Speeches by Voaden.

“How long would it take the Salvation Army to respond to a request?”

“You have pre-empted my next question, which is about your view on proposals for a single point of access. Perhaps we can go back to you, Emily. What is the view of Adoption UK on that?”

“Do you think that five months is an acceptable time for somebody to wait after making an initial inquiry, which might be something that they have spent years building up to doing?”

“On that point, will the Minister give way?”

“How long would it take the Salvation Army to respond to a request?”

“Will the Minister tell the House when the consultation will be launched?”

“Brenda, if somebody comes to Barnardo’s to ask for their adoption records, roughly how long would it take for them to get a response?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to ban harmful social media for under-16-year-olds by introducing age ratings similar to film classifications, so that we can rate the platforms according to the harm they present. We have talked a lot about this, and the hon. …”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that having a public inquiry would be a very public way for the British authorities and the state to show survivors that they have been the victim of some heinous crimes and to give them more confidence to come forward? We know that survivors of all kinds of sexual abuse and rape across this c…”

“It is clear that all of us here today want to see legislative change to protect our children online. There is no doubt about that. The only debate left is how we do it. We Liberal Democrats want to see some urgency, yet more than a month on from when the Secretary of State announced the consultation, we have seen absol…”

“Three to five months?”

“Coastal erosion has had a devastating impact on residents and businesses in communities across Start bay in South Devon in recent months. Coastal protections have been breached, properties have been damaged and the partial destruction of the A379 Slapton Line will have a significant economic and social impact on the wi…”

“I applaud the Government’s attempt to increase mainstream inclusion for children with SEND, and welcome the £1.8 billion set aside to ensure that children have access to experts, but as far as I can see, there is absolutely no mention in the White Paper of any new funding for increasing the number of teaching assistant…”

“Coastal erosion has had a devastating impact on residents and businesses in communities across Start bay in South Devon in recent months. Coastal protections have been breached, properties have been damaged and the partial destruction of the A379 Slapton Line will have a significant economic and social impact on the wi…”

“The Minister said that she supports a system that acts with speed. Could she give us an idea of when there might be a response to the report?”

“Q15. Last week, Start bay was devastated by storm damage. Homes and businesses were wrecked, and an important A road was severed. The thousands of people who use it to commute to school and work, and to get to healthcare, are stranded. Bus routes are broken and emergency vehicles are blocked. The presence of the 300,00…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Thank you, Dr Allin-Khan. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Sarah Green) for securing this important debate. Last Saturday marked two years since the publication of the Hughes report—two years since Patient Safety Commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes set out clear and compassionate recommenda…”

“Jayne, you have said that you have a four-yearly inspection routine for the nurseries.”

“I have a very quick question about ratios that changed in ’23. How do current starter child ratios in early years settings support or potentially undermine safeguarding and supervision? Has it made it harder?”