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I managed to secure a debate on the Government’s review of child heart surgery and the future of Glenfield Hospital’s Congenital Heart Centre. The debate was in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 7th July. You can read the Hansard report of the debate here or watch it on Parliament TV here (the debate starts at 4.30pm and last for 30 minutes).
Please help the campaign to keep children’s heart services at Glenfield by joining the Facebook group.
This week I asked my first Prime Minister’s Question about the future of the paediatric cardiac unit at Glenfield Hospital. The unit provides outstanding care, not only in terms of the quality of surgery but also the excellent nursing, after care and facilities and support for parents.
The Government is currently reviewing the future of children’s heart surgery in England to make sure every child gets the best possible treatment. I asked the Prime Minister to ensure all aspects of care are fully considered by the review and to visit Glenfield to see for himself the excellent quality of care the children’s heart surgery unit provides. You can watch David Cameron’s answer here (my question is at 12.21pm) or read it in Hansard here.
I’m campaigning for more affordable housing in Leicester West – including building more rented social housing – and help for homeowners through the recession.
We’ve got to do more to improve care and support for older people. I’m backing a new National Care Service, starting with free personal care at home for those in greatest need.
I’m working to help your family by pressing for faster progress in local schools, more improvements in our NHS, and continued investment in children’s early years.
Last week was my first Budget as Leicester West’s MP. The measures George Osborne announced will affect the lives of people in Leicester West for years to come, and determine the economic and political direction of the country.
The Tory-Liberal Government says its Budget was unavoidable, will boost growth and jobs, and is fair. None of these claims stand up to scrutiny.
To read my full Leicester Mercury column on the Budget click here.
I welcome you to your new position, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to make my maiden speech during this important debate on poverty.
It is a great honour to serve as the Member of Parliament for Leicester West. My constituency has a proud history, as part of an open and diverse city that has welcomed people, commerce and ideas. In Roman times, Fosse Way, which still runs through Leicester West, was one of the main routes across Britain. This road helped to bring trade to my constituency in wool and leather during the middle ages, and later in textiles, hosiery and shoemaking-industries for which Leicester was long and rightly famed.
Today I nominated David Miliband to be Leader of the Labour party. Labour is lucky to have some outstanding candidates – people with real talent, commitment and passion – putting themselves forward for this election. I’ve talked to, read about and listened to the candidates before making my decision. I want someone who has got the vision, values and experience to lead us through Opposition and back into Government, and I think David is the person to do it.
David came to Leicester earlier this week, to meet young people working at Stride social enterprise on the Future Jobs Fund. David is passionately committed to creating real opportunities for every young person to develop and fulfill their potential. He understands this is the key issue in tackling inequality and creating a fairer society – and a major challenge here in Leicester West.
I’m urging people to join Labour to help us renew our Party and our country. Anyone who signs up before 8 September can vote in our Leadership election. A leadership hustings is being held in Leicester on 19th June – further details will be available soon.
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