"Before I call the next speaker, I would just like to point out the time. We have until 4.30 pm, so if we are to give 10 minutes each to both Front Benchers, I am sorry, but I am putting a squeeze on the contribution of the hon. Member for …..." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
"Order. For the benefit of the Chair and for Hansard, it might be better if the shadow Minister swivelled round a little and spoke into the microphone...." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing a debate on this difficult issue, which is not a small matter. Does she agree that 4,500 people are currently in prison having been caught by the wrongful application of joint enterprise law? Men, women and children are serving long sentences for crimes …..." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and I am sure that, like me, he would like to congratulate our hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for all her work in that regard; I will refer to her again later.
"The position of families should certainly be considered at that desperate time.
The compassion shown by the head of Honor Oak cemetery was an isolated incident in what is a national problem—a rule for one that has not been the rule for all. For example, my constituents, Ann and her …..." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
"I certainly agree with the hon. Member, but later in my speech she will hear that even that high cost is not the highest in the country.
For Ann’s family, the cost of the funeral was just the beginning, at a time when they were already grieving for Ann’s mother. …..." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
"I absolutely agree. We have already made reference to the wonderful campaign run by my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East. She has been successful in getting child burial fees wiped out in Wales, as a result of that moving campaign and the story of the death of her …..." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
"If the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Government can find it in their hearts to look at fees for child burial, why can guidance not come from the Department for Communities and Local Government about what the Government would wish to see from English local authorities? As the major funder …..." Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech