“The Minister says that he is ambitious, which I am pleased to hear, but where in government is work to prevent people ending up in prison? I cannot see it. I cannot see homelessness prevention, prison prevention or the exportation of poverty from people’s lives—90% of people in prison are there from poverty.”
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- Heart disease & stroke82nd of 4076.0
- Public health & prevention260th of 7006.0
- Mental health759th of 8902.0
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What they’ve said
“I am very pleased that this amendment is to be discussed again. What troubles me is that it could be such a small, insignificant thing to ask for targets from the Government. Are targets part of the armoury that we use to get rid of poverty? If we are endeavouring to get rid of poverty, we will need more than targets.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-01-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether new funding allocations to local authorities are sufficient to deliver the prevention commitments in the National Plan to End Homelessness.”
National Plan to End Homelessness · 2025-12-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Look at the fact that 50% of people who suffer from cardiac arrests and cardiac illnesses are those who have food poverty in their background. If you look at the prison system, it is almost a poverty system.”
Autumn Budget 2025 · 2025-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Amendment 163 in my name would place a duty on the Secretary of State to set binding child poverty reduction targets and report on them annually to Parliament. This amendment will hold the Government to their promise to reduce child poverty and enable them to measure their progress.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…above the water where you could see it, but underneath I could see all sorts of things—abuse, social isolation, mental health problems. I saw 90% of the people I have worked with, who I come from, inheriting poverty. I was with Prince Charles once, as he then was, at a meeting in our building.”
Housing Supply and Homelessness · 2024-12-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
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