Debates between Kemi Badenoch and Sarah Green during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Kemi Badenoch and Sarah Green
Wednesday 15th May 2024

(6 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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I wish Leoni every success. My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. In March, we proudly announced the launch of the invest in women taskforce, whose mission is to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female founder. Since the taskforce’s launch, its members have been working with the private sector to begin raising funds for female founders just like her constituent.

Sarah Green Portrait Sarah Green  (Chesham and Amersham) (LD)
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T4. Both Baroness Cumberlege in the “First Do No Harm” report and the patient safety commissioner in the Hughes report recommend a redress scheme for women harmed by surgical mesh. What conversations is the Minister having with Government colleagues to make the redress scheme a reality for those women, who are still suffering?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kemi Badenoch and Sarah Green
Wednesday 26th October 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Green Portrait Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham) (LD)
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T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Kemi Badenoch Portrait The Minister for Women and Equalities (Kemi Badenoch)
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I am delighted to have been appointed as Minister for Women and Equalities. As the Prime Minister said yesterday, this Government will bring

“compassion to the challenges we face”,

put people’s needs above politics and reach out to communities across the country. My priority will be to deliver our groundbreaking Inclusive Britain strategy, our cross-Government work to improve the lives of disabled people, and to break down barriers to opportunity for people from all backgrounds up and down the UK.

Sarah Green Portrait Sarah Green
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I recently met the chair of the Chesham mosque committee, who had been told that medical examiners in our area will be available only five days a week and not at the weekend. That will cause significant problems for our Muslim and other religious communities who bury their loved ones as soon as possible following a death. Will the Minister meet me and my constituent to find a way forward to ensure that the new system does not infringe the rights of religious communities?

Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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I did not fully hear the question, but if the hon. Lady writes to me in more detail about what she requires, I will be able to follow up in better detail.