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[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Preet Kaur Gill (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present a petition in the same terms from parents, carers, staff and governors of the brilliant Lillian de Lissa Nursery School in Birmingham, Edgbaston The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Lillian de Lissa maintained nursery school in Birmingham. [P002348]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Stephen James McCabe (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present two petitions in the same terms signed by over 400 people on behalf of Highters Heath Nursery School in Billesley and Allens Croft Nursery School in Brandwood in my constituency The petition of the parents, careers, staff and governors of Allens Croft maintained nursery school in King Heath Birmingham. [P002341] The petition of the parents, careers, staff and governors of Highters Heath maintained nursery school in Warstock, Birmingham. [P002347]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Graham Peter Jones (Labour, Centre-left): I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) for all the work that she has done on this. I rise to present a petition in the same terms as everybody else for the outstanding Lee Royd Nursery School in my constituency, in south Accrington The petition of the parents, carers and staff of Lee Royd Nursery School maintained nursery school in Accrington. [P002349]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Elizabeth Anne McInnes (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present in the same terms a petition on behalf of our one remaining maintained nursery school in my constituency, the wonderful Sunny Brow Nursery School. It has been signed by 238 constituents The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Sunny Brow maintained nursery school in Middleton. [P002350]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Harriet Ruth Harman (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present petitions in the same terms as my hon. Friends from parents, carers, staff and governors of three highly valued nursery schools in my constituency: Nell Gwynn Nursery School, Ann Bernard Nursery School, and The Grove children and family centre. They are all hugely valued by the over 279 people who have signed the petition The petition of the parents, carers, staff, governors and our local community contacts of The Grove Children and Family Centre which is a maintained nursery school in Southwark. [P002363] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Nell Gwynn Nursery, maintained nursery school in Southwark. [P002364]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Matthew Raymond Western (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present petitions in the same terms and on behalf of 211 constituents for the excellent Warwick Nursery School and 174 constituents for the equally superb Whitnash Nursery School The petition of the parents, carers and staff of Whitnash maintained Nursery School in Leamington Spa. [P002365] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Warwick Nursery School, maintained nursery school in Warwick. [P002366]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Bridget Maeve Phillipson (Labour, Centre-left): I would like to present four petitions in the same terms, on behalf of parents, carers and staff at Hetton-le-Hole Nursery School, Hetton Lyons Nursery School, Houghton Community Nursery School and Mill Hill Nursery School in Houghton and Sunderland South The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Hetton Lyons maintained nursery school in Sunderland. [P002357] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Mill Hill maintained nursery school in Doxford Park, Sunderland. [P002358] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Houghton Community maintained nursery school in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland. [P002359] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Hetton-le-Hole maintained nursery school in Sunderland. [P002360]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Victoria Jane Foxcroft (Labour, Centre-left): I would like to present a petition in the same terms on behalf of the wonderful Clyde Nursery School and the wonderful Chelwood Nursery School in my constituency, which have collected well over 200 signatures between them. The petition of the parents, carers and staff of Clyde Nursery School, maintained nursery school in Lewisham. [P002362]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
James Ian Mearns (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present a petition in the same terms on behalf of parents, staff, governors and supporters of the exemplary and only stand-alone maintained nursery school in the Borough of Gateshead: Bensham Grove Community Nursery School The petition of the parents of Bensham Grove Community maintained nursery school in Gateshead. [P002361]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Karen Elizabeth Lee (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present a petition in the same terms on behalf of St Giles maintained nursery school in Lincoln—an amazing, priceless school that supports families in so many different ways. I dare not begin to think how Lincoln would manage without it The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of St Giles maintained nursery school in Lincoln. [P002356]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Gavin Shuker (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present six petitions in the same terms, three from my constituency—Chapel Street, Hart Hill and Rothesay—and, on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Luton North (Kelvin Hopkins), Gill Blowers, Grasmere and Pastures Way nursery schools The petition of the parents, carers and staff of Chapel Street, Gill Blowers, Grasmere, Hart Hill, Pastures Way and Rothesay maintained nursery schools in Luton. [P002352] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Rothesay maintained nursery school in Luton. [P002408] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Chapel Street maintained nursery school in Luton. [P002417]
[P002354] — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Education
Margaret Mary Beckett (Labour, Centre-left): I rise to present petitions in the same terms on behalf of two nursery schools in my constituency that are both doing a fantastic job in very difficult conditions: Lord Street Nursery School and Harrington Nursery School The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Harrington Nursery School, maintained nursery school in Derby City. [P002368] The petition of the parents, carers, staff and governors of Lord Street Community Nursery, maintained nursery school in Derby South. [P002369]
Children’s Social Care: Rotherham — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful for the chance to hold this debate because I need the Minister to hear about and understand the unique situation facing Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council with regard to children’s services. The debate is also timely, as we have just debated the local government finance report I am sure the Minister agrees that there is no more important topic to be debated than the safeguarding of children and securing them a positive future. Local authorities up and down the country are struggling to fund their children’s social care services in the light of cuts since 2010, and Rotherham is no different. In real terms, the funding for Rotherham’s budget since 2013-14 has been reduced by 74%—a cut of more than £62 million. The Government have told councils such as Rotherham that they are making "significant additional resources" available to support children’s social care, but that funding is primarily for innovation and does not redress the shortfall in core funding affecting so many local authorities The depletion in available resources has been compounded by a rising demand for children’s social care services. Rotherham council has experienced a dramatic rise in demand since 2015. There has been a significant increase in the number of children in receipt of statutory social work intervention at all levels—children in need, child protection and children in care. Nationally, the number of child protection inquiries has increased by 158% in 10 years, from 77,000 in 2007-08 to 198,000 in 2017-18 Like other authorities across the country, Rotherham has experienced a significant increase in demand. In Rotherham, as of December 2018, the number of children on a child protection plan was 562, and the number of children in need was 1,447. In Rotherham, the number of children in care has risen from 407 children in March 2015 to 634 in December 2018, well above the national average increase. Rotherham has experienced the third highest increase in numbers in 2017-18 out of 152 local authorities in England. Let us remember that the average annual cost of care, based on placement cost alone, for a looked-after child in Rotherham is £54,000 per child A significant contribution to this dramatic increase is the impact of Operation Stovewood, the National Crime Agency investigation into past child sexual exploitation in Rotherham by grooming gangs. The investigation is unique, and it is the largest operation the NCA has ever carried out.
Children’s Social Care: Rotherham — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Law and Crime
Kevin John Barron (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend will remember that in May last year I stood up at Prime Minister’s Question Time and asked the Prime Minister about further funding bid for Fusion, which had only 30% of the original funding. This bid is to help to support the survivors of CSE and to pursue convictions against the perpetrators. Is it her understanding, as it is mine, that no further Fusion project money has gone into Rotherham?
Children’s Social Care: Rotherham — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Law and Crime
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): Sadly, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right. This was a multi-agency hub for survivors, and the council argued in the strongest terms the need for such multi-agency working, as did the National Crime Agency, but no, the money has not been forthcoming Operation Stovewood has placed unprecedented and unbudgeted additional pressures on the authority. The council estimates the investigation is currently costing an additional £4.3 million per year, which is estimated to increase to £7 million next year, yet only £500,000 per annum of additional money has been forthcoming. The decades of sexual abuse in Rotherham and other towns have been a great shame on this nation. If there had been an earthquake affecting the lives of 1,400 children in Rotherham, we would have got emergency funding from the Government to help with their recovery. However, with no such money forthcoming for child abuse, we are largely leaving victims and survivors to get on with the recovery themselves.
Children’s Social Care: Rotherham — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words, and I completely agree with the points he makes. We are storing up a national disaster if we do not support these children, ideally with early intervention, or with whatever help they need throughout their lives. I ask the Minister: please will he agree to invest additional resources in supporting looked-after children and care leavers—yes, in Rotherham, but also across the country—so that they can get the proper support they need to repair their lives Rotherham council is doing the very best it can. Ofsted gave Rotherham high praise in its 2018 inspection report, which I would like to quote. It said: "Improved identification of risk and continued focus on uncovering and tackling complex abuse have led to increased demands on social care. A recent increase in the numbers of children looked after has placed additional demands on placements. Some of this increase is due to improvements in identifying risk, and to the local authority’s complex abuse work." It went on to say that the council had plans in place to address the demand: "They are not complacent in the approach they take in order to better understand, continue to identify, and address the large-scale serious abuse suffered by children and young people. Managers, leaders and partners are diligent in their ongoing efforts to expose both current and historic exploitation. This is seen in the number of successful prosecutions and ongoing court trials of perpetrators. Support to encourage children and young people who have suffered abuse helps them to feel safe enough to disclose their experiences and continues to develop. This includes services for those who are now adults. The stringent efforts of the local authority and partners to confront large-scale exploitation and abuse will continue to have its challenges, as victims continue to be identified." I agree with the Ofsted report The council has committed to implementing successful evidence-based programmes and has invested nearly £1 million of its own funding in innovative programmes alone. Recent analysis found that its expenditure on children’s social care has increased 90% between 2010 and 2016, compared with an average of 30% for other English local authorities. But the flip side of providing the level of care needed is the amount of extra funding for children’s social care services that the council has had to find to meet escalating demand. The council increased the children’s services budget by £20 million in 2016-17, but as demand continues to increase further, Rotherham borough council forecasts an overall £16 million overspend for children and young people’s services for the current financial year. That leaves the council yet again in the position of having to find even more funding from its own resources, and it is further increasing the children’s social care budget in 2019-20 by a net £7 million, making a total annual investment of £27 million over and above the 2015-16 budget.
Children’s Social Care: Rotherham — House of Commons, 2019-02-05
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): To be clear, I am not critical of innovation—it is great—but it should come on top of core funding, not instead of it. The Minister mentioned the £500,000 a year for four years. That will fund 10 looked-after children placements. We have over 600 in Rotherham. Will he please just tell me whether he is going to give us additional funding? We are on our knees in Rotherham and begging him for support.
International Trading Opportunities — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Foreign Trade
Christopher Shaun Ruane (Labour, Centre-left): Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus for Friday, Mr Speaker. I pay my good wishes to Sam on the sad loss of Paul Flynn. This is the first chance I have had to do that. He was a great man. He actually stood in my constituency in 1974 In January, Dyson announced the relocation of its HQ to Singapore, Hitachi ended its interest in Wylfa and Airbus said it was prepared to leave Wales in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The Government’s handling of Brexit has been described as a "disgrace" by Airbus’s Tom Enders and a "state of total confusion" by tycoon Sir Martin Sorrell. What message does that send to international investors and traders about trading opportunities in Wales?
Withdrawal Agreement Bill: Legislative Consent — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: International Affairs
Christina Elizabeth Rees (Labour, Centre-left): I first met Paul Flynn in 1980. He was absolutely inspirational to me then and he continued to be a source of inspiration throughout the many years I had the privilege to know him Will the Secretary of State guarantee that the Welsh Government will be fully represented in any negotiations with the EU that impact on devolved competence and policy?
Withdrawal Agreement Bill: Legislative Consent — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Foreign Trade
Christina Elizabeth Rees (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the Secretary of State for his answer, but does he understand that if the UK Government negotiate free trade agreements, for example with the USA, which force hormone-injected beef and chlorinated chicken on the people of Wales without the legislative consent of the elected Welsh Government, that will trigger a major constitutional crisis? Is he prepared to risk that?
Leaving the EU: Economic Support — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on sector-specific plans to support the Welsh economy in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.; What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on sector-specific plans to support the Welsh economy in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Joanna Meriel Stevens (Labour, Centre-left): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Every sector of the Welsh economy is going to be damaged by the UK leaving the EU, so will the Secretary of State for Wales confirm that he will be voting to rule out no deal?
Journey Times: Chepstow to Gloucestershire — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Transportation
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour, Centre-left): Thank you, Mr Speaker. The western rail link to Heathrow will significantly reduce the journey time between Wales and the airport. The Government committed themselves to the link in 2012. When will it finally be built?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: International Affairs
Virendra Kumar Sharma (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the Prime Minister for her initial response. In the face of her total failure to secure the agreement of this House, when will the Prime Minister call time on this farce, extend article 50 and put her deal versus remain back to the people?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Macroeconomics
Questions: The 2017 Birmingham bin strike led to mass fly-tipping across the borough border in my beautiful town of Solihull. With the threat of another strike ever present, will the Prime Minister join me in urging Birmingham City Council to do what often seems to be beyond it—namely, to be a good neighbour and sort out these strikes, which seem to be just a taster of what would happen under a hard-left Labour Government?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): I know that the Prime Minister is very busy—I understand that—and she possibly has not had a chance to look at the Bank of England forecasts, which suggest that there is a one in four chance of the UK economy dipping into recession. Manufacturing is already in recession, car manufacturing has declined at the steepest rate for a decade—down 5% in the past quarter alone—and Honda, Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan have announced cuts to either jobs or investment in recent months. Does she blame her shambolic Brexit or her Government’s lack of an industrial strategy for this very sad state of affairs?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: The 2017 Birmingham bin strike led to mass fly-tipping across the borough border in my beautiful town of Solihull. With the threat of another strike ever present, will the Prime Minister join me in urging Birmingham City Council to do what often seems to be beyond it—namely, to be a good neighbour and sort out these strikes, which seem to be just a taster of what would happen under a hard-left Labour Government?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): As manufacturing industry declines, it is skilled well-paid jobs that are lost. But the Prime Minister is right—there is something that is increasing, and that is the income of the top fifth richest people in this country, which went up by 4.7% last year while the incomes of the poorest fell by 1.6%. With the poorest people worse off, will the Prime Minister now commit to ending the benefit freeze, or does she believe that rising poverty is a price worth paying?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Labor
Questions: The 2017 Birmingham bin strike led to mass fly-tipping across the borough border in my beautiful town of Solihull. With the threat of another strike ever present, will the Prime Minister join me in urging Birmingham City Council to do what often seems to be beyond it—namely, to be a good neighbour and sort out these strikes, which seem to be just a taster of what would happen under a hard-left Labour Government?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): Some of us cannot forget that it was the Conservative party that so opposed the principle of the national minimum wage from the very beginning. Perhaps the Government could start by tackling the scourge of low pay in their own Departments. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Ministry of Justice pay some of their central London workers as little as £7.83 an hour, and they have been on strike again this week, hoping to get a London living wage. Will the Prime Minister intervene and ensure that they do get the London living wage so that they can continue doing their valuable work for both those Departments Low pay means that many workers have to claim universal credit just to make ends meet. This month, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions admitted that universal credit is driving people to food banks. Is it not time to stop the roll-out and get it right, or does the Prime Minister believe that rising poverty is a price worth paying?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: The 2017 Birmingham bin strike led to mass fly-tipping across the borough border in my beautiful town of Solihull. With the threat of another strike ever present, will the Prime Minister join me in urging Birmingham City Council to do what often seems to be beyond it—namely, to be a good neighbour and sort out these strikes, which seem to be just a taster of what would happen under a hard-left Labour Government?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): Can I just give one example of what is happening? Take the food bank in Hastings, which is represented by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where demand went up by 80% after universal credit was rolled out, and the Trussell Trust said that a significant proportion of referrals are related to benefit changes, delays or sanctions. It is a huge increase in food bank use Some 4.1 million of our children are growing up in poverty, and the Resolution Foundation said last week that UK child poverty was on course to hit record levels. Will the Prime Minister act to prevent that? Will she start by ending the two-child limit? Will she end the benefit cap? Will she restore the 1,000 Sure Start centres that have been lost under her Government?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2019-02-27
Topic: Macroeconomics
Questions: The 2017 Birmingham bin strike led to mass fly-tipping across the borough border in my beautiful town of Solihull. With the threat of another strike ever present, will the Prime Minister join me in urging Birmingham City Council to do what often seems to be beyond it—namely, to be a good neighbour and sort out these strikes, which seem to be just a taster of what would happen under a hard-left Labour Government?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): It clearly is not working, because so many people who are themselves working very hard, some doing two or even three jobs, have to access food banks just to feed their children. The Prime Minister used to talk about the "just about managing." Well, they are not managing anymore. Income inequality— up. In-work poverty—up. Child poverty—up. Pensioner poverty—up. Homelessness—up. Austerity clearly is not over. People on low incomes are getting poorer, while those at the top are getting richer. The economy is slowing, manufacturing is in recession and this Government’s shambolic handling of Brexit—[Interruption.]