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd February 2026 9 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Reading for Pleasure At 10:00am: Oral evidence Professor Teresa Cremin CBE - Professor of Education (Literacy) at Open University Dr Helen Hendry - Senior Lecturer in Education (Primary) at Open University Professor Jessie Ricketts - Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Jeanne Shinskey - Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Jo Taylor - Department of Language and Cognition, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London (UCL) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Early Years: Improving Support for Children and Families At 10:00am: Oral evidence Ann Graham - Director of Children's Services Haringey Council at Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) Mike Short - Head of local government and education at UNISON Clare Reid - Children’s Services Director at Early Years Alliance Clare Roberts OBE - Founder and Chief Executive of Kids Planet at National Partnership in Early Learning and Childcare Jayne Coward - Deputy Director for Early Years Regulatory Policy and Practice at Ofsted View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 24th February 2026 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Historical Forced Adoption At 10:00am: Oral evidence Professor Gordon Harold - Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health at University of Cambridge Dr Michael Lambert - Lecturer in Medical Humanities at Lancaster University Dr Janet Greenlees - Reader in Health History at Glasgow Caledonian University Dr James Gallen - Associate Professor, School of Law and Government at Dublin City University At 11:00am: Oral evidence Emma Crowther-Duncan - National Development Lead at PAC-UK Brenda Farrell - UK Director for Fostering, Adoption & Children In Care at Barnardo's Colonel Peter Forrest - Chief Secretary at The Salvation Army UK and Ireland Emily Frith - CEO at Adoption UK View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd March 2026 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Reading for Pleasure At 10:00am: Oral evidence Jonathan Douglas - Chief Executive at The National Literacy Trust Annie Crombie - Co-Chief Executive at Booktrust Mrs Debbie Hicks - Creative Director at The Reading Agency At 11:00am: Oral evidence Luke Taylor - Senior Researcher at Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Ellen Broomé - Chief Executive at British Dyslexia Association Ms Anjali Patel - Lead Advisory Teacher at The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) Onyinye Iwu - children's author, illustrator and art teacher at (None) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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13 Feb 2026
Children and Young People's Mental Health Education Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 27 Mar 2026) The Education Select Committee and the Health and Social Care Select Committee have jointly launched an inquiry into the mental health of children and young people. This inquiry will examine mental health support and services provided in education and community settings, available to children and young people up to the age of 25. The Committees wish to understand how this provision is integrated with specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), acute and other statutory NHS services. The Committees will shortly launch a survey to gather anonymised personal experiences from individuals. People who wish to share their own experiences may therefore prefer to wait to do so via this route rather than through a written submission. Information about the survey will be posted here. The Committees hope to specifically explore the relationship between children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, the support that is available to them and how well they are able to thrive and succeed in education. This is important for all children and young people, but there are particular groups for whom it is critical, including children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), care experienced children and young people and others who have suffered adverse childhood experiences. We will examine these issues in relation to education settings from the early years to further and higher education. In carrying out this work, the Committees will consider the Government’s commitment to expand Mental Health Support Teams to 100% of schools in England by 2029/30. They will also take account of forthcoming initiatives such as the establishment of a network of Young Futures Hubs and Best Start Family Hubs, to ensure a comprehensive and up‑to‑date understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the system. The Committees will also consider how far there is sufficient alignment between recent government strategies and reviews, including but not limited to the 10 Year Health Plan, the Best Start for Life Strategy, SEND reform, the Review into mental health, ADHD and autism services and the National Youth Strategy, education and NHS workforce plans. The Committees are now accepting written evidence submissions until 27 March 2026 (by 23:59pm).
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