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HANSARD Business of the HouseAnother couple of weeks have elapsed, so can I ask the Leader of the House when the Government intend to lay a second remedial order on bereavement support payments for cohabiting…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenWe are not required to be a slavish royalist or, indeed, a fanatical follower of the institution to recognise seven decades of extraordinary public service and duty, not just to…10 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA remedial order can take effect only 60 sitting days after it has been laid. We have been waiting far too long for a second remedial order to be laid for bereavement support…08 Sept 2022HANSARDCost Increases: Food Producers and ConsumersI welcome the Minister to his new role. Will he encourage the large supermarkets to enable community food projects such as Threehills Community Supermarket in Glasgow South West…08 Sept 2022HANSARDCost Increases: Food Producers and Consumers14. What recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising costs on (a) food producers and (b) the cost of food for consumers.08 Sept 2022HANSARD Jagtar Singh JohalI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes) on securing this urgent question. Many people will think that the fact that negotiations…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The Taylor review reported five years ago and recommended things that the Government should do quickly, including simplifying worker…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandI thank my hon. Friend for giving way; she is being very generous. Does she share my concern and that of many others that the Government seem to want to roll back trade union…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. His history is a wee bit wobbly. I gently say to him that not all the UK trade unions were opposed to the devolution of employment law,…06 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. There are 10,500 Afghan refugees still in accommodation, and I heard the Minister’s answer earlier. When does he anticipate those 10,500 Afghan refugees will be in permanent…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The fact that the Government also want to close government offices—in some towns and cities, public sector offices are the largest…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Issues raised at a meeting earlier this week between representatives of the Public and Commercial…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to participate in this debate. I mean no disrespect to the hon. Member for Southend West (Anna Firth), but when I see “Southend West” on the annunciator, I very…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentHe may very well become an establishment stooge, but I will be watching his glittering career from the safety, in the years ahead, of an independent Scotland. He and I both follow…21 Jul 2022HANSARD No-fault Benefit DebtsI thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate. There is another issue here—this goes back to fairness—about the case law on the overpayment of wages, where there is an error in…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI congratulate the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) on securing this urgent question. She chairs the all-party parliamentary group on…19 Jul 2022HANSARDEmployment (Allocation of Tips) BillI thank the Minister and I congratulate the hon. Member for Watford (Dean Russell) on bringing forward this important Bill. I make a similar plea to hon. Members about the…15 Jul 2022HANSARDEmployment (Allocation of Tips) BillI am grateful to the Minister for re-emphasising that point. Will she confirm that it is still the Government’s intention to pursue rigorously employers who are still trying to…15 Jul 2022HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillI am here to support this Bill because of the experiences of my sister with my niece Erin, who was born three years ago. I looked after my nephew and other niece throughout that…15 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. More than 150 seafarers on P&O’s Cairnryan to Larne services were covered by the national minimum wage when the company callously sacked the remaining seafarers in March. The…12 Jul 2022