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HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health and Social CareI want to give the Minister the opportunity to answer the question I asked about the long-term plan to fill those hundreds of thousands of vacancies now and in future, and to…19 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health and Social CareI beg to move, That this House has considered the effect of leaving the European Union on the UK’s health and social care sector. It is a pleasure to serve under your…19 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health and Social CareI could not have put it better myself. I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Much more could be said on this topic, but I am keen for other Members to have their say. I…19 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health and Social CarePerhaps the Minister will answer that when he gets to his feet to respond. How in the name of the wee man did the United Kingdom ever end up in this appalling, self-inflicted…19 Mar 2019HANSARDPovertyA few weeks ago, a young family with a newborn baby appeared at my constituency office in Helensburgh. They were halfway through their four-week universal credit assessment…18 Mar 2019HANSARDPoverty8. What recent assessment she has made of the effect of her Department’s policies on levels of poverty.18 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Given that I appear to be the Member for the whole of Scotland, I ask the Minister for the whole of England whether any assessment has been done on the impact on…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will be brief. Despite the Scottish National party’s long-held and unqualified opposition to the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, we understand that if we do have to…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Thank you, Mr Bailey; I appreciate that. The industry is bracing itself for big changes to the rules on freedom of movement and the ability to do business, as well as expecting…14 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth and Care Professions Council: Registration FeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham) on securing this important debate and…14 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingI will make some progress for now. In a debate last November I quoted from an article in the Financial Times by Mure Dickie who, during a visit to Peterhead, spoke to at least one…13 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingOn a point of order, Mr Stringer. The hon. Lady claims that people on the Opposition Benches said certain things, but she was not in her place for most of the debate. I am…13 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I welcome the Minister to his place. I congratulate the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn) on securing…13 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and I will touch briefly on fishing tariffs. We all feared that catastrophic tariffs would accompany a no-deal Brexit, and at 7 o’clock this…13 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingI am referring back to the debate we had last November, and indeed before then; we have had this verbal ping-pong before, and I will not be taken down that blind alley again. […13 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingLet me finish my point. Interestingly, a couple of weeks ago, the Financial Times asked Mure Dickie to visit the west coast of Scotland to see how the promise of the bright new…13 Mar 2019HANSARDSociety Lotteries Reform4. What the timetable is for the Government’s response to the consultation on society lottery reform.07 Mar 2019HANSARDSociety Lotteries ReformDespite many warm words stretching back over several years, the Government have shown a distinct lack of urgency in considering the future of society lotteries. It has now been…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Social Security and Employment Support for Disabled PeopleI cannot help but feel that this announcement was a missed opportunity to completely overhaul the punitive PIP assessment progress, which is deeply flawed and continues to be…06 Mar 2019HANSARD Social SecurityAs much as on one level I would love to say otherwise, with some reluctance I say that we will not oppose this statutory instrument this evening. However, just because we do not…04 Mar 2019