Liz Twist MP: speeches 2025

Speeches

• 20 Jan 2025 · New Hospital Programme Review · Hansard source

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  After years of broken Tory promises on new hospitals, can the Secretary of State confirm today that, following this review, my constituents in Blaydon and Consett can at last be confident that we have an honest, realistic and deliverable timetable that they can believe in?

• 16 Jan 2025 · Business of the House · Hansard source

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  I invite the Leader of the House and all hon. Members to join me and the Samaritans on Monday for a brew. Blue Monday may have been invented by the travel industry to encourage us to book holidays in January, but the Samaritans has converted it to Brew Monday, when we can highlight the importance of talking to each other in an effort to prevent suicide. Can we have a debate in Government time on the national suicide prevention strategy and look at what else we can do to prevent suicide?

• 16 Jan 2025 · Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme · Hansard source

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  5. What assessment the Commissioners have made of the effectiveness of the listed places of worship grant scheme.

• 16 Jan 2025 · Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme · Hansard source

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  St Ives church in Leadgate in my constituency is known as the miners’ cathedral. The building is full of heritage, but costly maintenance issues are threatening its very survival. The church has secured grants to fund temporary fixes, but a long-term solution is desperately needed. It tells me that reclaiming tax can make all the difference, so will my hon. Friend reassure me that schemes like that will continue to help churches such as St Ives?