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HANSARDCar Parking: Care WorkersI want to take the Minister back to where she rightly said that terms and conditions are matter between the employer and the employee. She was, rightly, very robust on the…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCar Parking: Care WorkersIt is a pleasure as always to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert, and to speak on behalf of the shadow Health and Social Care team. I thank the hon. Member for Southport…16 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Space IndustryI welcome anything that focuses on science and technology. It has to be good for our country. On the domestic space industry, I very much welcome what the Minister has just said.…15 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetIt should not come as a surprise to the Minister that we northern MPs are very sceptical about the promises that he has made today. After all, we were promised high-speed trains…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIsrael and Palestine14. Whether his Department is taking steps to support the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.14 Mar 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineFive years ago, the British Government became the first in the world to endorse a concept of an international fund for Israeli and Palestinian peace. Since then, warm words have…14 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Military CapabilityOf course, the former head of the British Army, Lord Dannatt, said last month: “The planned cuts in the strength of our army must be stopped...and fresh investment must pour into…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI refer to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I was pleased that the Foreign Secretary referred to today being Commonwealth Day, but a little disappointed…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am pleased with the moderate way in which my right hon. Friend is putting forward a very sound argument, in absolute contrast to the rhetoric that we got from the Home…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI despair at the tone of this debate and the dog whistle, the false argument—we have just heard it—that the Labour party wants open borders. Nothing, absolutely nothing, could be…13 Mar 2023HANSARDInclusion in SportThe Government’s failure to include swimming pools and leisure centres in the list of energy-intensive industries that would qualify for support with their energy bills post April…09 Mar 2023HANSARDNational No Smoking DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford, and to speak on behalf of the shadow Health and Social Care team. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseOn Saturday I was the guest of a number of WASPI women to watch their play, “Stung”, which was absolutely brilliant. Yesterday I met other 1950s-born women in the pouring rain on…09 Mar 2023HANSARDNigeria: Killing and Abduction of ChristiansOf course, violent Islamist militants are not the only threat to Christians in Nigeria. The so-called motorbike bandits that operate in the border areas are abducting women and…09 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesWe are just 24 days away from a new financial year. Last week, more than 30 public health leaders said that the delay to releasing the public health allocation for 2023-24 was…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPrescription Charges: People Aged 60 or OverIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I want to start by thanking the Petitions Committee for facilitating this debate, and my hon. Friend the Member for…06 Mar 2023HANSARDPension CreditThis is not party political; we all want to make sure that pensioners in need get the help and support that they can get. The Secretary of State will understand, though, that in…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityThe faux outrage and wild conspiracies from the Conservative party are kidding nobody. I remind the Minister of the words of a predecessor of his as Cabinet Office Minister, the…06 Mar 2023HANSARDPrescription Charges: People Aged 60 or OverI am a little concerned about the tone of what the Minister is communicating. He seems to be accepting that there will be a change on prescriptions for pensioners, but does he…06 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWe are now less than a month away from a new financial year. Over the past few weeks, councils have been setting the budgets that they have been working on for months now, but we…02 Mar 2023