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HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The right hon. Gentleman is making an interesting point. I wonder whether he has spoken to his colleague, the Secretary of State for Scotland, because I understand that the Boris…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. This is an industry with a future. Climate change is the most significant challenge we face and investing in those industries now will…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. This Budget may have fallen a few days short of Hallowe’en, but for many of my constituents and people across these…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Does the Minister accept that she is talking about not a real living wage but a minimum wage? The real living wage will be set by the Living Wage Foundation on 15 November. Will…28 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsLast week, in my constituency, I met representatives from the Glasgow School of Art, who raised concerns that the creative industries were part of the original industrial…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You will remember that last Wednesday at COP26 questions I asked the Minister for COP if he would meet me to discuss the concerns of some…26 Oct 2021HANSARDBudget: Pre-announcement of ProvisionsI do not know whether to congratulate the Minister on his promotion, as he has come here to give us the Budget a day early. What he has not given this House is an apology. He…26 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Community EngagementAs MP of the constituency where COP is taking place, I look forward to welcoming you all to Glasgow in the coming weeks. However, many businesses will be affected by COP and…20 Oct 2021HANSARD High StreetsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. I thank the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) for bringing the debate to the Chamber and all hon. Members who have…19 Oct 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point that out. That is an unfairness in the system that the Government have shown no compulsion to tackle at all. We must look at that…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyThe hon. Member is making an interesting point about support for families. Does she agree that the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap punishes those who have a larger family…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyThe hon. Member is perfectly right to point that out and to refer to the words of Torsten Bell. He came to the Treasury Committee to give evidence about some of the things that we…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyThis could not be a more timely debate. My constituents and people across the country are looking with great apprehension at the winter to come, fearful about how they will make…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that many constituents who have been here for years have not yet had any certainty about their status, including my constituent Ahmed who fled…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point about the families who will be affected by this cut. I believe that my constituency holds the record, with 63% of working age families…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillLet me first take the opportunity to thank the Clerks, who give us so much support in putting together amendments to the Bill, which arrived at such short notice. I thank Scott…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillTo start where the right hon. Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt) left off, in the Bill before us this afternoon we have the lack of a proper plan. We have a means of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillThe point is that we do not know what we will get out of this. We do not know because it is not clear in the documentation that has been provided. We also do not know what will…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI do not know whether the Minister has read the note from the Hansard Society on this, but it is concerned by some of the implications for the devolution settlement. It says:…14 Sept 2021HANSARDGoods Supply ChainDespite all the Government’s protestations to the contrary, Brexit and the end of freedom of moment are the lead causes of the current driver shortage in the UK. Will the…09 Sept 2021