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HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend is making an important point, not least because, to all intents and purposes, the Chancellor’s ambition is to abolish NI altogether. That unfunded tax cut requires…13 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Hostages in GazaThe utter tragedy in the middle east is that innocent civilians on both sides are paying the price for failed politics and extremism. To take the Minister back to his answer to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI too commend the hon. Gentleman on securing this really important debate. He puts his finger on the nub of the unfairness here: it was not just one Pensions Act that affected…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Parents and Carers of Infants: SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Henderson. This has been a small but perfectly formed debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Parents and Carers of Infants: SupportI would hazard a guess that the hon. Gentleman visited Brinnington, which is just over the border. Irrespective of that, he is absolutely right to support the Best Start for Life…12 Mar 2024HANSARDApprenticeships: Occupation RangeAs someone who started his working life with on-the-job training at International Computers Limited—a company that is now part of Fujitsu, but we will not mention that name in…11 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Armed ForcesSo there we have it: President Putin will be ordering his officers to stop sabre-rattling with the west because the British are changing their procurement rules! The reality is…11 Mar 2024HANSARDGibraltar: UK-EU NegotiationsI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I agree with the Minister that we cannot compromise on the sovereignty issues that…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is right to pick up on this unfunded £46 billion proposal to scrap national insurance. Just a quick glance on the gov.uk website shows, under the heading “What…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green), who always brings a sense of togetherness to these debates. Although, obviously, he said that he…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern) on his eloquent opening speech…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ6. In some jurisdictions, Ministers routinely publish their tax returns. The Prime Minister voluntarily published his UK tax return last year. Does he agree that Ministers of the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDAdult Social Care WorkforceIt was the Minister’s party that promised to fix the crisis in social care “once and for all”. With vacancy rates almost three times above the national average and turnover rates…05 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationFive billion pounds.04 Mar 2024HANSARDLevelling-up FundThe success or otherwise of levelling up will be tested by whether people in communities feel better off and whether inequalities in those communities are removed. What assessment…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationIs the Government’s failure to tackle the asylum backlog, the Minister’s inability to grapple with the asylum hotel issue, or the staggering cost of the Rwanda deal, at £2 million…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationFive billion pounds.04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Sir Brian Langstaff recommended in April 2023 that before the publication of his final report, interim payments should be made to parents who had lost children, and to…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate in Government time on endangered species? Given the party of Disraeli and Churchill is now the mainstream of new-right fanatics and conspiracy theorists, I am…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Angiolini Inquiry ReportI welcome the statement and the report, but it beggars belief—it is shocking beyond comprehension—that we can have serving police officers in this country who have been convicted…29 Feb 2024