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HANSARDBlack Country DayI beg to move, That this House has considered Black Country Day. What a pleasure it is to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz! As the Black Country MP for Walsall and Bloxwich, you…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Commemoration of Matchgirls’ StrikeDoes my hon. Friend agree that commemorating the struggle of workers, particularly women workers, is key to understanding working-class history—our history? Does she also agree…16 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingMy hon. Friend will be unsurprised to hear that I am awaiting that apology, both for that and for the 900,000 more children in poverty under the previous Government. As I was…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingIn the Black Country we work hard, we are proud and we do not lack for personal responsibility, but forces bigger than any individual—deindustrialisation and the cruel 14 years of…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingDoes my hon. Friend agree that his mum and dad did a brilliant job bringing him up; that mums and dads in all sorts of circumstances do their level best, bringing up their kids;…15 Jul 2025HANSARDParental Leave ReviewAs I welcome the Minister’s announcement, I think of the HGV driver who I met recently who said that he was not able to take time off to be with his partner and their newborn…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson), last week the Casey review showed us yet again that private hire vehicles are a…26 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyRepresenting Tipton, the birthplace of the first industrial revolution, I hugely welcome this industrial strategy and its 1.1 million good jobs. I am particularly pleased to see…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend is setting out her concerns eloquently. What concerns does she have that the Bill writes a blank cheque for a future Health Secretary to change the nature of the…13 Jun 2025HANSARD Industrial StrategyI thank the Chair of the Committee for the opportunity to come in on the topic of this important inquiry, which I was glad to be a part of. One of the best days of the inquiry was…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025One of the first pieces of casework that I picked up was from a young woman pushing her two children through central Wednesbury. We moved to the side and she told me that she was…11 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthFor so long, Tipton, Wednesbury, Coseley, the Black Country and the whole of the west midlands have been an afterthought. Now our Mayor Richard Parker and the West Midlands…04 Jun 2025HANSARDBusiness and the EconomyPerhaps the hon. Member has not had a chance to see the piece of work produced by a former shadow Chancellor that sets out the relative recovery rates of different world economies…21 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentThank you for indulging me, Sir John, and for letting me speak after I walked in so late. I also thank the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) and congratulate her on securing…07 May 2025HANSARDApprenticeship FundingMy constituency of Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley, in the Black Country, is a proud manufacturing area and the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Will the Minister please…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekMy hon. Friend and sister is absolutely correct. There are a load of stupid barriers that do not reflect modern families and how we form our relationships nowadays. People do form…24 Apr 2025HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I congratulate my hon. Friend and sister the Member for Jarrow and Gateshead East (Kate Osborne) on securing this debate.…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformMany of us in this place have fought alongside parents of severely disabled people, not least against our broken SEND system. Can the Secretary of State reassure those parents,…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Member may not have had a chance to look at the Government website and encounter the document entitled “Next Steps to Make Work Pay”, which sets out a programme of…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights Billindicated dissent .12 Mar 2025