Sureena Brackenridge MP: speeches

Speeches

• 10 Jun 2025 · Warm Home Discount: Extension · Hansard source

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  A very happy birthday to you, Mr Speaker. I welcome the extension of the warm home discount to all households on means-tested benefits from this winter. Many low-income households were excluded because their homes were not classed as having a high cost to heat. In Wolverhampton North East, only 18% of households benefited from the discount in 2023-24. Can the Minister confirm that the new scheme is simple, fair and focused on those who are most in need?

• 10 Jun 2025 · Warm Home Discount: Extension · Hansard source

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  6. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the warm home discount to all households in receipt of means-tested benefits on people receiving those benefits.

• 4 Jun 2025 · Disadvantaged Communities · Hansard source

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  I agree. Hon. Members will hear more about ICON’s work in my speech, because it paints a picture of our communities. This is a project of national renewal that is designed to work with communities, to rebuild from the ground up and to restore hope and dignity to our places. It is a strategy about the huge importance of cultural capital and social infrastructure for social connections. What makes those communities special? They are resilient, largely because they have had to be. They have felt the brunt of 14 years of austerity. They have been disproportionately affected because they disproportionately rely on good public services, which were stretched to breaking point under the last Government.

• 4 Jun 2025 · Disadvantaged Communities · Hansard source

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  I thank every Member who attended the debate. I am sure the Minister will heed our voices, because we speak for and serve our communities. It is really disappointing that not one Conservative Back Bencher attended the debate. I will not get drawn into the denial that I heard from the shadow Minister. We have heard powerful voices from post-industrial towns, proud coastal communities and struggling rural communities. They are full of pride but desperately in need of targeted intervention. That is why I am calling for a project of neighbourhood renewal. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

• 4 Jun 2025 · Disadvantaged Communities · Hansard source

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  I will.

• 30 Jan 2025 · Steel Strategy · Hansard source

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  5. What progress his Department has made on developing a steel strategy.

• 13 Jan 2025 · Hospice and Palliative Care · Hansard source

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  I have nearly finished, thank you. I will never lose sight of constituents’ fundamental right to dignity and care, which matters right until the very end.

• 13 Jan 2025 · Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan · Hansard source

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  Does my right hon. Friend agree that AI is not going away? It is therefore best for the UK to lead development and best practice, so that AI systems are safer for my constituents in Wolverhampton North East.

• 9 Sept 2024 · Level 3 Vocational Pathways · Hansard source

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  As a former deputy headteacher, I have seen at first hand the impact of the previous Government’s rushed plans to eliminate most BTec qualifications, in the midst of a botched roll-out of T-levels. How does my right hon. Friend intend to fix the mess that she has inherited and ensure that the diverse aspirations and varied talents of students in Wolverhampton North East are met?

• 9 Sept 2024 · Level 3 Vocational Pathways · Hansard source

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  4. What steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of the provision of level 3 vocational pathways for students.

• 3 Sept 2024 · Ofsted · Hansard source

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  I thank my hon. Friend for her statement to the House on the long-awaited Ofsted reforms. Given the welcome focus on inclusion, SEND and improved training for inspectors, can she update the House on how this will support children with SEND in Wolverhampton North East and beyond?