Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
Health of Children and Young People
Yesterday I had the pleasure of welcoming the Barnsley-based charity LimbBo Foundation, along with the Limb Loss and Limb Difference UK alliance to Parliament to celebrate Disability Pride Month. The alliance launched its campaign to end the postcode lottery of services and support for people with l…
Commons
Westminster Hall
8 June 2026
Progression of Bills through Parliament
My hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater), who introduced the assisted dying Bill as a private Member’s Bill, cannot be with us today. Does my hon. Friend agree that the filibustering in the Lords and the inability of the Lords to deal with the assisted dying Bill within reasonable …
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
25 March 2026
2 contributions
Engagements
Q5. May I thank the Prime Minister for the £35 million of funding, announced this week, to transform the Crucible theatre and keep the world— [ Interruption. ]
Thank you, Mr Speaker. May I thank the Prime Minister for the £35 million of funding to transform the Crucible theatre and keep the world snooker championship at the heart of Sheffield? I want my constituents to be able to enjoy this fantastic tournament, day and night, and to travel in by tram-trai…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
18 March 2026
Engagements
Q3. My constituent Caroline from Grenoside told me that since December the cost of her heating oil has nearly tripled, from £257 to £700. Local farmers I met last week also raised their concerns that the oil industry has not been properly regulated, disadvantaging off-grid customers. While I welcome…
Commons
Debate
12 March 2026
International Women’s Day
I thank all the women in this Chamber who really have slayed in their lane in today’s debate.
Madam Deputy Speaker:
“When they amputated my leg, they amputated a part of me. I see my body and I feel disgust, repulsion. I fear that my amputation took away my femininity, my ability to be yearned for…
Commons
Debate
10 March 2026
5 contributions
Courts and Tribunals Bill
Does the hon. Lady recognise that in 2020 the harm panel said that that section creates a “pro-contact culture” that puts children at risk, and that post the publication of that review, it received no response from her Government?
Does the hon. and learned Member agree that, in fact, we are getting rid of them in only a quarter of 3% of cases that go through the court process?
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
24 February 2026
2 contributions
Disabled Women: Maternity Care
14. What steps his Department has taken to improve maternity care for disabled women.
Too often, disabled women’s bodies are deemed not to count. In the last year, I have met two incredible disabled women: Carly, a Paralympian, and Sarah, an occupational therapist. Neither found out that they were pregnant until their second and third trimesters respectively because none of their cli…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
12 February 2026
Bus Fare Cap
On the doorstep, at my constituency meeting last November, and when I am out and about in Stocksbridge, Deepcar, Oughtibridge and Wharncliffe Side, time and again my constituents tell me about the urgent need to bring back the SL1 tram-train bus link, after it was cut under the Tory Government. This…
Commons
Oral Questions
5 February 2026
Business of the House
I held a meeting for my constituents in Silkstone and Silkstone Common last week, and they raised with me the lack of NHS dentistry spaces locally. Some are having to travel 20 miles, taking up to an hour and a half, to get to an NHS dentist appointment. This issue affects people right across my con…
Commons
Oral Questions
5 February 2026
2 contributions
Farming: South Yorkshire
1. What steps she is taking to support farming in South Yorkshire.
I welcome the commitment to extend the farming in protected landscapes funding, which is worth £75,000 to farms in my constituency. Last summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Snailsden moor with Jim Sutton, the moorland manager, and representatives from the Peak district national park, the Moorland…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 January 2026
Northern Powerhouse Rail
I welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement confirming the biggest investment in rail connectivity in a generation, including £7.5 million for the South Yorkshire mayoral combined authority to kick-start plans to extend the South Yorkshire Supertram, including looking at a tram-train extension t…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
14 January 2026
Engagements
Q5. I am delighted by today’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement—a downpayment on the north of England’s future. Fulfilling Lord Blunkett’s rail plan for Yorkshire also included upgrades to the Penistone line train, the spine that connects South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, coursing through eigh…
Commons
Debate
9 December 2025
Railways Bill
One of the most special moments of my first year as an MP was singing ABBA on the Penistone line train with the wonderful We Can Survive Singers, while travelling through my beautiful constituency. This line is the spine connecting south and west Yorkshire, running between Huddersfield and Sheffield…
Commons
Debate
8 December 2025
Child Poverty Strategy
Over 23% of children in my Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency are living in poverty. This is unacceptable. We know that children growing up in poverty are less likely to be in work and will earn 25% less than their peers by the time they are 30. Scrapping the evil two-child benefit cap will ben…
Commons
Oral Questions
Northern Ireland
19 November 2025
2 contributions
Film and Television Productions
3. What steps he is taking with his counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive to help increase the number of film and television productions made in Northern Ireland.
UK Disability History Month begins tomorrow and I am delighted that the Creative Diversity Network now reports the doubling of the representation of disabled people on and off screen since 2018 to 9% across the UK. One such example is the phenomenal BBC film “An Irish Goodbye”, which stars Down’s sy…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 November 2025
Business of the House
Two families in High Green in my constituency have now waited two years for a scheme of works to their social houses, which was originally estimated to take just 12 weeks. This is completely unacceptable. I visited them last week and saw that the work that has been completed is substandard, creating…
Commons
Debate
3 November 2025
2 contributions
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
I was nearly five years old when the Hillsborough disaster happened, less than half a mile away from my Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency. My mum had just had my baby brother and was on maternity leave, and I vividly remember watching the coverage of the horrendous tragedy, transfixed by the s…
I do agree. Alongside the public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010 passed by the last Labour Government, we will have created a shield and a sword for those disabled people.
Trust in public life is a delicate and precious thing, and the duty of candour on all public services within this…
Commons
Debate
27 October 2025
Victims and Courts Bill
Being a parent is a privilege, not a right. I rise to speak to Government new clause 14, on the restriction of parental responsibility for a child conceived as a result of rape. It will appear on the face of this Bill because of the fierce campaigning force of my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover …
Commons
Proceedings
23 October 2025
Business of the House
Last month, I held a community event in Wharncliffe Side on building an NHS fit for the future. My constituents were pleased to hear about our Government’s plans to bring healthcare closer to our communities. They want to see diagnostic and treatment centres, like those in the Glass Works in Barnsle…
Commons
Oral Questions
13 October 2025
Topical Questions
T5. Across the Sheffield city council area, including my Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency, 26,400 people are waiting for council homes. That is a legacy of the Conservative Government in coalition making it more difficult for empty homes to be brought back into residential use. Will the Minis…
Commons
Debate
10 September 2025
5 contributions
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]
I’ll tell you what kind of cut is unacceptable—
In my constituency—
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Proceedings
4 September 2025
Business of the House
Under the Conservatives, 53% of buses were cut in my constituency, including the SL1 tram link bus, leaving many of my constituents unable to go to work or school in Sheffield. Thanks to our better buses Bill and the work done by our Labour mayor, Oliver Coppard, our buses are being brought back und…
Commons
Debate
2 September 2025
Speciality Steel UK: Insolvency
Liberty’s Speciality Steels UK has failed its highly skilled workers. This ongoing situation has been deeply concerning, so I am delighted that the Minister has offered her solidarity and the Government’s support for the incredible workforce at the site in South Yorkshire. It is hugely positive—and …
Commons
Oral Questions
15 July 2025
Green Industries: Supply Chain Jobs
As people fly off for their summer holidays, the chances are that the steel in the aeroplane’s engine comes from the Stocksbridge Speciality Steels plant in my constituency. I am hopeful about the news that Liberty Steel, which owns the site, has attracted potential investors for this asset. The ass…
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
14 July 2025
2 contributions
Deprived Areas: Funding
18. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that areas with higher levels of deprivation receive adequate funding.
I am grateful to the Minister, who has named Barnsley’s local authority in the £1.5 billion plan for neighbourhoods. The spending review has confirmed neighbourhood-level investment for 350 deprived communities. However, Chapeltown and High Green in my constituency have communities in the bottom 10%…