Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Natasha Irons

Wednesday 14th October 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I do not think we are going to get through the list. We really are going to have to try to speed up some of the answers.

[Natasha Irons (Croydon East) (Lab)]

Q6. It is tough growing up in Britain today. With one in five young people now with a mental health condition, the wellbeing of our young people remains in crisis. In communities such as mine in Croydon East, where young people are waiting up to four years for support, families are desperate for help. Can the Prime Minister outline what his Government are doing to invest in early mental health support in communities across the country and how he will tackle the long wait for support that is robbing young people of their future?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Natasha Irons

Wednesday 12th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Dewhirst, I am sure you do not want to be leaving today—it is not the best day for it.

[Natasha Irons (Croydon East) (Lab)]

As a graduate of the Croydon Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prime Minister will know that youth services can broaden a young person’s horizons beyond what they could ever imagine. With national spending on youth services having declined 73% since 2010, will the Prime Minister outline how this Government will bring youth services back into our communities, will he look at giving them the statutory protections they deserve and will he visit Croydon East to see at first hand the vital role youth services play in my constituency?