Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Jason McCartney Excerpts
Thursday 24th March 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Thérèse Coffey Portrait Dr Coffey
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The hon. Lady raises an important case on behalf of her constituent and I am sorry to hear about those issues. The Government have put an extra £450 million specifically into children’s mental health, so I am concerned if that is not reaching the frontline. I will, of course, raise this with the Health Secretary on her behalf.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)
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A high school in my constituency had an inspirational visit by a holocaust survivor in the past week, but this comes at a time when a West Yorkshire Labour councillor has been suspended for anti-Semitic comments on social media. May we have a debate on how we can all unite in this House in driving out the evil of anti-Semitism, which seems to be creeping back into our politics at the moment?

Thérèse Coffey Portrait Dr Coffey
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My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. There is no room for racism or anti-Semitism at all, and it is important that people in public and private life stamp this out whenever they encounter it. He is right to call for a debate and I think it would be a popular topic for the Backbench Business Committee.