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HANSARDEngagementsNo one believes that there are more police on the streets and no one feels safer. Neighbourhood policing has gone down, not up. Let us talk about crime. The right hon. Gentleman…29 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Prime Minister stood on the steps of Downing Street and promised to restore integrity, accountability and respect in Government. Reports this week suggest that concerns were…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Security of Government DevicesI welcome the statement and thank the Minister for advance sight of it. But once again the Government are late to the game. In August last year, Parliament closed its TikTok…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYet again, the Secretary of State hides behind the so-called independent inquiry and dodges the question. The reality is that he is protecting a corrupt standards regime upheld by…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityThank you. Mr Speaker. As I was saying, after this question I will go back to my office to help people who are struggling with the cost of living, with getting an NHS dentist and…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityI would like to thank Conservative Members for asking why a senior civil servant famed for their integrity and dedication to public service decided to join the party with a real…06 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week the independent adviser revealed that the former Minister without Portfolio, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), submitted his declaration of…02 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhile we are on the subject of transparency, The Guardian has today revealed that the National Audit Office is due to meet the Cabinet Office this week to obtain details of public…02 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that Labour stands against this sacking nurses Bill—the Minister chuntered earlier about that not being the case; if he would like to prove…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank all the Members who spoke so passionately for the Opposition Front-Bench amendments tonight. The Secretary of State has turned up for Third Reading and tries to provoke,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe Bill is an attack on our basic British freedoms, and Conservative Members should be concerned about that. It is from a Prime Minister who is desperately out of his depth, and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillNo. Thought not. The “sacking key workers” clause will give the Secretary of State the power to threaten every nurse, firefighter, health worker, rail worker or paramedic with the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI gave the Minister the opportunity to back our amendment. I give him the opportunity to intervene now and say that he will back the amendment and that he does not want to sack…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I think we all have an interest in ensuring that we have good, valuable public services. Like our other key workers, firefighters put…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. We cannot be divorced from the fact that members of the public have seen how this Government have conducted themselves—the sleaze and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. That is exactly what this Government are walking into and I think it will exacerbate the situation. The Government have been…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Her point links to what I was trying to express earlier: the Government fail to recognise that every time they suggest in some way that our…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. These are the fundamental freedoms that underpin our democracy. Conservative Members should be very concerned about what the Government are…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe hon. Member should know, because of what has happened recently, that members and those who deliver critical public services have voluntary agreements to ensure that “life and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, because I continue to be a proud trade unionist and I am proud to represent my…30 Jan 2023