Helen Hayes

8 Jul 2026   Tenant Management Organisations and the Right to Manage

I rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of the Loughborough Estate in my constituency, I wish to say that the conditions in which the residents there are currently forced to live are shocking. The lack of a straightforward reme…

2 Jul 2026   Historical Forced Adoption

The evidence that the Education Committee heard from mothers and adult adoptees was utterly devastating. I thank Diana Defries, Ann Lloyd Keen, Sally Ells and Debbie Iromlou for courageously reliving their trauma so that we could shine a l…

25 Jun 2026   Windrush Day

I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate. I received many messages from others who would have loved dearly to contribute but were unable to come—for reasons to do either with fleeing the weather in London or with the by-elect…

25 Jun 2026   Windrush Day

I beg to move, That this House has considered Windrush Day 2026. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this debate. Windrush Day is on 22 June, the anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush…

22 Jun 2026   Topical Questions

I know that Members across this House will have been sickened and devastated to hear reports of the abuse suffered by baby Preston Davey prior to his murder at the hands of his adoptive parents, in whose home he should have been safe. It i…

16 Jun 2026   Thames Water

My constituents have been catastrophically failed by Thames Water over many years by major floods that have closed local businesses, constant leaks and bursts, traffic disruption, loss of supply and terrible support for vulnerable customer…

15 Jun 2026   Social Media Ban for Under-16s

I thank the Secretary of State for her statement, and warmly welcome the decisive action that she has set out. She has agreed with the evidence-based conclusions of the Education Committee: that social media harms currently outweigh the be…

15 Jun 2026   Tenant and Resident Management Organisations: Regulation

Residents on the Loughborough estate in my constituency have suffered years of appalling service from their resident management organisation, the Loughborough Estate Management Board. It has a failing repair service; dangerous chemicals we…

15 Jun 2026   Tenant and Resident Management Organisations: Regulation

14. What steps his Department is taking to improve the regulation of tenant and resident management organisations.

8 Jun 2026   Water Companies

My constituents have been profoundly failed by Thames Water for many years, with frequent leaks and bursts, inadequate investment in our infrastructure, clogged up roads and, to add insult to injury, skyrocketing bills. Thames Water is a f…

8 Jun 2026   Digital Safety: Children

I welcome the announcement today. The Education Committee recently took evidence from social media and gaming companies, which left every member of the Committee profoundly concerned. They downplayed the issues, denied the scale of harm an…

4 Jun 2026   Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Minister on his commitment to making a difference for children in the care system and for care leavers. It is a shocking reality that our care system has, over a long period of time, become so far remove…

18 May 2026   Backing Business to Create Economic Growth

I welcome many of the measures in the Gracious Speech, including legislation to strengthen our relationship with the European Union. Brexit has been the unmitigated disaster that the evidence always suggested it would be, and it is the Gov…

18 May 2026   Youth Justice

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and welcome the publication of the White Paper. Education has a vital role to play in reducing youth offending. There is a strong link between the offences committed by young people and educ…

22 Apr 2026   Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

I hesitate to intervene, but I think the right hon. Member perhaps has not understood that children with a modern hearing aid, for example, use an application on a smartphone, which cannot be put on to a brick phone. That necessitates havi…

22 Apr 2026   Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

I will not take any further interventions because of the time left, if that is okay. The need for urgent action to take children off social media in their crucial formative years is clear, so I welcome the Government’s consultation, the…

22 Apr 2026   Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. One of the reasons for the incredulity among those listening to the evidence yesterday was precisely that we recognise the addictive nature of social media. …

22 Apr 2026   Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

I agree with the hon. Member—and, indeed, with the Opposition Front Bencher, the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott)—that the ban must be on the basis that phones are not in bags during the school day, but are removed from childr…

22 Apr 2026   Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

First, I welcome the Government’s decision to introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools. I appreciate that the guidance previously proposed was clear and that schools must take account of Government guidance, but where an issue…

20 Apr 2026   Apprenticeships

I recently met a young constituent who is hoping to start a legal apprenticeship. He told me that he has had to research each apprenticeship opportunity himself and, unlike his peers who are applying to university, he is having to apply in…

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