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Commons Chamber
Local Government Finance - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) He talked about vulnerable children in education, but it is cash flat, same as last year. - Speech Link
2: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) Two thirds of council funding in St Helens is spent on adult social care and children. - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Brash (Lab - Hartlepool) Hartlepool now has the third highest number of children in care in England. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Snowden (Con - Fylde) the dumping of children in care in areas where housing is cheaper. - Speech Link
5: John Milne (LD - Horsham) How can distance and sparsity increase costs for adults, but apparently not for children? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Under-16s Energy Drinks Ban - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, we are taking decisive action on obesity, easing the strain on our NHS and creating the healthiest - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) My Lords, the noble Baroness’s Answer referred to obesity. - Speech Link
3: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con - Life peer) Does the Minister agree that there is only one cause of obesity and that is eating too much? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Brain Tumour Survival Rates - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) have seen little improvement in decades and that brain tumours remain the biggest cancer killer of children - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) have seen little improvement in decades and that brain tumours remain the biggest cancer killer of children - Speech Link
3: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) She is devastated because she still loves her husband and is bringing up their children. - Speech Link
4: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) It is the leading cause of cancer deaths among children and adults under 40. - Speech Link
5: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) It halved the time for a scan, and for diagnosis of children with brain tumours. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Cancer Plan - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None Our plan also gives pride of place to children and young people. - Speech Link
2: None Alongside rare and less common cancers, we will make research for children and young people a national - Speech Link
3: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) We definitely recognise the distinction between children and young people; they have different needs. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bethell (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Where are the targets on things such as obesity and clean air? - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None More broadly, the Government are taking decisive action to tackle the obesity crisis, including banning - Speech Link
2: None England already have a statutory duty under various legislation, including the Care Act 2014 and the Children - Speech Link
3: None They must not target children, which means they must not be placed near schools or similar areas. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) As set out in the Government’s strategy, Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty, a broad and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
National Cancer Plan - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) I take this moment to thank the children, young people and families who made up our children and young - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Daventry) Having worked in children and young people’s hospices, I will never forget the journey that those children - Speech Link
3: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) Member mention rare cancers and children and young people. - Speech Link
4: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) We are also eliminating cervical cancer through HPV vaccination and tackling obesity. - Speech Link


Written Statements
National Cancer Plan - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) illegal underage sunbed use, eliminating cervical cancer through HPV vaccination, as well as tackling obesity - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) people in London are living in temporary accommodation or are homeless, of whom around 100,000 are children - Speech Link
2: Lord Mawson (XB - Life peer) People in the private sector have children and families. - Speech Link
3: None it is now, particularly in those early parts of a healthy lifestyle and of stopping things such as obesity - Speech Link
4: None Given the Government’s sadly inadequate ban on junk food advertising to children, we have seen a shift - Speech Link
5: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) and respiratory diseases, excess winter mortality and poor mental health, with older people and children - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
First 1,000 Days of Life - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) As the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has stated, our children have some of the poorest - Speech Link
2: Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) That means they are not able to give children the time that they need. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 29 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) There are also a lot of children with special education needs and disabilities who get to school via - Speech Link
2: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) which is a very rural county, spends something like—from memory—£50 million a year on taxis to move children - Speech Link
3: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) of course, aware of the pressures on local council finances as a result of the growing number of children - Speech Link
4: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) What will this mean for children? - Speech Link
5: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) , diabetes and tooth decay, particularly among children. - Speech Link