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HANSARD NHS: Long-term Strategyrose —11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyOn minimum service guarantees, does my hon. Friend think that the Conservative party has a brass neck to try to enforce minimum service guarantees, which are always made by…11 Jan 2023HANSARDWest Midlands EconomyThis year, the Tory party has given us five Education Secretaries, four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two leadership coups— [ Interruption. ] And, Mr Speaker, the partridge…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. With the benefit of hindsight, does she agree that the House would not have allowed the Government to have the emergency…06 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry and Compensation FrameworkOrder. It has been drawn to my attention that there is a journalist in the Public Gallery using a recording device. With the best will in the world, that is not allowed. These…24 Nov 2022HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry and Compensation FrameworkBefore I call the next speaker, because there are a lot of Members who want to speak, I will suggest a voluntary time limit of around four minutes. That will ensure that everybody…24 Nov 2022HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry and Compensation FrameworkIt is probably not a matter for me, but I observe that in here we are on the public record, so the Minister might wish to make some comments that he knows the Public Gallery and…24 Nov 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Reform of the Criminal Justice SystemRape Crisis statistics show that only 3% of cases saw charges brought last year, CPS figures show that only 1.3% of reported rapes are charged or summonsed, and there was a 21%…22 Nov 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Reform of the Criminal Justice System12. What steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.22 Nov 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityI would have informed the House of that, had the Secretary of State not got there before me. After promising to match EU structural funds in the Government’s manifesto, and then…21 Nov 2022HANSARDRegional Inequality4. What recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of increases in (a) interest rates and (b) inflation on regional inequality.21 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)I add my voice to those supporting new clause 1. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle for her speech on this very important issue and my hon.…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)I accept what the Minister has said, but the price here is not an interest rate, it is actually what happens if one does not make the payments. It is the consequences of falling…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)Ooh!03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)I am glad to hear that the Minister was helpful to his mother when growing up by doing the grocery shop. He has just made a subtle point about unintended consequences of…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister says that it is not enough of a problem at the moment to legislate. Why might that be the case? This is not going to become less of an issue. As more people get to…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister give way?03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point: tech developments sometimes leave people behind. That is not usually deliberate; sometimes it is thoughtless. However, we in…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)We already have trouble with our PIN numbers, but many people’s memories fail as they get older, or they may be in the early stages of Alzheimer’s or other dementias. They cannot…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Ninth sitting)In the hub! [ Laughter . ]03 Nov 2022