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HANSARDCost of Living: Leaving the EUBut Brexit-related trade barriers have driven up the cost of food in the UK by 6%, making life harder for everyone struggling with the cost of living crisis. So severe is the harm…09 Jun 2022HANSARDIn-work Poverty: Cost of LivingSo grants rather than loans are the solution after all. Evidence from Feeding Britain and Good Food Scotland shows, for example, that people who work in a supermarket cannot…06 Jun 2022HANSARDIn-work Poverty: Cost of Living12. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to tackle in-work poverty in the context of the rise in the cost of living.06 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateIn his statement, the Chancellor rightly raised his concern, as we all have in this House, about the number of people eligible for pension credit who are not claiming it. The…26 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. According to the Child Poverty Action Group, 27% of children in the UK are living in poverty, which equates to eight in a classroom of 30. A classroom with hungry children is…23 May 2022HANSARDChild Maintenance Service: ReformI thank the Minister and, as my constituency takes in Ibrox stadium, I associate myself with his remarks. I inform the House that an early-day motion will be tabled, praising the…19 May 2022HANSARDChild Maintenance Service: ReformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) on securing the debate. She has…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseA number of Government Departments have administrative backlogs, yet following the two press releases in the past week on the closure of Insolvency Service offices across the UK…19 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Enfield North (Feryal Clark). I will concentrate much of my speech on employment, which is ironic, given the collective industrial…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI agree with the hon. Member. People who seek sanctuary in this country want to make a positive contribution across these islands. There should be a right to work.12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for that. I should say, if I have not already, that Roza is indeed a Unite activist and former member of the Scottish Trades Union Congress…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI do want to see the end of the sanctions regime, and I agree that conditionality is not working. As a bare minimum, the Government could introduce what is known as a yellow card…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesMy Unison comrade makes an excellent point. Does it not also apply to the Government’s ludicrous decision to close Department for Work and Pensions offices, and now to close…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI have listened to the Minister’s speech so far. He is talking about business being dynamic, but of course there are rogue employers out there. He promised a Delegated Legislation…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI thank the Minister for giving way, but she cannot have it both ways. She cannot give Opposition Members trouble by saying that all the Bills tabled are manifesto commitments…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesThe Minister is being generous in giving way. He says that, where employers adopt bad practices, the Government will act, but it has been nearly five years since the Taylor review…12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsThe failings of private contractors suggest that privatisation is not a solution to passport office backlogs, so will the Minister do two things? First, can he confirm that…27 Apr 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOn behalf of my constituent Ailsa MacKenzie, the Government placed a remedial order during summer recess to extend the eligibility for widowed parent’s allowance and bereavement…21 Apr 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022rose—20 Apr 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is good to see in the Chair a friend of working people, Ms Elliott, because I think that is important when we are discussing this issue. I have a number of concerns similar to…20 Apr 2022