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HANSARDDraft Child Support (Management of Payments and arrears and fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Could I ask the Minister to be clear on the statistics that will be published about victims of domestic abuse? I understand his point about training and the pathway that will be…16 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineWhatever the rhetoric we still sometimes hear, I know the Minister will agree that there is absolutely nowhere in this conflict that is safe for children. Further to the answers…08 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateFurther to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Sarah Edwards), it was disappointing that the Secretary of State did not mention mental health in her…08 Jan 2024HANSARDEmployment Rate: OBR ForecastAll we hear from the Secretary of State on employment is smoke and mirrors, but thankfully the OBR has published the numbers. We have just heard what he believes is happening with…18 Dec 2023HANSARDEmployment Rate: OBR ForecastYou can always tell the Conservatives are struggling to answer the questions, Mr Speaker, because they go back to those same old things about what happened under the last Labour…18 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough: Bishop James Jones ReportI thank the Lord Chancellor for the manner in which he opened his statement, but it is really not good enough that it has taken so long to get to this point. I want to put on…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to seek your advice because, on 6 December 1923, the first three female Labour Members of Parliament were elected—Margaret…06 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationI am sorry, but I must press the Minister because I do not feel that he has answered the question on what the Government’s strategy is, particularly the political strategy. We all…04 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Last week, in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham), the Prime Minister claimed that the “best way” to stop children living in poverty is…29 Nov 2023HANSARDMinisters without Portfolio: ResponsibilitiesI welcome the right hon. Lady back to the Front Bench. If a Prime Minister needs to install a Minister for common sense, is that an admission that they do not really have any?23 Nov 2023HANSARDMinisters without Portfolio: Responsibilities6. What the responsibilities of the Ministers without Portfolio are.23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. In thirteen and a half years in this House, I have barely known a time when foreign policy is more important, so will the Secretary of State confirm that he is working with…23 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House update us on the legislation to create an independent regulator for men’s football? My constituents who support Everton are frustrated about the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday in the House, in the context of Labour’s plan for a health service, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions referred to the “poor old non-doms”. Does the Chancellor…14 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI think I heard the Minister correctly just now when he confirmed reports in the Financial Times that all but one of the hospitals in the north of Gaza have stopped functioning.…14 Nov 2023HANSARDYouth UnemploymentThe Minister began answering these questions by claiming credit for having better youth unemployment figures now than in the aftermath of a global financial crisis, which seems to…13 Nov 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryAs my hon. Friends the Members for City of Chester (Samantha Dixon) and for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) explained, for those of us whose constituents use and work…04 Sept 2023HANSARDRegional Inequalities in EmploymentI thought the Secretary of State understood that, while unemployment is at a historic low, economic activity is the big challenge before us, particularly when it comes to regional…04 Sept 2023HANSARD NATO SummitI agree with the Prime Minister that we should be proud of the United Kingdom’s place at the heart of NATO, as I have always been proud of my party’s role in the creation of the…13 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThis has been a good, important and timely debate. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee,…04 Jul 2023