Care & Healthcare Workers
Care workers, healthcare worker visas, exploitation of migrant workers
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 33PMQs 2026-07-15
Can I invite the Prime Minister to join me at Chessington World of Adventures? We have not always agreed across the Floor, but can I pay my own tribute—I disagreed with Labour on Europe, and I have di...
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I wish the Prime Minister a happy Christmas. I thank him for allowing the young carers choir to sing outside No. 10, and I hope that he and the staff enjoyed it. Our song is called “Love is Enough”, b...
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The Government have delivered on their manifesto commitment to introduce the Employment Rights Bill. It includes a historic fair pay agreement for care workers, which will benefit all those who care f...
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An increase in employers' national insurance contributions could affect millions of small businesses, including 18,000 small care providers. Will nothing in the Budget make it harder for vulnerable pe...
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I echo the Prime Minister's tributes to Alex Salmond, Sir David Amess and Lily Ebert. I welcome the news that Ministers are going to review the carer's allowance repayment scandal, after campaigns by ...
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I welcome the Prime Minister to his place for his first Prime Minister's questions. I associate myself and my party with the comments he made about the appalling attack on the soldier in Kent. Our tho...
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The abuse suffered by 88-year-old Ann King at the hands of staff in her care home was captured on a hidden camera. The footage is stomach churning. Ann died in October 2022, and it took nearly a year ...
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I am concerned about the exceptional contribution that my constituent John Farringdon has made during his long life. May I also ask my right hon. Friend to try to find a moment or two to speak to John...
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The forced isolation of people in care homes or hospitals from their loved ones from the beginning of the pandemic, and its terrible consequences, as well as the many who died alone, has left a profou...
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Will the Prime Minister join me in thanking carers for their invaluable contributions, congratulating organisations on receiving awards, and celebrating national achievements?...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 84Unpaid Carers: Workplace Support 2026-07-02
I thank the Minister for her commitment to unpaid carers. I speak to unpaid carers across my constituency all the time, and I personally thank them for all that they do in caring for loved ones and in...
Unpaid Carers: Workplace Support 2026-07-02
What steps his Department is taking to help support unpaid carers in the workplace. I thank my hon. Friend for her commitment to unpaid carers. I speak to unpaid carers across my constituency all the ...
Indefinite Leave to Remain: Skilled Legal Migrants
Last month I joined a very generous community event at Herali, a much-loved Sri Lankan restaurant in Aylesbury, which is dependent on staff who are here on skilled worker visas. The proposed changes t...
Topical Questions
In my constituency, Co-operative Care Colne Valley is testament to the value and importance of co-operatives. It delivers ethical, not-for-profit home care services for the disabled and elderly. The g...
People with Down’s Syndrome: Sport and Health
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the role of sport in health outcomes for young people with Down's syndrome....
Health and Social Care: Rural Communities
Does he agree that it is only by increasing wages and paying social care staff properly that we will increase the number of carers in rural areas?...
Care Companies: Exploitation of Migrant Workers
Health and social care workers fear not only exploitation, but that promises may be retroactively broken by the Government. Will the Minister confirm that the promise of indefinite leave to remain aft...
Care Companies: Exploitation of Migrant Workers
My constituent, a migrant care worker, was asked to pay £3,600 to her employer, a private care company, for a sponsorship application that never happened. The company is now keeping the money, with no...
Care Companies: Exploitation of Migrant Workers
I am disappointed to hear that the Minister is not looking at a common certificate of sponsorship. Has he made a decision, with his colleagues, on whether care workers will be considered in the same g...
Care Companies: Exploitation of Migrant Workers
In recent weeks, I have heard from several social care workers in my constituency who have outlined to me the profound uncertainty that they face regarding their employer-sponsored visas, despite the ...