Rebecca Long Bailey

Rebecca Long Bailey

Labour — Salford

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 June 2025

Debate

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme: Capital Disregard

Contribution

I thank my hon. Friend for his tireless campaigning on this important issue alongside Irish community groups here in the UK. As he will know, thousands of survivors left Ireland for Britain, with huge numbers of them settling in the north-west. They were scarred by the physical and emotional abuse that they had faced, but they were also disturbed by the ease with which powerful institutions could abuse their power without question. Does he agree that more needs to be done to reassure survivors that those administering the scheme will be trauma-informed and act solely in the interests of survivors, and that those who apply for compensation will suffer no detriment to their current entitlements?

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