Speeches by Juss.

“Does the hon. Member agree that we need to address the disparity he mentioned—the inequality in GP funding allocations—across the United Kingdom? Despite having some of the most deprived areas with a higher demand, the funding Wolverhampton receives is, on average, 10% less than more affluent areas. The ratio of GPs to…”

“I thank my constituency neighbour, hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar), for securing this important debate, and for attempting to remove the stigma and silence that too often surrounds this key area of healthcare. As has been mentioned, in the UK over 14 million people experience bladder leakage and more th…”

“Last Saturday, I was at the first ever national care leavers’ championship cup competition, which was held at Molineux, the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers football club in my constituency of Wolverhampton West. Care-experienced young people from all over the country came to play football. Will the Leader of the House …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) for securing this important debate. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Douglas McAllister), sitting on my right, who is Jagtar Singh Johal’s MP. …”

“You mentioned prisoners being recalled for 56 days. Last month the Lord Chancellor announced that in the coming weeks there will be legislation to have the duration of recall limited to 28 days. Do you disagree with that period?”

“I have a very quick question. I imagine that this is treatment that would only be offered to a persistent offender rather than a first-time offender or has that not been looked into?”

“Considering Serco’s poor performance with tagging, which has been publicised, did the review consider looking at alternative providers of electronic tagging?”

“I will keep it very short because there are so many of us. I just want to say that in constituencies where there is a high south Asian population, it is still very important. In my constituency of Wolverhampton West, we still talk about it. My parents often talked about it, and I have other friends who did so. It would…”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I am an executive council member of the GMB trade union, member of various APPGs, and other interests are as recorded on the register.”

“It is generally understood that 80% to 90% of those in prison across England and Wales are reoffenders with previous convictions and custodial sentences. It appears to me that if you deal with the issue of reoffending, you immediately deal with the issue of having overcrowded prisons. Having recalled prisoners also add…”

“Does my right hon. Friend agree that there has been no vote on whether to have a national inquiry into grooming gangs—the vote was about the safeguards of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill—and that following the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse and the 200 pages that dealt specifically with grooming …”

“I thank the Minister for her statement and the excellent work that this Government are doing in bringing additional investment in the NHS and bringing waiting lists down. We have had to make really difficult decisions to clear up the mess left by the previous Government, and I am sure we all agree that we need to prote…”

“My point is that we have not had sufficient funding to provide our special educational needs children with the support they require. The National Audit Office has warned that without significant change, the current system is financially unsustainable. The evidence is damning. Since 2019, we have seen no consistent impr…”

“Over the past decade we have seen a 140% increase in the number of children identified as requiring an education, health and care plan. Today we have nearly 2 million pupils in England who are identified as having special educational needs. Unfortunately, the rise in demand has not been matched by a corresponding incre…”

“In 2023, the Department for Education said that demand for special school places nationally outstripped available places by at least 4,000, so does my hon. Friend agree that we need more special school places?”

“Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating the Woodlands Quaker care home, in my constituency of Wolverhampton West, on its work? It is an excellent non-profit residential care home, providing accommodation for older people so that they can live as well as possible. As a charity, it prides itself on having …”

“Mike, you mentioned that we have a situation where if somebody is addicted to drugs and goes into prison, they come out in the same situation or even worse, but the actual situation is even worse than that, is it not? Because there is a high percentage of prisoners who are not on drugs when they go in but they become a…”

“You said that some prisoners get good healthcare in prisons. How do we extend that to when the prisoners are out in the community?”

“We are aware—I have experienced it in my own constituency in Wolverhampton West—that voluntary sector organisation providers fill in the gap for statutory services. In Wolverhampton, we have an organisation called SUIT—the Service User Involvement Team—which provides a drug and alcohol service as part of voluntary and …”

“I have one last quick question. The independent sentencing review has recommended that there should be more community supervision in some cases. In that regard, if you had an ask, what would it be?”