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HANSARDWorking-age Benefits4. If he will end the freeze on working-age benefits.09 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperMandy Rose Jones, who founded the Empowered Woman Project, has been campaigning against online advertising of harmful rapid weight loss products, which are often given legitimacy…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Access to Medical CannabisOne of my constituents—one of many who has been in touch with me about this issue—has multiple sclerosis and found previously that cannabis helped his symptoms immensely, but he…08 Apr 2019HANSARD LibyaI have a number of Libyan constituents who have left Libya for reasons that the Minister will understand, and some of them have been waiting for decisions from the Home Office for…08 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, may I say that my thoughts are with those affected by the Clutha helicopter crash? The fatal accident inquiry is starting in Glasgow today. The UK Government’s shared…08 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Local Authority FundingCabinet Secretary Michael Russell MSP has confirmed that moneys allocated to Scotland through Barnett consequentials have been distributed primarily to meet the costs of work…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeWill the Home Secretary extend the compensation scheme to highly skilled migrants wronged by the Home Office? Can he explain why the cases I have raised in the press have been…03 Apr 2019HANSARDCameroonOne of my constituents is a member of the South Cameroonian diaspora and is deeply concerned about what is going on. A recent Amnesty report noted the presence of arbitrary…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThere have been around 130 preventable new cases of HIV in Glasgow among the drug-injecting community since 2015, and the British HIV Association is the latest organisation to…28 Mar 2019HANSARDApprenticesWhat rates are House of Commons apprentices paid? The Government’s minimum rate is £3.70 per hour for under-19s and those over 19 in their first year. I would be interested to…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have a Bill.28 Mar 2019HANSARDHouseholds Below Average Income StatisticsThe Secretary of State has the audacity to claim that “no one in Britain should have their future determined by the circumstances into which they are born”. That is simply not the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am wearing purple today for Epilepsy Day. What assessment has the Secretary of State made of the causes of ongoing shortages of epilepsy medications? What action is being taken…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I beg to move amendment (a), in line 1, leave out from “House” to end, and add “declines to approve for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point, and he is absolutely correct. Without people, the economy will falter. That is the economic reality. The Resolution Foundation has…26 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThere has been a real lack of clarity in what the Leader of the House has said about whether meaningful vote 3 will come back this week, next week or perhaps even the week after.…26 Mar 2019HANSARDYemenI, too, would like to share my gratitude to the right hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt) for his work. I was very glad to be able to listen to Yemenis last…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that there is no deal as good as the deal that the UK currently has as an EU member state?26 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health and Social CareMy hon. Friend makes a good point, but she will be aware that many people who have qualifications are currently not allowed to work by the Home Office. Two of my constituents…19 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health and Social CareThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that we should be worried. Just last night, the Government made changes to the human medicines regulations to bring in a serious shortage…19 Mar 2019