Speeches by Russell.

“In respect of early diagnosis and onward support, in my constituency of Congleton we have two specific problems. First, although some children receive a diagnosis under the right to choose pathway on the NHS, others, often from more deprived backgrounds, face considerably longer waits than they would under that pathway…”

“You mentioned being downstream—and therefore demand arises. My question is to what extent you liaise with HMCTS about court capacity and how many sitting hours there are going to be. Do you have a full statistical understanding of the relationship between the number of sitting hours of judges, the number of people who …”

“Thank you.”

“How many staff would you expect to lose over the same period through retirement and/or otherwise leaving the service?”

“My question was: what number of people will exit versus the 1,000 recruited over the same period?”

“I do not know how many people in total work in probation at the relevant grade, or more senior grades, because presumably you already have some gaps there. Do the 1,000 replace the number you would expect to lose through natural attrition?”

“I have two questions on the maintenance but both focus on investment to save. When we were in Brixton, I looked up at the roof and watched the amount of heat that must have been going out through it. I wondered about the day-to-day revenue costs of running our estate and how long the repayment period would be for capit…”

“As declared on the register, I am a solicitor. I have various other declarations on there. In addition, I am a member of USDAW and the Community Trade Union, a member of the Industrial Law Society and a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.”

“The Listening Out Loud Foundation in my constituency is run by Jill and Andy Dolman and works with those who have recently left the forces, often with complex problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. They can provide an excellent insight into how we can better support current and future armed forces personnel. …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for securing this debate. There is a significant and ageing population in my constituency. There has been a 25% increase in the number over-65s since 2011 and, accordingly, a huge inc…”

“11. What progress he has made on establishing an independent armed forces commissioner.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising this horrendous issue. A related issue is the broader regulation of baby foods. Many baby foods contain more sugar per 100g than Haribo sweeties, and there is no compulsory regulation of their content. Large numbers of children eat those baby foods but are still malnourished and do no…”

“I want to raise a point about washer-dryers, as opposed to washing machines. As a mother of three, I spend a lot of time doing the washing. It sounds like a trivial point, but in north-west England it is incredibly difficult to get washing to dry—it starts raining in October and keeps going all year. It is all well and…”

“In my constituency, there has been an 11% decline in the number of adults who have seen an NHS dentist in just the last few years—it has been precipitous. There is a specific problem, however, with adults in care homes. I spoke to a local dentist, and she explained that the standard insurance for dentists no longer cov…”

“Does the right hon. Member accept that the Conservative Government’s decisions to reduce gas storage and to fail to invest in the NHS over long periods made dealing with those crises considerably worse?”

“I thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) for his comments about kinship allowance, which I will address in due course, because it is helpful when we have constructive opposition. However, he talks about the difficulty of obtaining NHS treatment, and I remind him of the five years that the Libe…”

“The Minister listed a wide variety of Departments, but the Department for Education was not among them. Will she assure me that that is one of the Departments that she intends to co-ordinate with? I am sure that it is.”

“I want to mention the plight of children missing from school. There is a massive problem with children going into temporary accommodation and simultaneously losing their school place because they have moved out of the area, or alternatively trying to retain their school place in the hope of being able to move back to t…”

“I have spent the last 13 years advising women, in particular, in employment tribunals, and I have advised a lot of women who have suffered maternity discrimination. That was an absolute mainstay of my practice. My comments will be completely heteronormative; that is not to disparage any other family structures. During …”

“I completely recognise what my hon. Friend says. The risk zone for women’s careers starts when they are approximately 25 and carries on until they are at least 45. I have been advised not to wear my wedding ring to interviews because I was likely to be viewed as a pregnancy risk. Until we deal with that—until men take …”