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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


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None But as a child … a four, five, six year old kid, how did I not have bereavement counselling? - Speech Link
2: None The children and parents of victims are having to fight tirelessly, for decades to be discarded with - Speech Link
3: Lord Owen (Independent Social Democrat - Life peer) Sometimes there were children who were not able to understand it, so the issue was put to the parents - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pupil Mental Health, Well-being and Development - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) average, children who had experienced at least one fixed-period exclusion in the year before attending counselling - Speech Link
2: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) survey, given that it is almost a decade since the last one found that only 62% of schools offered counselling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) The parents of Zane Gbangbola are in the Public Gallery today. - Speech Link
2: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) My constituent had all her counselling records used against her in a harrowing trial that she said was - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) setting out the principles that the police should apply to all third-party requests, including for counselling - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) They highlighted that parents’ fear of having their children removed is preventing victims from presenting - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) debate on the victims’ code, we discussed the problem that victims are often advised not to undergo any counselling - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) children’s views on which parent they should reside with, or whether they should be taken away from their parents - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL] - Fri 09 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We also need protections for parents; many others have suggested that parents, in their ordinary discussions - Speech Link
2: Lord Strathcarron (Con - Excepted Hereditary) If she or he does report the parents to the police and the police arrest the parents—who now have a criminal - Speech Link
3: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) bodies involved in medical treatment and counselling. - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) As I said, much more support and psychological counselling is needed, not less, and that is the very - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Newlove (Con - Life peer) It is no surprise that many withdraw so they can access counselling sooner. - Speech Link
2: None I accept that sometimes, when there is marital breakdown, it is sad but inevitable that parents will - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It is not even a counsel representing one of the parents; it is the estranged partner, who may have a - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None Office guidance as “a multi-agency service model supporting children, young people and non-abusing parents - Speech Link
2: Baroness Newlove (Con - Life peer) Access to counselling—the most sought-after type of support—showed the biggest disparity, with 58% of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) as an example of a service where it is proportionate to discriminate—for example, by restricting counselling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Joint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) I met the parents of Mr Lavelle, who have not only to live with the agony of losing their son but to - Speech Link
2: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) prosecution to identify the precise nature of a defendant’s role in aiding, abetting, procuring or counselling - Speech Link
3: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool, Riverside) leave of the House, I thank everybody who has contributed to my debate today, and particularly to the parents - Speech Link