Speeches in Parliament

Today the Government has bought forward further work on and announced local inquiries into rape gangs. But it's patchy and has no statutory backing. I put these...

As part of my role as Shadow Minister for Health I was pleased to respond to yesterday's debate on Hospices. I spoke about the important role that local...

After serious concerns raised last week, and which have rolled into this week, about the increasing cost of Government borrowing and the state of the markets, I...

Today - 50 days after the Budget - an Urgent Question on hospice funding will be debated in Parliament. It's imperative that our primary carers, whether that's...

I know many in the funeral sector are keen to share their concerns around the Fuller Report following revelations around what has happened in Hull and, like G...

My response, as Shadow Minister for Health, to a debate on Lobular Breast Cancer.

Here you watch my Westminster Hall speech in response, as Shadow Minister for Health, to a debate on Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases.

Labour's election manifesto made this promise: " Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance," Yet...

The Pensions Minister informed me in October that the DWP had been given additional funding to improve processing times for Pension Credit applications. But...