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HANSARDCost of Living: Pensioner Support20. What steps his Department is taking to help pensioners with increases in living costs.06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityIn his response to the Sue Gray report on 25 May last year, the Leader of the Opposition said: “I have been clear what leadership looks like... I have not broken any rules”. —[…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Pensioner SupportI thank the Minister for her answer. With 26,500 pensioners in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the 10.1% increase in the state pension and pension credit will be very…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCovid Pandemic: Testing of Care Home ResidentsLeaked WhatsApp messages will be partial and selective, but in reading even those I note that the Minister was doing her job on behalf of my constituents. In a message on 8 April,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionThe Minister mentioned non-dom status under the previous Labour Government, and what they said about it. Is she aware that Alistair Darling said that “such a charge could…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionI would like to inquire whether the Labour party takes donations from non-doms, because the Leader of the Opposition and the shadow Chancellor have refused to rule it out. Does…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionNo, I have already spoken for 11 minutes, so I must get to the end—I have heard your strictures, Mr Deputy Speaker. The NHS in Labour-run Wales has a shocking record of failure.…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionI welcome the hon. Lady to her place and congratulate her on her recent election. I believe that her predecessor, Rosie Cooper, is now responsible for the issue that she has just…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionWhen Labour left office, more than 20,000 people were waiting over a year for elective treatment. Before the pandemic—this was not acknowledged properly—the number of people…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point; I am sure the Minister has heard it. I will not say any more about that specific case, because I do not know his constituency that…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to catch your eye a little earlier than I did yesterday evening. I welcome the speech from the SNP Front Bench. It is good to see…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. In addition to the excellent point she made about the absence of social care in the motion, does she agree that the figures the…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that some of the contributions about debt, particularly, I regret to say, from Opposition Members, have been very unhelpful? I have found that the best…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolLast June I was pleased to speak in favour of and vote for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, because I believed that it was a necessary piece of legislation that served as a…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) and to speak in what has been a very good debate. I thank the Secretary of State for her opening…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy hon. Friend speaks with great authority on these matters. I completely agree with his point about careers advice. Does he agree that what is perhaps needed at the ages of 16 to…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI am not sure whether my right hon. Friend was in the Chamber earlier when I intervened on the Secretary of State on precisely that point. This comes with a four-year entitlement.…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillOn high quality, does my right hon. Friend recognise, from the independent Wolf review, that at least 350,000 young people were let down by courses that had little or no labour…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillLike my hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (David Johnston), I am very interested in my hon. Friend’s father’s reflections in his Macmillan lecture. Does my hon. Friend agree…27 Feb 2023