Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Teresa Pearce and John Bercow

Wednesday 18th March 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I say to Opposition Members that the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Teresa Pearce) must be heard.

[Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

Q2. One in four patients is waiting more than a week for a GP appointment, and some in my constituency are waiting two weeks. A third cannot even get through on the phone, but 23% of London GPs are due to quit the NHS in the next five years. Will the Prime Minister take responsibility for the increasing crisis in GPs on his watch?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Teresa Pearce and John Bercow

Wednesday 20th November 2013 Commons Chamber

[Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

The housing—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Lady has a right to put her question and to be heard when she does so, and that is what is going to happen.

[Teresa Pearce]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The housing association that is landlord to some of the poorest people in my constituency recently voted its chief executive a non-contractual redundancy pay-off of £397,000. Will the Prime Minister join me in condemning the board’s action and asking for it to be repaid and invested in much-needed tenant services?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Teresa Pearce and John Bercow

Tuesday 11th December 2012 Commons Chamber

[Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

T7. New research from Which?—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Whatever discontent there may be on either side of the House about this matter, it would be a courtesy to hear Teresa Pearce.

[Teresa Pearce]

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

New research from Which? reveals that nearly half of front-line bank staff believe that pressure selling still dominates the culture of banking. Will the Minister join me in calling for banking remuneration and incentive structures to be changed to reward ethics and service, rather than aggressive selling targets, in order to help to change the culture of banking?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Teresa Pearce and John Bercow

Monday 13th June 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I remind the House that if we are to maximise progress, we need pithy questions and, from the Secretary of State and his colleagues, pithy answers.

[Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

T2. Members have already raised the issue of women born in 1954 who must wait an extra two years to receive their pensions, but those who have small occupational pensions paid for and planned for on the basis of the earlier retirement date and who then find themselves out of work before the later date will be adversely affected in terms of jobseeker’s allowance. Will the Minister review the rule and, specifically, the way in which it relates to those disadvantaged women?