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HANSARD Committee on StandardsDoes my hon. Friend agree that the only logical explanation for the action by Government Ministers and Back Benchers today is not necessarily the recommendations of the report…03 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Budget is the most anticipated fiscal event in our calendar. The Chancellor has limited opportunities to make his mark, so his Budget choices are not just pivotal for the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his appointment. The point is not whether extra money needs to be raised to fund the NHS or indeed social care; the point is how it is…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyI have listened very carefully to my hon. Friend’s really excellent exposition of a whole raft of issues that have challenged living standards, and what is interesting is that not…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend makes the point very powerfully. I was going to illustrate it more generally by saying that families whose personal allowance will be frozen, such as the one she…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI hope that the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) will join the Opposition in the Lobby tonight given what he has just said in his contribution. We should give credit where it is…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareLet us set aside for a moment the Prime Minister’s unbridled record on reneging on his promises, because, today, he has chosen what I consider to be the least progressive option…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Racist Abuse on Social MediaMy question is a similar one. The racist abuse targeted at black footballers has been absolutely abhorrent. The tech giants could have stopped it, but they chose not to because it…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Finance BillI wish to speak to amendment 31, which stands in my name and in the names of hon. and right hon. Members from across the House. I shall try to keep my comments brief, too. I will…24 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksMay I thank you, Mr Speaker, and the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) for securing this urgent question? Like others, seeing racist posters, swastikas, a rabbi…17 May 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeLast week, the Government claimed that the Prime Minister funded the up-front costs of decorating the Downing Street flat himself. This afternoon, the Prime Minister did not deny…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell), with whom I work very closely on this issue; it demonstrates the best of Parliament that we…20 Apr 2021HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillWith the support of a wide range of Members from across the House, I tabled amendment 78. Although we will not put it to a vote tonight, we intend to return to the subject on…19 Apr 2021HANSARDOnline Anonymity and Anonymous AbuseI congratulate the hon. Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie) on securing this debate. Legislating on online harms gives us a vital opportunity to call a halt to the extremism,…24 Mar 2021HANSARDResidential Leaseholders and Interim Fire Safety CostsI warmly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi) on securing this important debate. In June 2019, a devastating fire tore through the timber…10 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Entertainment SectorsI am proud to declare an interest—not a financial one, but a passionate one. I chair Theatre Royal Stratford East, the erstwhile home of Joan Littlewood renowned for “Oh, What a…02 Mar 2021HANSARD Building SafetyA number of Members have said that getting any money out of Government has proved painfully slow, so leaseholders today are facing extra costs for insurance while their buildings…10 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman). In June 2019, Samuel Garside House, a block of flats in Barking, was consumed in a wild inferno, going…01 Feb 2021HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Day 2021I congratulate the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) on his very good contribution. It seems incomprehensible that so many people were complicit by their…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Russian Federation: Human RightsThe best way in which we can show our support for Alexei Navalny is not by words but by actions, and not by investigations but by convictions. Navalny himself has said that he…27 Jan 2021