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HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls21. What steps his Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls.08 Feb 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsA woman has approached me for help. She tells me that as a teenager, she was raped and has lived with the trauma for over 30 years. She has no confidence or trust in the police or…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityThe cost of living crisis has been a long time in the making and has not come out of the blue. It is an escalation of a crisis that has been going on for a long time. As…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityI think a lot of people would swap now for the 1970s, when people could afford a home and food and had decent terms and conditions. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should recall the…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsThe hon. Member is making an excellent point about the assessment that would be needed. Does he think that, in an assessment of adequacy, it would be relevant to factor in the…07 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that this country is facing a crisis that is being visited on the poor, and that to put this House in the position of simply having to accept it is…07 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsWill the Minister give way?07 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsThe Minister is making an interesting point. He talks about peaks and troughs and smoothing, but inflation is going in only one direction. At the end of this process, will people…07 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsThe hon. Gentleman is making an excellent contribution. Universal credit was uplifted in response to the covid crisis. The situation for the poorest in our society has not…07 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteThe Minister is talking about good stewardship of public money, but was he as concerned as I was to read in the press that, under the Tory Tees Valley Mayor, the public share of…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) on securing this debate. I will raise two cases of my constituents’ Kafkaesque experiences of disability…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Future of the NHSrose—31 Jan 2022HANSARD Future of the NHSThank you, Mr Gray; I am grateful to you for accommodating me. I declare an interest as a private member of Unite the union. The level of involvement of private interests that has…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Future of the NHSWill the hon. Member give way?31 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Middlesbrough constituents have obeyed the rules, done exactly what the Prime Minister demanded of them and abided by the laws that he initiated. Does the Paymaster General not…25 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Cummins. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) for securing this debate. I, too, declare my interest as a private…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI am very happy to intervene. I am interested to hear the right hon. Member describe the Government as being “busy”. There is nothing more important than workers’ rights, and to…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesHow does our statutory sick pay compare with that of our European competitors?19 Jan 2022HANSARD English Football League Governance: Derby County FCAs a lifelong Boro fan, can I say to the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) that no Middlesbrough football club fan wants to see Derby County—a great football club—go…18 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryRed dog, dead dog, red meat—I don’t know what this is, but it is a total embarrassment. Pope Francis has denounced the “narrow self-interest and nationalism” in how European…18 Jan 2022