Speeches by Hayes.

“I rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of the Loughborough Estate in my constituency, I wish to say that the conditions in which the residents there are currently forced to live are shocking. The lack of a straightforward remedy to those conditions is completely unacceptable, and the need for change is urg…”

“The evidence that the Education Committee heard from mothers and adult adoptees was utterly devastating. I thank Diana Defries, Ann Lloyd Keen, Sally Ells and Debbie Iromlou for courageously reliving their trauma so that we could shine a light on the extent of the injustice they suffered and the urgent need for a meani…”

“You have all spoken quite a bit already about some of the barriers. It is really hard to hear about some of the things that you have faced when you have tried to take more hours, or when you have been stopped from going to work because the system just does not really work with your circumstances. I just wondered whethe…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered Windrush Day 2026. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this debate. Windrush Day is on 22 June, the anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks. The Windrush has become a symbol of a period in our history when man…”

“I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate. I received many messages from others who would have loved dearly to contribute but were unable to come—for reasons to do either with fleeing the weather in London or with the by-elections taking place here—so the relatively small number of speeches should not in a…”

“I know that Members across this House will have been sickened and devastated to hear reports of the abuse suffered by baby Preston Davey prior to his murder at the hands of his adoptive parents, in whose home he should have been safe. It is of concern that Preston was seen by several different professionals in the week…”

“There is a huge debate within the Department’s remit of responsibility about the use of AI in the education system, and there are concerns about the potential that we end up with work that has been generated by AI being marked by applications that use AI. We could cut out human interaction from much of the process of e…”

“Thank you very much for having me, Chair. I am glad to be here. Minister, you have mentioned a couple of times the role of automation in improving the Department’s response rate. Can you tell us a bit more about what automation looks like in this context?”

“On occasion, my Committee has been frustrated at late responses we have received to our reports from the Department. We perceive a tendency for the Department to wait until it has got all the answers, or it is a convenient moment to respond to the Committee. That is not how accountability is supposed to work. There are…”

“Thank you. Are you looking at any other measures that could help to streamline those processes? It would be helpful to hear a bit more about where the bottlenecks are. Is it Ministers signing off? Is it the drafting capacity? What are the stages?”

“My constituents have been catastrophically failed by Thames Water over many years by major floods that have closed local businesses, constant leaks and bursts, traffic disruption, loss of supply and terrible support for vulnerable customers. This is the consequence of shocking negligence by asset-stripping investors, a…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for her statement, and warmly welcome the decisive action that she has set out. She has agreed with the evidence-based conclusions of the Education Committee: that social media harms currently outweigh the benefits for children, that technology companies cannot be trusted to regulate them…”

“Residents on the Loughborough estate in my constituency have suffered years of appalling service from their resident management organisation, the Loughborough Estate Management Board. It has a failing repair service; dangerous chemicals were being stored in the community centre; there were allegations of threats and ha…”

“14. What steps his Department is taking to improve the regulation of tenant and resident management organisations.”

“Thank you very much for being here with us to give us your evidence. Will you start by telling members of both Committees a little about your journey into mental health advocacy? I understand there are some hard parts to that story, but we are interested to hear about it, and to hear what, from your work, you think are…”

“You mentioned your involvement with early support hubs. Their funding is by no means certain at the moment. What has been the impact of that initiative? What if they were not to exist, or if support were delivered in a different way?”

“Thank you for telling us about how you got to be in that role, and I am sure all of us would like to convey our condolences about what happened to your brother and commend the way that you have been using that to make a difference for other young people. You have managed to establish an enormous reach among young peopl…”

“Thank you very much for being here with us to give us your evidence. Will you start by telling members of both Committees a little about your journey into mental health advocacy? I understand there are some hard parts to that story, but we are interested to hear about it, and to hear what, from your work, you think are…”

“Welcome, Dame Rachel. Thank you for being with us this morning. You are coming to the end of your six-year term as Children’s Commissioner, and there have been significant changes over that time. Can you provide some brief comment to us on how the drivers of children’s wellbeing have changed in recent years? What trend…”

“You mentioned your involvement with early support hubs. Their funding is by no means certain at the moment. What has been the impact of that initiative? What if they were not to exist, or if support were delivered in a different way?”