MP organises meeting with Health Minister about Bootham Park
Rachael Maskell MP for York Central is meeting the Health Minister Steve Barclay MP in…
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European Council
Commons debates
To date, the Prime Minister has failed to move on her red lines, so has not in sincerity reached out across Parliament, let alone across the country. Our nation is stressed, hurting, dividing and...
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Business of the House
Commons debates
We have learned that 4 million older people live in poverty, nearly 1 million live in severe poverty and 46,000 died prematurely last year. Can we have an urgent debate to discuss what is...
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Parking Offences
Department for Transport
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking in relation to the sharing of powers between the police and councils relating to obstruction caused by pavement and grass...
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Mental Health Support: Young People
Sittings in Westminster Hall
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The Minister said that this is a matter of clinical judgment, but clinicians are unable to make those choices if they lack the necessary staff and resources.
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Mental Health Support: Young People
Sittings in Westminster Hall
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The waiting times in York are also horrendous. The funding, which has, in fact, gone down in the last year, is just £40 per child. Is not that so insufficient to match need?
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Housing
Commons debates
On average, house prices are 10 times wages, and we know this skews our local economy but also drives the housing poverty that is so damaging to my city of York. The Lib Dem-Tory council has...
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Topical Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
New developments have to meet the needs of local people, not developers. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss the plans for York Central, which fail on transport, housing and climate...
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Packaging: Extended Producer Responsibility
Petition - TV Licences for over-75S
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
I am glad my hon. Friend has secured this debate. Having gone plastic-free during Lent, plastic is now just staring at me everywhere, and I have started working with manufacturers in York. Does...
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Votes at 16 - [Mr George Howarth in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
No, I will not; the hon. Gentleman has spoken long enough. The Government are not listening to young people. They have not had a say and the Government have not even tried to reach out to them at...
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Votes at 16 - [Mr George Howarth in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. The Labour party values our young people. We value their thoughts, determination and wisdom. Some of the best, most informed...
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Business Rates
Delegated Legislation
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. We have debated business rates on numerous occasions, because York, which is known for its retail offer, currently has about 50 empty properties. Does he...
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Business Rates
Delegated Legislation
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
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Eating Disorders
Department of Health and Social Care
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the size of the workforce was in working time equivalent of (a) community eating disorders services for children and young people...
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Eating Disorders
Department of Health and Social Care
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults were referred for assessment of a suspected eating disorder in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what proportion of those...
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Eating Disorders
Department of Health and Social Care
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults started eating disorder treatment in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
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Further Education Funding - [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
I hoped to speak in this debate on behalf of Askham Bryan College and York College, two outstanding colleges in York. I urge the Minister to ensure that further education colleges have a fully...
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Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
Department for Education
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of spending on early interventions for nursery and reception children on the attainment gap; and...
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Pre-school Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
Department for Education
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the outcomes of spending on early interventions for nursery and reception children in (a) York and (b)...
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Leaving the European Union - [James Gray in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
No, I will continue. I met a manufacturing employer just over a week ago. We are also due to lose 300 jobs in one of the agencies as a result of leaving Europe. We are in real need of...
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Leaving the European Union - [James Gray in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I rise in particular to speak on the petitions on the public vote and revoking article 50. Some 14,824 of my constituents have signed...
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