Marie Tidball MP: speeches

Speeches

• 30 Jun 2025 · Welfare Reform · Hansard source

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  I welcome the words of the Secretary of State that recognise the need to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential. Since April, I have engaged with the Government, making it clear that I could not support the proposals on PIP. Our manifesto committed to championing the rights of disabled people and the principle of working with disabled people. Having no public consultation on these plans excludes the voices of disabled people. This is not just about process; this makes disabled people worse off. The principle of fairness means that disabled people had a legitimate expectation to be consulted, in order to fulfil the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Why did the Department for Work and Pensions choose not to consult with disabled people on the PIP proposals, and what work will it do to win back the trust of disabled people?

• 6 Mar 2025 · International Women’s Day · Hansard source

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  Is it not a positive development that our Government announced this week that young girls would no longer be placed in young offender institutions?

• 22 Jan 2025 · Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental Involvement · Hansard source

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  I absolutely do agree and will return to my proposals for reform later.

• 22 Jan 2025 · Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental Involvement · Hansard source

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  I beg to move, That this House has considered the presumption of parental involvement in child arrangements. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. There must be urgent reform of the presumption of parental involvement in child arrangements, known in law as presumption of contact, on the basis of evidence and principle, and to ensure that children’s voices are at the heart of our family courts. The de facto common law principle of presumption of contact was legislated for in the Children and Families Act 2014, which inserted sections 1(2A) and (2B) into the Children Act 1989. That legal principle means that parents should always be given contact with their children, even in circumstances where there is a known domestic abuser.

• 22 Jan 2025 · Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental Involvement · Hansard source

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  I agree. We have said that we will take a mission-centred approach in Government, particularly to halve violence against women and girls, and I will return to that point. As a reference for Hansard , I mention that Claire Throssell MBE is with us in this Chamber today.

• 25 Nov 2024 · Car Theft: Rural Areas · Hansard source

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  9. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle car theft in rural areas.