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HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. and learned Lady will know that I believe in the pooling and sharing of resources across the United Kingdom. If the Scottish Government have found evidence that there is…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsMy hon. Friend has made his point well. We all know that the DWP is failing because we see it every day, but why is that failure happening? I think it is pretty obvious from the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, because he has illustrated exactly the point that I am making. I have every sympathy and every empathy with people who suffer from…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Gentleman has obviously missed the fact that working age benefits have been frozen for four years. That is a real terms cut. Will he just explain to the hon. Member for…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Gentleman is being characteristically generous with his time. Will he answer a simple question? How does the two-child policy provide an incentive to work when children,…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI thank my right hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for that intervention. He brings me to the point that I was just about to make, which was what Beveridge might have thought…02 Jul 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe first thing that has to be said, Mr Speaker, is that, as you and I both know, it should not be me who is standing here. It should be Jo Cox, and, three years after her brutal…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibTo ask the Minister for the Middle East what assessment he has made of attacks on health facilities and the fate of civilians in the Idlib area of Syria, and if he will make a…18 Jun 2019HANSARDLocal Government FundingGiven the importance of the need to demonstrate the effectiveness of spending through local government, will the Minister tell us when we will see the results of the successful…17 Jun 2019HANSARDElectric VehiclesThe Secretary of State knows that many of my constituents work in the automotive industry and how serious the situation is with Brexit. Constituents are writing to me to ask why…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree, at this moment, when we are trying to deal with cultures of bullying or sexual harassment, that it is very important…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesMy hon. Friend was just coming on to health and safety. Our area has a lot of heavy industry manufacturing. Does he agree that all the evidence demonstrates that where there is an…04 Jun 2019HANSARDIncome TaxI think there must be an election coming up, because the right hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Dominic Raab) is on the front page of The Daily Telegraph today saying that we…21 May 2019HANSARDPresident Trump: State VisitYesterday, three historical allies of the United States—France, Germany and the United Kingdom—made a statement on Syria that was extraordinarily disturbing. Has the Foreign…14 May 2019HANSARDRwandan Genocide: Alleged PerpetratorsThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) on asking it. As he mentioned, it was very…09 Apr 2019HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxHowever the Minister dresses it up on stamp duty land tax and other issues where the wealthy have seen their taxes cut, the impact on our economy is clear. Will he explain why…09 Apr 2019HANSARDForeign Influence on Elections11. There is clearly a specific issue when it comes to the use of spending on digital campaigning. We now know that almost half of campaigners’ money is being spent on digital and…28 Mar 2019HANSARDHouseholds Below Average Income StatisticsThe Secretary of State and I were in this House when the Conservatives repealed the Child Poverty Act 2010 and when George Osborne announced £12 billion of welfare cuts, which…28 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I will not give way, because I do not want to try Mr Speaker’s patience, but I wish the right hon. Gentleman well in the process that he has created. For those who voted leave,…27 Mar 2019