In Parliament - Janet Daby for Lewisham East

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Draft Mental Health Bill

Commons debates

I welcome this statement from the Government, but I am concerned about constituents who have a mental health crisis and present at A&E departments. Because of long waiting times, they are...

Pensions: Inflation

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce any additional measures aimed at helping pensioners to deal with inflationary pressures.

Topical Questions

Home Department

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

We should all be concerned about the length of time and the frequency with which minors are detained in police cells. Cells are made for adults, yet minors are being detained in them for as long...

Foster Care: Lewisham

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child foster placements there are in (a) Lewisham East constituency and (b) the borough of Lewisham as of 9 June 2022.

Refugees: Ukraine

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ukrainian refugees who have applied under the Ukraine Family Scheme from within the UK are not...

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

I am convinced that every Member has received letters, emails and telephone calls from their constituents reaching out to them about these delays and their frustrations with the Passport Office....

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility to people aged 65 and over for the covid-19 Spring...

Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting

Women and Equalities

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

According to the Resolution Foundation, in 2018 the ethnicity pay gap cost black workers over £3.2 billion in the loss of wages. Following the pandemic, the gap is getting wider. As the...

Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting

Women and Equalities

Janet Daby made a speech in the House of Commons

If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting.

Standards in Public Life

Commons debates

I thank my right hon. Friend for making such a powerful speech. Does she agree that the Prime Minister’s rule breaking is absolutely despicable and that he should be tendering his...

Refugees: Afghanistan

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) administration of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and (b) routes by which...

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Lewisham

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have arrived (a) in Lewisham East constituency and (b) within the Lewisham Council area through the Ukraine Family Scheme...

UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the average waiting time on the MP UK Visas and Immigration helpline.

Passports: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the time taken to process passport applications and passport renewal applications.

Passports: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with HM Passport Office on tackling administrative delays that are lengthening the time taken to process...

Asylum: Rwanda

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the financial effect on the public purse of her proposed Rwanda immigration plan.

Asylum: Rwanda

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted an environmental impact assessment of her proposed Rwanda immigration plan.

Ukraine

Commons debates

The cases coming to my attention in my constituency involve families waiting for up to two months for visas for the Ukraine family scheme and the Homes for Ukraine scheme. That is unacceptable....

Ukraine

Commons debates

I am extremely grateful. My intervention is similar to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield). I have constituents from Ukraine. They are a family of five, but...

Ukraine

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?