Children & Families
Child poverty, childcare, early years, SEND, family courts, looked-after children
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 161PMQs 2026-04-29
In a parliamentary Session that started out with [K a degree of anticipation, a level of expectation and a promise of change, m [1D [K may I ask why it went so wrong? Was it failure to support our WAS...
PMQs 2026-04-29
Building a Croydon for all starts with ensuring t [1D [K that our residents have the dignity and stability of a decent home, but hun [3D [K hundreds of families in my constituency face homelessness be...
PMQs 2026-04-29
Like many MPs, I will head up to my constituency later to campaign for the local elections. When I am out on doorstep talking to voters in the Shipley constituency, I am proud of the difference that t...
PMQs 2026-03-25
We are now at war with Iran. Will the Prime Minister make the decision now to proscribe this brutal bunch of thugs and send them packing, or arrest them and put them in jail right now?...
PMQs 2026-03-11
Too often, I hear from families of children with special educational needs and disabilities in Hertford and Stortford whose children have been left out of education for months or even years because th...
PMQs 2026-03-04
In my constituency, the Liberal Democrat-run Three Rivers district council has failed for years to submit an adequate local plan. It now has a ministerial direction, and prime green-belt land faces a ...
PMQs 2026-03-04
The Prime Minister has read out a long list—it is not enough. He says that we are pre-deploying; the one ship that we are sending, HMS Dragon, is still in Portsmouth. The fact is that the Type 45s can...
PMQs 2026-02-25
A free breakfast club will open in my constituency this April. However, Rochdale's growing popularity and population mean it desperately needs a new secondary school for mainstream and SEND children. ...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The manslaughter of baby Gigi Meehan at a nursery in Cheadle; 21 counts of child cruelty at Riverside nursery in Twickenham Green in my constituency; 56 charges of sexual assault and creating indecent...
PMQs 2026-02-11
It is a source of great pride to Scottish Labour MPs that, as Chancellor, Gordon Brown lifted more children out of poverty than any other Chancellor before him. It is also a source of great pride that...
Recent Ministerial Questions
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If she will make a statement on her departmental [K responsibilities. She notes that employers can now publish voluntary action [6D [K action plans to address the gender pay gap and support women in t...
Violence against Women and Girls 2026-04-29
Violence against women and girls is often focused [7D [K focused on what women and girls can do to keep themselves safe, but the Min [3D [K Minister will know that the pernicious attitude of toxic mas...
Special Educational Needs Support 2026-04-29
I welcome the Government's commitment to making s [1D [K sure that every child with SEND in Gloucester gets the support they need at [2D [K at the earliest stage of their education. I also welcome the...
Special Educational Needs Support 2026-04-29
Last week, I met Alice Jones, the headteacher of Oxenhope primary school, to talk about the funding challenges it is facing in supporting children with SEND and her deep concerns about this Government...
Special Educational Needs Support 2026-04-29
What steps are the Government taking to support c [1D [K children with SEND at school?...
Topical Questions 2026-04-28
I thank the Chancellor for her work to lift the t [1D [K two-child benefit cap, which was cruelly brought in by the Conservative Gov [3D [K Government. Does she agree that that is not only morally the...
Food Bank Usage Hornsey and Friern Barnet 2026-04-28
It is indeed a very exciting development to see the bold and vital steps taken to address child poverty, but runaway rental costs are driving hunger and hardship. Building council homes is obviously t...
Food Bank Usage Hornsey and Friern Barnet 2026-04-28
What fiscal steps she is taking to help reduce the level of food bank usage by families in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency....
Conflict in the Middle East Cost of Living 2026-04-28
The school holidays are approaching, many low-inc [7D [K low-income families in my constituency of Guildford are asking how they wil [3D [K will get through the summer with rising costs and conflicts ...
Cost of Living Wolverhampton West 2026-04-28
I thank the Chancellor for her condolences. I was [3D [K was at the site of the tragedy on Sunday laying flowers. One of my favourit [8D [K favourite places for lunch is the Pomegranate Café in my con...