Speeches by Dalton.

“That would be lovely. I would expect that from you.”

“We have talked about temperatures a lot. I wanted to bring in something else that is really important and will feed into that conversation. The Committee is interested in overcrowding. As we know, overcrowding has been rising in social housing and the private rented sector over the last 30 years; this has been going on…”

“I am the Member of Parliament for West Lancashire.”

“During the passage of the Housing Act 2004, the last Labour Government described the standards that were used to determine whether homes are statutorily overcrowded as “no longer defensible in a modern society.” Do you agree with that statement? If so why are those standards still in place over 20 years on? Is there an…”

“You are recognising this is a long-term issue, and of course it is; it is going to take a while. Having said that, while this is ongoing we know that there are families and children living in overcrowded homes. We know that living in an overcrowded home adversely impacts child development and educational achievement, i…”

“I thank the Minister for his kind words earlier. Could he clarify whether co-infected people will be able to make a compensation claim for each round of interferon that they had, or whether those are being lumped together?”

“My right hon. Friend is being very generous; I thank him for giving way. It was my sombre privilege to work with him on this matter when I was a Minister in the Department of Health. He is talking about driving forward the scheme; can he outline what work he has done with our devolved Governments in Scotland, Northern …”

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“Will my right hon. Friend give way?”

“You have answered my questions to an extent, but don’t worry. You already mentioned that some figures have suggested that universal donation caps and lowering spending limits is the way to meaningfully reduce the influence of foreign money and I wanted to dig a little deeper into that. You have touched on the fact that…”

“I recently visited the Liberty Centre in my constituency, a fantastic charitable organisation that supports individuals and families who have been affected by domestic abuse and violence. It told me that it could fill its refuge places three times over, but it does not have the resources. Will the Minister say what the…”

“6. What steps his Department is taking to support women and children who have experienced abuse to access support services.”

“I am Ashley Dalton, the MP for West Lancashire.”

“As ever, it is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I first acknowledge the campaigners from Make 2nds Count, METUP UK and Breast Cancer Now and the fellow MBC patients who are joining us in the Public Gallery. If you will indulge me, Mr Betts, I would like to take this opportunity to say a special tha…”

“I will briefly.”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) on securing this really important debate. Children in West Lancashire have previously felt let down by the SEND system. People lost faith in the very system that is meant to support the children in our communities who need it the most. That is the…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention and his kind words, and I agree that we cannot simply say that there is overdiagnosis. It has been said previously that there were not as many people with SEND before; the reality is that we do not know that, because for many years, SEND simply went unnoticed. People were no…”

“My hon. Friend has outlined clearly the issues caused at Simonswood in my constituency, which my constituents are also really concerned about. Constituents on the other side of my constituency are also dealing with a very similar problem at the St Joseph’s college site. Would my hon. Friend agree that, if the Environme…”

“Thank you, Mr Speaker; I am delighted to take up this place. People in West Lancashire are concerned about the potential relocation of the children’s accident and emergency department at Ormskirk following the joint integrated care board committee’s “Shaping Care Together” consultation. Folk, and I, want a co-located c…”