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HANSARDEngagementsQ12. I thought that socialism was about taxing those with the broadest shoulders in order to help the most vulnerable, but it appears that Starmer socialism involves scaring those…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Social Securityrose —10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is the second Government Minister we have heard from the Dispatch Box today, yet only moments ago we saw the Chancellor sitting on…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI thank the Secretary of State. Will she confirm from the Dispatch Box that if every pensioner who is eligible for pension credit takes it up, the cost to the Exchequer will…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPrivate School ClosuresMalvern college, Malvern St James girls’ school, Bredon school and other schools in West Worcestershire that offer places to children with special educational needs not only play…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Security in the Democratic Republic of the CongoI congratulate the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing this debate. It is so important that this Parliament shines a light on situations like this…04 Sept 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsThe living standards of nearly 50,000 pensioners in Malvern Hills district and Wychavon district are going to deteriorate very sharply this winter in the face of a 10% increase in…03 Sept 2024HANSARDSudan(Urgent Question): To ask the Foreign Secretary if he will make a statement on the humanitarian and political situation in Sudan.03 Sept 2024HANSARDSudanThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. Yesterday, Parliament spent time on two terrible conflicts—that in Ukraine, and that in the middle east—but we must not…03 Sept 2024HANSARDRussian Sanctions RegimeMay I start by congratulating the Minister on his appointment? I know how hard he worked on this brief in opposition. He will know that the longer those Russian sanctions are in…30 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceWhat a chilling political choice, to choose to take away the winter fuel allowance from a 90-year-old on an income of £10,000 a year. And that was a political choice. I want to…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and what a pleasure you have had in listening to such an excellent array of maiden speeches this afternoon. I thank…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireThe hon. Lady highlights something that I have grappled with throughout my time as a Member of Parliament. I will now move on to the situation in Tenbury Wells in my constituency.…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireThe hon. Gentleman raises an important matter. Indeed, it was after the 2007 floods that the idea of a flood reinsurance scheme came about. It was something that was established…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireI thought my hon. Friend was making a good pitch to take on that role himself, and I would certainly support him in that. None the less, he is right: all of us who live along the…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireI think the hon. Member needs to have a word with his Deputy Prime Minister about that. He and I may share some concerns about the ability of Whitehall to determine where concrete…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He points to a fact that I acknowledge: cumulatively, we have become more resilient to flooding in West Worcestershire over the last…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireI have given way once already to the hon. Lady. I am going to allow the Minister to use the remaining time to respond.24 Jul 2024HANSARDNHS Dental Contracting FrameworkThe NHS dental recovery plan was launched earlier this year, and the Secretary of State has on his desk news about the impact that it is having. Could he share with the House how…23 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesMay I start by adding my congratulations to the Chancellor on being the first woman to hold that office in the history of our country? At this rate, the Labour party might even…22 Jul 2024