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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateData are vital to how we tackle covid-19, and we see that this evening with what has happened in Leicester. Why is it that for 39 days, the Government have not been able to…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWhat is the public health message that the Prime Minister is conveying by opening pubs ahead of the full opening of schools?23 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am disappointed by the Minister’s response to new clause 41. It is also disappointing that the Minister is not able to update the Committee with some information, recognising…18 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Seventh sitting)That was us.18 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. New clause 41 is a cross-party amendment tabled by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton),…18 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am listening carefully to all the steps that the Home Office is taking, but is the Minister now in a position to publish the information about the number of children affected by…18 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under you this afternoon, Mr Stringer. I wish to speak to new clause 62, on the no recourse to public funds policy and to support new clause 59, tabled…18 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting)In speaking to new clause 46, I want to be clear that this is not about placing additional burdens on the Home Office or Government; it is about asking the Government not to water…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainAt this time of national crisis, would it not be better if the Prime Minister used what he described as our megawattage to sort out some of our domestic problems, such as the…16 Jun 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysThe reason the Government are in such a mess on this issue is that they did not put together a strategic plan for education and children at the start of covid-19 in the way that…16 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesI am very pleased that the Secretary of State has had the good grace today to admit that the ideological experiment has failed. What can he say to residents in my constituency who…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you feel that by 1 January there will be a regime in place that will be sufficiently efficient to ensure that members of the Federation of Small Businesses will be able to…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I wanted to ask about the advice and assistance that is available to people who want to apply under the EU settled status scheme, and in particular the fact that there is not a…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask about an issue that Make UK raised in their evidence. They talked about the lack of people with the relevant green-skills qualifications that we need. We know from…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q I just wanted to ask what your views are of any regional implications of the changes that are to be introduced by the Bill. Matthew Fell: The regional implications will be down…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)I wanted to ask a follow-up to the question of the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax, about the income threshold. In some answers, we have heard about the…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningThe Secretary of State has spent time in my constituency and will know that at least one in three children in my constituency live in poverty and are at risk of falling the…09 Jun 2020HANSARDAbortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I am following very carefully what the hon. Lady is saying. Does she agree that there is a role for the royal colleges as well in terms of the training and support that their…08 Jun 2020HANSARDAbortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I am concerned about what the right hon. Gentleman just said. The past president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Professor Lesley Regan, has made it…08 Jun 2020