Below you can read a Helen’s recent speeches on a number of topics ranging from Housing and Child Benefit to public service reform and global poverty.
Oppositon Day Debate- Sentencing- 23/04/11
Speech to PCS Conference- 16/04/11
Speech to the Prison Officer’s Association 12/04/11
Independent Debt Advice debate, Westminster Hall debate, 09/02/11. Speech criticising Government cuts to local debt services Save our Forests! Speech in a House of Commons debate on Government changes to the Forestry Commission, 02/02/11. Putting the Rehabilitation Revolution into Practice? Speech at the Social Market Foundation conference: Putting the Rehabilitation Revolution into Practice. 25/01/2011 Cutting Crime – The Case for Justice Reinvestment, Westminster Hall debate, 20/10/10 Biodiversity and protecting the countryside, Westminster Hall debate, 16/09/10 Impact of Government cuts on low-income households, Westminster Hall debate, 14/09/10 Housing Benefit debate, Westminster Hall, 13/07/10
Jobs and Unemployment debate, House of Commons, 7 July 2010
Finance Bill debate, House of Commons, 6 July 2010
How can we tackle benefit dependency and hit our Child Poverty Targets?
Speech at Liverpool University, 09/06/2010
International Womens’ Day: Speech to Women’s Conference, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, 12/03/10
Action Against Global Poverty: Speech to Make Poverty History North East seminar to celebrate UN World Poverty Day, 17/10/2008
Increasing women’s involvement in the political process: Speech to The Hansard Society, 14/10/08.
