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A Strong Two Years
What else to be writing about on a warm couple of weeks in July than the future of our country. In the chamber, we continue to debate policy, discuss bills and bring forward legislation that will benefit people across the United Kingdom. Despite all the outside noise, the role of parliamentarians in Westminster does not…
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SEND Provision
I’m hosting a roundtable on Saturday 2nd May on SEND provision. I know many people were able to attend the roundtable event in January focused on SEND provision within schools, with a lot of constituents having personal experience of this. I really want to see a system that works for parents, schools and local authorities alike. Since that roundtable, the Government has…
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A World’s First – standard on suicide and the workplace
In 2017, I made my maiden speech in Parliament, I talked about how we all bring our personal experience to Westminster. For me, that was the death of my husband by suicide and I pledged to make suicide prevention a key part of my work – a pledge that continues and is expressed through all…