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HANSARDMinisterial Code17. What recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the ministerial code.02 Feb 2023HANSARDMinisterial CodeIt is all fine and well to talk about a “proper process”, but there are reports that staff working for the Deputy Prime Minister felt physically sick and even suicidal as a result…02 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsPublic procurement rules are the responsibility of the Cabinet Office. With the Procurement Bill, the Government are seeking to extend the scope of Government contracts to small…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsIt is always a pleasure to respond on behalf of the shadow Health and Social Care team, and to see you in the Chair, Ms Harris, guiding our proceedings. I sincerely thank my hon.…02 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ6. If I had £1 for every time I had heard the Prime Minister’s weak excuses, I would be able to pay the former Chancellor’s tax Bill. It was last July that it was reported that…01 Feb 2023HANSARDVeterans UK and Veterans Welfare ServiceThe Minister will know and appreciate that mental ill health disproportionately affects veterans and their families. The cost of living crisis is putting even more pressure on…30 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths: Policy ImplicationsThere were 50,000 more deaths than we would otherwise have expected in 2022. Excluding the pandemic, that is the worst figure since 1951. The Health Secretary—part man, part…24 Jan 2023HANSARDUnaccompanied Asylum-seeking ChildrenIn his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams), the Minister basically said that local authorities have corporate parental…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseLater in the spring, I will be doing a charity wing walk, following a charity skydive and a charity zip-wire that I have done for Fundraising for Florence. Florence is an…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2The round 1 bid for Reddish to refurbish Reddish baths as a new business hub was rejected. The round 2 bid for Denton town centre to refurbish the Festival hall as a new community…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsReddish South and Denton stations are served by just one train a week. This line is the subject of a restoring your railway business case, but it is all coming down to the…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersThe Minister knows that the actions of the Taliban are taking Afghanistan back, step by step, to the barbarism of the recent past, and it is women who are the victims of that…19 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023Staff involvement.17 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillMy hon. Friend is making an important point. She might not be aware of it, but I recently raised in the House the case of my constituents, whose 11-year-old daughter was groomed…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Sudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, and to speak on behalf of the shadow Health and Social Care team about this tragic and vital issue. I pay tribute to…17 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Latham and good to be speaking on behalf on the shadow health and social care team. As the Minister has outlined, the…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for ZoosI welcome the support that the Government have given zoos, both through the pandemic and with energy costs. The right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) is absolutely right that…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have an urgent statement from either the Home Secretary or the Culture Secretary about the shifting focus of online harms to platforms that possibly fall outside the scope…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a proud member of the GMB and Unite the union. The reality is that the Government have refused for months to…10 Jan 2023HANSARDOffender Rehabilitation Programmes: EffectivenessBut the Secretary of State must know that staff shortages in the probation service are leading to dangerously high levels of workload for the existing staff, who are then leaving…10 Jan 2023