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Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) of seven years.New clause 12—Controlling or coercive behaviour by persons providing psychotherapy or counselling - Speech Link
2: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham, Yardley) Let us be honest: I do not believe in the rights of fatherhood when parents are abusive at all.When working - Speech Link
3: None However, with the support of South Wales police and the CPS, Pearl’s parents have sought to change the - Speech Link
4: Paul Beresford (Con - Mole Valley) Any Members present who are parents or have had care of children will know that children—not all of them - Speech Link
5: None can convince me on those points, we will have the tool to get to grips with spiking and to support parents - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jessica Morden (Lab - Newport East) Minister mentioned, yesterday I had the opportunity to raise in the House the very real concerns of parents - Speech Link
2: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) they undertake that important role, which is why the Government have announced our intention to test counselling - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) They are advised to seek counselling only with their GP or the Samaritans. - Speech Link
4: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Victims and Prisoners Bill to provide further protection for victims against unnecessary disclosure of counselling - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) Who of us in this room would not do exactly that for our parents or other close relatives if they were - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It supports them in every possible way, from providing food to counselling. - Speech Link
3: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) That excludes other close relatives such as siblings or parents of adult children, for example. - Speech Link
4: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) He is a British citizen and his parents had visas to visit the UK last autumn. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 02 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend for standing up for, and campaigning on behalf of, parents and children in his constituency. - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) There was no physical examination, “extremely poor quality” psychological assessment, and no record of counselling - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None (requests for information relating to victims) (inserted by section 24 of this Act) in relation to counselling - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) precedes the public part of the inquest.In recent months, in two separate cases, I have helped the parents - Speech Link


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