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Natasha Irons Excerpts

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?

[The Prime Minister]

I am going to go back to the response to the Milburn review. I think we need to give guarantees of mental health support when young people need it—not waiting months, not waiting years, but exactly when they need it—and that will be a part of my response.