Rachel in Parliament - Rachel Reeves

Refuges: Domestic Violence

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 self-isolation on access to refuges for victims of domestic violence.

Refuges: Protective Clothing

Department of Health and Social Care

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure personal protective equipment is allocated to workers in women's refuges during the covid-19 outbreak.

Charities: Coronavirus

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to support charities who face a loss of income due to covid-19.

Educational Settings

Commons debates

Parents may not be key workers but they will be key workers in their homes, because they are the ones who are paying the mortgage, the rent and the bills. So if parents cannot go out to work...

Statutory Sick Pay and Protection for Workers

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for addressing the points that hon. Members have made. It is true that people will not have to take that long off to self-isolate for their recovery,...

Statutory Sick Pay and Protection for Workers

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is right. For many people, if they have a temporary reduction in their work, they can draw on their savings, but many of the people I represent—and many of his...

Statutory Sick Pay and Protection for Workers

Commons debates

It is an honour to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), who made a powerful speech, particularly about refugees and asylum seekers. Their plight, and the specific...

Economic Update

Commons debates

For those who are currently off work on statutory sick pay or are self-isolating for public health reasons, who are laid off because there is no work or who are self-employed or low-paid, there...

Covid-19

Commons debates

We are now rightly asking people, including the self-employed, to self-isolate for seven or 14 days if they show symptoms of coronavirus. The self-employed do not qualify for statutory sick pay...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers). Like him, I want to see a levelling up of investment in the north of England to benefit places such as Stockton, but...

Coronavirus

Commons debates

To follow up on the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and Wanstead (John Cryer), there are 4.7 million self-employed people, and currently they will not be entitled to statutory...

Flooding

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He and I, and the right hon. Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) have today written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural...

Flooding

Commons debates

It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft). Many of us in this House deeply miss Nic Dakin, but it was a real pleasure to hear her story about how she was...

Cop26

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Rachel Reeves made a speech in the House of Commons

I welcome the Secretary of State and his new ministerial team to their places. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee looks forward to taking evidence from them, and I am sure...

Rape: Criminal Proceedings

Ministry of Justice

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps with the Home Secretary to include a joint inspection of the CPS and police in the Government's review of the criminal justice...

Baby Care Units

Department of Health and Social Care

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many premature babies required neonatal care for twelve weeks or longer in (a) 2019, (b) 2018, (c) 2017, (d) 2016 and (e) 2015.

Baby Care Units

Department of Health and Social Care

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many premature babies required neonatal care for six weeks or longer in (a) 2019, (b) 2018, (c) 2017, (d) 2016 and (e) 2015.

Baby Care Units

Department of Health and Social Care

Rachel Reeves received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many premature babies required neonatal care for four weeks or longer in (a) 2019, (b) 2018, (c) 2017, (d) 2016 and (e) 2015.

Points of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. One hundred years ago today, a woman made a speech in this Chamber for the first time—[Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] While I do not...

Flooding

Commons debates

More than four years on from the Boxing day floods in 2015, the flood defence scheme for Kirkstall in my constituency is still £23 million short of Government funding. Small businesses...