Your voice in Parliament - Paula Sherriff MP

Aviation: Egypt

Department for Transport

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government last reviewed the security situation at Sharm El Sheikh airport; and what the outcome of that review was.

Sanitary Protection: VAT

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to reduce the minimum level for applications for funding from the Tampon Tax Community Fund.

Business of the House

Girls’ Education

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the Leader of the House agree that it is about time we had a further debate or a statement from the Government regarding the women who have been affected by the state pension age increase?...

Television: Licensing

Department for Work and Pensions

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of free television licences issued to residents in (a) Kirklees borough and (b) Dewsbury constituency...

Body Image and Mental Health

Exiting the European Union (Transport)

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me start by welcoming the Minister to the Front Bench. I am glad that she is still in her post, and I sincerely hope that this is not her last appearance at the Dispatch Box in her current...

Mental Health: Young People

Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

Referrals to child mental health units from primary schools for pupils aged 11 and under have risen by nearly 50% in three years. BBC research last week also found that primary school children...

Heart Diseases and Strokes: Females

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) outcomes, (b) early identification and (c) treatment of heart attack and stroke for women.

Heart Diseases and Strokes: Females

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the recommendations in the report entitled Call for Action: Inquiry into heart attack and stroke, published by the...

Non-Invasive Precision Cancer Therapies

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) and my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for securing this debate, and the Backbench Business Committee for...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Commons debates

I, too, thank the Minister for his tone this afternoon, but may I press him to agree, no ifs or buts, that when the incoming Prime Minister joins us, he must make Nazanin’s release an...

Engagements

Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

Passengers across the north of England are wondering which has been delayed the longest—the northern powerhouse, or their next train. Will the Prime Minister and her legendary Transport...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Dewsbury Memories, a group that helps older sports fans who are suffering with dementia, was established by Allison Simpson after her beloved dad, Tony Boothroyd, was diagnosed with...

Engagements

Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

A dental practice in my constituency has this week been forced to close due to unfair NHS dental contracts, leaving yet another neighbourhood without any dental service at all. Residents who...

Business of the House

Commons debates

My constituent was refused a home visit to assess her employment and support allowance entitlement, despite her GP having advised that her health needs absolutely necessitated one. After three...

World War Two: Polish Contribution - [Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Dziękuję. As the hon. Gentleman knows, my paternal grandfather was Polish; he served in the Polish merchant navy, which is what brought him to the UK. I would love to work with the hon....

World War Two: Polish Contribution - [Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Sixth-Form Students: Funding

Oral Answers to Questions - Education

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

The Government’s own review of tertiary education said that there was no justification for funding 18-year-olds in sixth forms or colleges at a lower rate than 17-year-olds and recommended...

Healthy Pupils Capital Fund

Department for Education

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated from the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund for projects on (a) mental health, (b) physical health and (c) other purposes.

Mental Health Services

Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

This week, the Children’s Society published research to show that more than 110,000 children and young people were turned away from mental health services because their problems were not...

USA: State Visits

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of President Trump's state visit in June.