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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister will be aware— [ Interruption. ]08 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, particularly my position as chair of the PCS…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThe Minister mentioned the pay remit guidance. For clarity, can he confirm that the pay remit guidance is one document—that there is only one piece of pay remit guidance? If so,…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThe Minister has confirmed that there is one pay remit guidance. Do the Government have any plans to cut the numbers of negotiations? There are currently more than 200 across…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayI thank the hon. Member for giving way and emphasising that point. Does she share my concern, and that of many others, that the statistics she has just quoted are the reason for…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Government will shortly be announcing their sixth immigration Bill since I arrived in the House in 2015, which tells us everything we need to know about their failures on…07 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMay I associate myself with the comments that the Secretary of State made about the situation in Greece? Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected. The Department’s…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill3. What recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) transport sector bodies and (c) trade unions on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.02 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) on securing the debate and on the points and questions she…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryI agree. It is important that we continue to promote the schemes that are available. We must be a welcoming nation and say to those in Ukraine that there is a place here at the…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryThe Minister is being typically generous in giving way. Might one of the reasons for homelessness or some of the other difficulties be related to the point I raised about…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryMy hon. Friend knows that I come from a local government background—I was not a councillor but a local government employee—so I am passionate about its role in society, which…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityI will take hon. Friend. There is another problem, which is that lone parents face the choice of working reduced hours, because if they increase their hours they will lose out on…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, but—with as much respect as I can muster—I say to him that it is not a bad thing that trade union-organised workplaces have higher pay…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityThe Secretary of State says that the route out of poverty is work and making work pay, but the example I gave to the shadow Minister is one that came up when I was on the Work and…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityIt is also bad employers, and they should be tackled too.28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will try to be concise in my remarks to allow as many Members in as possible. The SNP will be supporting the motion. We heard from the Secretary…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationIf the proposal for voter ID is such a sensible and necessary requirement, as the Minister claims, can he tell us why fewer types of ID are to be acceptable for voting than the…21 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Fund Round 2The Minister gave assurances in Westminster Hall less than two weeks ago that unsuccessful local authorities would receive feedback and their scorings. Local authorities are now…20 Feb 2023