In Parliament - Janet Daby MP for Lewisham East

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Immigration Policies

Oral Answers to Questions - Home Department

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

The Home Office has offered warm words and reassurances to migrant communities about a movement away from the hostile environment, yet the Government are appealing against the High Court ruling...

Immigration Policies

Oral Answers to Questions - Home Department

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he is taking to ensure that his Department’s immigration policies do not unfairly discriminate on the basis of (a) race and (b) nationality.

Universal Credit Fraud

Commons debates

I recently spoke to somebody who works for Jobcentre Plus, who said they felt that universal credit was not designed to support people and that the five-week delay was an example of that. She...

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Justice

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

Youth offending teams are struggling to provide their services for young people and the public as the result of year-on-year cuts to those services. This has meant highly complex case loads for...

NHS Long-Term Plan: Implementation

Commons debates

I have recently become the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on sickle cell and thalassaemia. Sickle cell is very much a hidden disability which is lifelong. Some people take up to...

Universal Credit: Vulnerable Claimants

Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

A constituent of mine, Claudette, lives with her son, who is disabled, in private rented accommodation. She is in receipt of universal credit, but she did not receive her April rent payment, and...

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

I was incredibly moved to meet Richard Ratcliffe last week. A similar question has been asked today, but I do not feel that it was answered as well as it could have been. His wife is enduring an...

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Education

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

Primary schools in my constituency are facing reorganisation due to the financial pressures placed on them by this Government, even though the Government claim that funding for schools has never...

Unsustainable Packaging - [Sir George Howarth in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am pleased that in my local authority of Lewisham, recycling rates have rapidly increased in recent years and that there will be a consultation looking at continuing barriers to recycling in...

Violent Crime

Commons debates

The Minister has clearly outlined interventions and a list of preventions that the Government are seeking to administer, but what is she doing to support young people exiting crime? To what...

Planning Applications: Economic Opportunities and Housing Need

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

On Friday, I met a constituent who had been moved to temporary accommodation in Ilford, 17 miles from where her children attend school and where she works. The Government continue to place an...

Health Hazards: EU Law

Department for Work and Pensions

Janet Daby received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to align standards for protecting workers against exposure to carcinogens or mutagens with the provisions...

Free TV Licences: over-75S

Commons debates

In Lewisham East, 3,410 pensioners will lose access to free TV licences, which will perpetuate feelings of loneliness and isolation. The Government are clearly refusing to accept responsibility...

Cystic Fibrosis Drugs: Orkambi - [Mr Adrian Bailey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving us such a comprehensive overview of cystic fibrosis. A constituent of mine, Joanne, has contacted me regarding her daughter Lauren, who suffers from cystic...

Teachers: Pensions

Department for Education

Janet Daby received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of women who made superannuation contributions to the Teachers Pension Scheme prior to 6 April 1988.

Leaving the European Union

Commons debates

The Prime Minister states that those of us seeking a public vote should support her withdrawal agreement and make our case to Parliament on Second Reading, but we have already and repeatedly made...

Health Hazards: EU Law

Department for Exiting the European Union

Janet Daby received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to Directive 2004/37/EC, what steps he will take to maintain protections for workers against exposure to carcinogens...

Leaving the EU: NHS

Exiting the European Union

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

Nearly 500 people working for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are from the EU. The Royal College of Nursing tells us that 7,000 EU nurses have left the register since the referendum. With the...

Leaving the EU: NHS

Exiting the European Union

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect on the NHS of the UK leaving the EU.

Serious Violence

Commons debates

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak. I want to acknowledge the speeches that have been made by Members on both sides of the House, but I particularly want to...