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Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) There are parents who alienate children from the other parent, but it is not a syndrome; it is a fact - Speech Link
2: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) Tragically, they are sometimes victims of abuse at the hands of their own parents. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) In all other situations that we are discussing, you have two parents. - Speech Link
4: None Amendment 92—and the situation where we have both parents still alive—seeks to remove the presumption - Speech Link
5: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) telephone call because of a dispute between the parents? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Parents: Separation - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) the respondent to attend, sometimes coupled with the perception of MIAMs as a form of relationship counselling - Speech Link
2: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) will no doubt help parents reach an amicable settlement without going to court. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) I think it must have been a separated parents information program—she is nodding her head. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cass Review - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None May I say how pleased I am that we are joined by parents of children who have been affected by some of - Speech Link
2: None their stories and investigated further, even when they were derided as bigots and transphobes; the parents - Speech Link
3: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) transition for any age of child or young person, but recommends that this be done with the support of parents - Speech Link
4: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) She recommends that those services should include that kind of counselling, and I would welcome some - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) The use of counselling notes has a chilling effect, and the long waits for their case to go to trial - Speech Link
2: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab - Gower) Data from Cafcass shows that children who have been removed from their parents by the state have to wait - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) work, and in the Budget the Chancellor announced an additional £55 million of support for separating parents - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) support to encourage and support people into work, including training and one-to-one, face-to-face counselling - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Public Policy Research Scotland, which says that the Scottish Government are making employment for parents - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Relationships Education: LGBT Content - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Adam Holloway (Con - Gravesham) Indeed, as well as respect parents. - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) tell young people, those who are experiencing gender dysphoria should be able to access appropriate counselling - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) age—free from conversion practices, free from medicalisation, and underpinned by appropriate and robust counselling - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kinship Care Strategy - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) about the challenges she faced in carrying out her caring responsibilities to her grandson while his parents - Speech Link
2: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) Kinship carers take on just the same responsibilities as other carers and parents, often at much shorter - Speech Link
3: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Does he agree that they should have the full backing of the law, and the status, in place of the parents - Speech Link
4: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) Support such as counselling, which is offered to foster families in many cases, also needs to be considered - Speech Link
5: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) They care for children when the parents no longer can. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 01 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) I hope it does.Yesterday, all the major counselling, therapeutic and health organisations provisionally - Speech Link
2: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) practitioners who worry that they are currently working in the “wild west”, particularly in respect of counselling - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Even though that was years ago, the effects of the counselling are still ongoing. - Speech Link
4: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) What I needed was counselling to uncover why I had come to loathe my body. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools (Mental Health Professionals) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 01 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) I have been calling for counselling to be available in all schools since I first entered the House. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Berridge (Con - Life peer) As 70% of secondary schools and 52% of primary schools in England already offer counselling services, - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tackling Obesity - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: David Evennett (Con - Bexleyheath and Crayford) or obese may also benefit from joining a local weight loss group, or even from receiving support and counselling - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Only 31% of adults, and only 8% of teenagers, are achieving that; parents in the room will recognise - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) That starts at the very beginning of life with our national breastfeeding helpline for parents who need - Speech Link