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HANSARD Post Office Services: Isolated CommunitiesContinuing the trend, I am delighted to have secured a debate on post office services, in this case those in isolated communities. It is an issue that is very important to me and…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIn an increasingly cashless society, access to cash from free-to-use ATMs is increasingly scare. That is a particular issue in Old Trafford, in my constituency, where the main…08 Feb 2024HANSARDRail FaresFor a period last year, Urmston train station in my constituency was one of the country’s 10 worst performing train stations for service reliability. Given the level of service…08 Feb 2024HANSARDIll Health: Economic Inactivity9. What estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of economic inactivity due to ill health.05 Feb 2024HANSARDIll Health: Economic InactivityNHS waiting lists are currently at 7.8 million, with more than 177,000 people on waiting lists in my own NHS trust area. When it is this difficult to access medical treatment, it…05 Feb 2024HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydColleagues have already ably described Tony’s internationalism, socialism and trade unionism, but as one of my predecessors as Member of Parliament for Stretford, I want to pay…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI associate myself with the comments that have been made about my friend and predecessor as Member for Stretford, Sir Tony Lloyd. I will reserve my comments for the appropriate…18 Jan 2024HANSARDFoster Carers: Allowances and Tax ArrangementsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) on securing this debate, and I pay…15 Jan 2024HANSARDFoster Carers: Allowances and Tax ArrangementsDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the situation that he has set out with the handling of complaints is a symptom of the fact that, because they are not employees, foster carers…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIn August last year, Partington post office in my constituency closed, following the retirement of its long-serving postmistress. Partington is an isolated community, with low…11 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI am not sure whether the hon. Member for Bury North (James Daly) has read the motion, but it is about the cost of the scheme, and it restricts itself entirely to that.…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe hon. Gentleman is aware of the time constraints, so I apologise, but I will not. The Prime Minister and this Government are taking the British public for fools—not just over…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemNo, I will not. I apologise, but time does not allow me to do so. Ministers need to be held to account for an expensive shambles that has sent more Home Secretaries than asylum…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryAfter 14 long years of Conservative Government, our country is going backwards. Nothing demonstrates that better than the dire condition of NHS dentistry. What kind of country has…09 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaLast week’s comments from the Israeli ambassador, which effectively ruled out a two-state solution, serve as further evidence of the difference that exists between our aspirations…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingI am somewhat perplexed by the renewed focus on strengthening local plans given the abolition of the mandatory housing targets that underpin delivery against them. Indeed, the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDChild PovertyI hear what the Minister says, but a recent report from UNICEF showed that of 39 OECD and EU countries, the UK came last in terms of improvements in child poverty between 2012 and…18 Dec 2023HANSARDChild Poverty8. What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty.18 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiMr Lai’s detention is a shocking symbol of the erosion not just of human rights but of freedom of expression in Hong Kong. Given everything that we are seeing unfolding, what…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Trussell Trust has recently reported that in the past year there has been an 80% increase in the number of children in Stretford and Urmston being supported with food parcels.…18 Dec 2023