"On Armed Forces Day a few weeks ago, our community came out not just to celebrate our armed forces personnel, but to support Ben Hardy. Ben, who is 11 years old, has had 10 operations on his eyes and is severely visually impaired, but that did not stop him putting …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms McVey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal) on securing this debate.
I welcome this Labour Government’s national youth strategy, and how it recognises the importance of achieving good work and the …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
That this House has considered financial inclusion for young people.
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir John. Today, young people are one of the groups most at risk of financial exclusion. Analysis by Fair4All Finance has identified 2 million unsteady starters …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
"I could not agree more about the importance of financial education for young people, which I will come to in my speech.
We can already see how those overlapping pressures exacerbate a young person’s financial insecurity. Insurance is another area where they are left facing vulnerability to financial shocks that …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
"I could not agree more about the importance of regulating access to financial information across social media and AI, which is an emerging challenge. Embedding financial education in school is so important, particularly ahead of the social media ban, which my hon. Friend mentions.
"I will keep it brief, Sir John. To add to the trend, I will just share the fact that my first job was in a local coffee shop.
It has been great to hear about rurality, the importance of car insurance, social media, fraud and student loans; I will not …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
"There is already much excitement in my community that East Herts will be home to one of the new youth hubs being rolled out by this Labour Government. I represent a semi-rural area where young people often have to make significant journeys across or even outside the constituency to access …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
"T5. The Child Maintenance Service has told one of my constituents that because the father of her children is claiming benefits, he can pay her only £6.73 a week, even though the CMS is aware that he has an additional hidden income of £97,000. Sadly, that is not an isolated …..." Josh Dean - View Speech
"My residents are rightly angry that Thames Water has discharged sewage into the River Stort, one of our rare and precious chalk streams, for hundreds of hours. I have raised the issue in this House before, and Thames Water told me that its improvement plan will not be in place …..." Josh Dean - View Speech