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HANSARDCost of ChildcareGiven that a post on the Prime Minister’s No. 10 Instagram account this week celebrated Northern Ireland’s businesses with the Irish tricolour, does the Minister think that…22 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsThat’s not true.22 Nov 2023HANSARDCost of Childcare11. Whether he plans to provide increased funding for childcare in Northern Ireland.22 Nov 2023HANSARD Autumn Statement ResolutionsYou are most generous, Madam Deputy Speaker. So often I have stood here and seen my time go from 10 minutes to three minutes, so I am grateful. We have an autumn statement that…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During Prime Minister’s questions today, I asked the Prime Minister why 34% of children in my constituency live in poverty. Before the…22 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Why are 34% of children in my constituency living in poverty?22 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCome on now—we know that the statistics tell a very different story. The Crown courts remain in crisis, and what about the civil courts? The quarterly civil justice statistics…21 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsContrary to the claims of Ministers at every Question Time that they are getting the courts backlog sorted out, they are not, and the pain just drags on for victims. The Crown…21 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. A short time after the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen), said he was “alarmed” by the amount of tax people are paying,…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Productivity and Public SpendingI welcome the fact that the taxpayer has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on remediation work at the Teesworks site in Redcar. I do not welcome the fact that the assets,…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Productivity and Public Spending15. What steps he is taking to help ensure value for money in public spending.14 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelIt is clear from today’s comments that the Government are set to abandon more than 2,000 steelworkers in Scunthorpe, just as they abandoned over 3,000 on Teesside eight years ago.…08 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressHere we are in the 14th year of consecutive Tory-led Governments that have failed on everything from the economy to immigration. The number of children living in poverty has…07 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe Minister is very selective with his dodgy statistics, but what I would like to know is whether he is still planning to site an accommodation barge on Teesside.24 Oct 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution RatesAt Labour’s recent conference in Liverpool, my right hon. Friend the shadow Attorney General highlighted the shocking statistic that it is 200 times more likely for a woman to be…19 Oct 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates4. What steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls.19 Oct 2023HANSARDResources and Waste Strategy: Extended Producer Responsibility3. Whether she plans to publish a new timeline for key milestones on (a) extended producer responsibility for packaging and (b) other measures in the 2018 resources and waste…19 Oct 2023HANSARDResources and Waste Strategy: Extended Producer ResponsibilityI am grateful for that comprehensive answer. No one should underestimate the critical role of recycling, but, as I am told by the Green Alliance, it is critical that it is…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050It was clear from talking to industrialists about net zero and carbon capture last week that they were exasperated with the Government’s start-stop approach to business, the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEarly Years ChildcareI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Selby and Ainsty (Keir Mather) on a full political speech delivered with real energy, style and passion, though I could have done…16 Oct 2023