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HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Member makes an important point, and it is critical that that is reflected on the face of the Bill. With all sincerity, we cannot walk away from here thinking that…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Member makes a powerful point. We have to raise our heads and look at our brothers and sisters, who are actively and economically engaged in our country, and think about…09 Jul 2025HANSARDRoad and Rail ProjectsIn my four years as shadow Transport Secretary, the issue of electrification was never far from the top of the agenda, and I very much welcome Secretary of State’s announcement…08 Jul 2025HANSARDPrivate Contractors: Justice ServicesI thank the Minister for that response, and this Government are doing their best to make things work, but Channel 4 has revealed that the contract with Serco was fundamentally…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would be grateful for your clarification. We have just heard that a pivotal part of the Bill, clause 5, will not be effective, so I…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformThe Bill still leaves over £3.5 billion of cuts falling on disabled people and unpaid carers, with hundreds of thousands of new claimants set to lose thousands of pounds each…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Government raise with the F-35 joint program office or the joint executive steering board the human rights breaches and the possibility of suspending Israel’s access…30 Jun 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentMinisters have highlighted that the PIP recipients who are expected to lose payments make up one in 10 of the total PIP caseload. That suggests that the impact of the cuts will be…23 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetAs shadow Transport Secretary for four years, I was wholly supportive of this concept. I just want to correct the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage), who completely…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Disabled People in PovertyIn my constituency, 23,000 people receive universal credit and 11,000 receive PIP. I have asked what impact the changes will have on people going into poverty or being helped into…17 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentHappy birthday, Mr Speaker. I welcome the Government’s commitment to securing our future energy supply and, by doing so, taking control of our energy, protecting family finances…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister was absolutely right: our dispute and anger is not with the Israeli people but with their leaders, who use their murderous forces to inflict this annihilation on the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI very much welcome the Labour Government’s delivery of £1 billion of investment for the Tees Valley, and particularly the £60 million for the third platform at Middlesbrough…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIt is increasingly accepted that Israel’s military operation in Gaza, having forcibly displaced and starved millions of Palestinians and killed tens of thousands, amounts to a…04 Jun 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsMay I declare my interest as the very proud father of Rosie, a foundation stage teacher? This Government showed what Labour is about when they came in and immediately awarded an…22 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI very much welcome the tone and content of the Foreign Secretary’s statement, although I sincerely wish it had come a long time ago. I have to tell him, though, that British arms…20 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsIt is a bit rich for Conservative Members to be critical when they left the criminal justice system in total meltdown. Does my hon. Friend agree that tagging is an important…15 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentThe Minister has repeatedly said that we do everything to observe international law. Will he please accept that there is a growing body of opinion that says that the UK is not…14 May 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: Disabled PeopleWe have heard from the Government that by 2029-30, 800,000 fewer people will get the daily living component of PIP. For the 370,000 people already on it, the average loss is…07 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. Happy St George’s Day, Mr Speaker. May I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks about Pope Francis?After 14 years of a Conservative Government, too many of my…23 Apr 2025