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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect of immigration rules on the seasonal agricultural workforce...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Every summer farmers in my constituency require thousands of workers to pick their delicious fruit, but only 705 people in the constituency are unemployed and claiming jobseeker’s allowance, so it is very difficult for the farmers to recruit enough workers locally. Will my right hon. Friend consider a permit scheme …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jun 2017
Health, Social Care and Security

"All of us must listen and learn, and one lesson I take from the recent election is that we on the Government Benches must explain our values to a new generation and explain why our approach gives people opportunities and a chance to make the most of their lives, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jun 2017
Health, Social Care and Security

"I hope that we will consult on a cap, but I welcome the fact that we took the issue head on and came up with a plan that would fund and improve social care to address exactly the point that I am referring to. We need to make sure that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Unaccompanied Child Refugees

"Like several other Members of this House, I saw for myself the conditions in Calais. I thank my right hon. Friend for her work to transfer children with family in the UK from France to the UK. As she has said, in Kent we look after more than 1,000 unaccompanied …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"4. What progress the Government have made on placing vulnerable Syrian families in the UK. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituents have been deeply moved by the refugee crisis and have asked me what they can do to help. I welcome the launch last year of the community sponsorship scheme. Will my hon. Friend update the House on the scheme’s progress and what more he is doing to harness …..."
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Written Question
Home Office: Staff
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has in place to support those of its staff who have mental health problems.

Answered by Sarah Newton

In the Home Office we are committed to breaking down barriers and reducing stigma for those staff living with mental health conditions. We signed up to the Time to Change pledge in 2014 making a public commitment to be at the forefront of UK employers to tackle mental health issues in the workplace and we remain dedicated to ensuring mental health is a priority. Our specific initiatives are outlined in Annex 1.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 16 Dec 2016
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill

"Is my hon. Friend arguing that there is no point in doing something that is a good thing, unless it solves all the problems of the world?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 16 Dec 2016
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill

"Before I became a Member of Parliament one thing I did as a volunteer was work in a homeless outreach service, spending time, usually late at night, finding people who were going to be sleeping rough that night and seeing whether we could help get them into some kind of …..."
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