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HANSARDLoan ChargeI agree with how the right hon. Gentleman has introduced the debate. He mentioned the scale of how HMRC is going after people caught up with the loan charge. Is that not in stark…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Given the Paymaster General’s answers to colleagues earlier, may I remind him that Sir Brian Langstaff said yesterday that compensation proposals were published in April 2023…18 Jan 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesI join others in paying tribute to the great Sir Tony Lloyd; our thoughts and prayers are with his family today. I thank the Minister for his answer. As the Government have…18 Jan 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public Services11. Whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the use of AI on the delivery of public services.18 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ4. The Leader of the House last week correctly described the contaminated blood scandal as “on another level” compared with other scandals. Sir Brian Langstaff has announced…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Sector Pay 2024-25It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Robert. Like other Members, may I start by paying tribute to the great Tony Lloyd? He was a good friend, a great man and one of the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living3. What recent discussions he has had with the Administration in Northern Ireland on the effect of increases in the cost of living on people in Northern Ireland.17 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of LivingI want to return to the subject of public sector pay. Public sector workers in Northern Ireland have seen their real pay fall by more than 7% over the past year. Does that not…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Elliott. As you are aware, I have an extensive trade union background—in fact, I remember we both served on the Committee considering…16 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023I thank the Minister for that reply. He mentioned that after the Senior President has reached a decision, the Lord Chancellor has the right to unpick it, but what mechanisms are…16 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024Declaring a country to be safe does not necessarily make it safe. Can the Minister tell me how many asylum claims were granted by the Government from Georgia and from India in the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to have a comrade in the Chair, Ms Bardell, and I would like to indicate that I will oppose this particular instrument today. As the Minister outlined, it would…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I think many Members have a concern about whether it is appropriate to proceed with the Bill at this moment in time. Other Members…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillIt is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse). I hope that other Members listened to his contribution and what he had to say,…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationMay I take the Justice Secretary back to his interesting observations on the Rwanda Bill? He has said that the whole debate around the ECHR “has been tainted by a misunderstanding…09 Jan 2024HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationOf course, the Government state on the front page of the Rwanda Bill that they cannot guarantee that it complies with the ECHR, as the Justice Secretary well knows. The Bill also…09 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsOne of the most chilling parts of the dramatisation revealed that dozens, if not hundreds, of people were told, “This is only happening to you. You are the only one who is…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseThis is a disappointing statement in some ways, but let me give the Paymaster General an opportunity to build trust and confidence. It is unclear in his statement whether the…18 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIs it not a fundamental problem with the Bill that so many people see it as punishing the exploited and not the exploiter? If the Government were serious about this issue, that is…12 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023You will be pleased to know that I have only a couple of quick points to make, Sir Edward. Obviously, this goes back to the McCloud judgment, as the Minister said. I am curious,…11 Dec 2023