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HANSARDSingle-Parent FamiliesAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Amy Callaghan) on securing this important debate. She…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankWhile we are all full of admiration, particularly for all our officials who worked through the weekend to make this happen, I am afraid I find the statement a bit long on…13 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Inactivity: Towns and CitiesIt is always a joy at Question Time to hear Labour MPs supporting Labour policy, but even more so to hear Conservative MPs supporting Labour’s policy of localising our efforts to…06 Mar 2023HANSARD Independent Public AdvocateI share the view of my right hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle), and I just wonder whether the Secretary of State has actually read previous debates on…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesMany people in the Wirral have been fundraising as well; it is so good to see Britain coming together. I know that because of that, the Minister will have given the thanks of…01 Mar 2023HANSARD UEFA Champions League Final 2022: Independent Review FindingsDoes my hon. Friend agree that what is most worrying about these events is that they were entirely foreseeable, given what had happened at European football matches involving…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityI do apologise. I had written down the hon. Member for Glasgow South West. He can, I am sure, opine on his opinions about the possibility of a Labour Government at a later date,…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityI thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have spoken in this debate, but particularly my friend the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) and my hon. Friends the…28 Feb 2023HANSARD UEFA Champions League Final 2022: Independent Review FindingsI thank the Minister for what he has just said. Through him, I also thank all UK Government officials and Ministers who made themselves available on the day to deal with the…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolWhatever disagreements we all have, it is good to hear the Prime Minister today paying respect to the principles and the detail of the Good Friday agreement. On our membership of…27 Feb 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakeIt is hard to imagine a worse place in the world for this disaster to have happened. Gaziantep is only about 100 km from Aleppo in Syria. I know that the Foreign Secretary and all…07 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseMy constituents have waited long enough. That was true last month when the Secretary of State for Justice gave me the same pathetic response. I am afraid that I have concluded…01 Feb 2023HANSARDUnemployment: Mental Ill HealthI think the Secretary of State should be embarrassed today, what with the Prime Minister scrabbling around to reannounce tiny bits of funding to put a sticking plaster over the…23 Jan 2023HANSARDUnemployment: Mental Ill HealthThe Secretary of State says that we should not play down the importance of Access to Work, but he does not even know how many people are waiting for a decision. The charity Scope…23 Jan 2023HANSARDInvestment from England into WalesOn the subject of investment between England and Wales, progress on speeding up the Wrexham to Bidston line is about as slow as the trains on the Wrexham to Bidston line. What has…18 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFive years ago, the Right Rev. James Jones reported on the experience of the Hillsborough families. My constituents and I are waiting for the Government to introduce a…10 Jan 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI am a bit worried: while the Prime Minister might be okay with his cheerleaders in here, I think he is out of touch, because the British public— [Interruption.] The public do…13 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: People on Low IncomesI am glad that the Secretary of State has expressed concern for my hon. Friends’ constituents. He is keen to explain just how much money the Government are spending, but let us…05 Dec 2022HANSARDWorkforce Shortages: Rural AreasWirral and Cheshire have many rural areas, with all the same problems that have been described. When I met healthcare professionals on Friday, they were clear that the problem is…01 Nov 2022HANSARD UkraineThe Foreign Secretary’s statement mentioned Syria as one of the countries at the United Nations that had given Russia comfort, but it is not Syrian civilians who have taken that…31 Oct 2022