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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State was very upbeat in her response to the Opposition Front Bencher, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith), who asked about local…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I am concerned that the House may have been misled inadvertently, at least by omission. The Paymaster General asserted that the Prime Minister did…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeThe Minister is increasingly looking like the boy who stands on the burning deck. His problem is that the Prime Minister is going to desert him as well. The trouble is that gossip…05 Jul 2022HANSARD Post Office: Compensation for Horizon ScandalThe Minister knows that I have two such cases. One person is in front of the independent panel giving advice on the historical shortfall scheme. The other person has a conviction…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesThere are nearly 200,000 fewer council housing properties today than there were in 2010. How have a Government who are committed to levelling up allowed that to happen?30 Jun 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police ServiceThe Minister was deputy mayor for policing in London when the worst cuts were imposed by this Government, and I do not remember him raising his voice against those cuts once.…29 Jun 2022HANSARDNDAs: UniversitiesI will call Layla Moran to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in…29 Jun 2022HANSARDInflation6. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of inflation on the UK economy.28 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing Regeneration: Former Industrial AreasThere are nearly 200,000 fewer council housing properties today than there were in 2010. How have a Government who are committed to levelling up allowed that to happen?27 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe Secretary of State has asserted that 70% of successful human rights challenges are brought by foreign nationals who cite a right to family life in the first instance when…22 Jun 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryCovid is just a pathetic excuse, because even if it was the sole reason, the Secretary of State should have been planning for when we came out of it, but nothing he has said…21 Jun 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryThe “Panorama” programme also exposed the fact that GP practices are being hoovered up by the private sector. Operose Health now owns 70 practices, with more than 600,000…21 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: UK and NATO Military CommitmentThis argument of more for less that we are hearing from the Government is what we have heard from them in virtually every area of public expenditure, whether it be the health…20 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwayEarlier, the Secretary of State waved around a document relating to 28 areas of reform that he thinks need to be implemented to modernise our railway. Has he stipulated that they…20 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWill the Minister give way?15 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaYesterday, 444 people made the dangerous crossing in small boats, which suggests that the deterrent effect of this policy is not getting through. That is the highest number in two…15 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogWill the Minister give way?14 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCan the Leader of the House tell us, without having to go into the detail of the motion—he has changed the business for tomorrow, so he must have some idea—exactly what…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Gross Domestic ProductThe Minister has tried to explain away today’s disastrous figures by suggesting that it is mainly to do with the winding down of mass covid testing. That stretches credulity.…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaThe National Crime Agency has principal responsibility for prosecuting people traffickers. Is it right that there will be a 20% cut in staffing at the National Crime Agency? Is…13 Jun 2022