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HANSARD Whistleblowing ProtectionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) on bringing this really important…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice Funding: HaveringWe all want to see more funding for our police in Havering and Hackney and across London, but a reduction in crime would also help them. What conversations are Ministers having…21 Oct 2024HANSARDSt Helena: UK ImmigrationIt is welcome to hear St Helena mentioned in the House. The money going there amounts to an increase of about 20% in financial aid from the UK this year, which is sorely needed in…21 Oct 2024HANSARDRestoration and Renewal10. What recent progress has been made on the restoration and renewal programme.17 Oct 2024HANSARDRestoration and RenewalIt feels a bit like groundhog day—we have been talking about restoration and renewal for 40 years. Bits are falling off the building, there are leaks in every office I have had in…17 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI welcomed the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Bill last week, but many more of my constituents are social housing tenants than are private renters, and they are living in…17 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.09 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have had some progress since the Government were elected on issues relating to black and minority ethnic women and domestic violence. However, Valerie Forde, who was my…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ7. One in two children in my constituency lives in poverty after housing costs are taken into account, so I welcome the Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty, but we…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland City DealsMy right hon. Friend is not the sort of person who would make this announcement unless there were huge pressure to do so, but I am aware that pausing a project, especially when…09 Oct 2024HANSARDVulnerable People: Support into Work9. What steps she is taking to support vulnerable people into work.07 Oct 2024HANSARDVulnerable People: Support into WorkIn my local jobcentre on Mare Street in my constituency, there is an extremely good team of DWP staff who work closely with vulnerable constituents to help them overcome the…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI congratulate my hon. Friend on her appointment, which, in trying to put right these wrongs, is to one of the toughest jobs in Government. I wish her all the best. One of the…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceMy hon. Friend is being generous in giving way to Members across the House. As she said earlier in her remarks and just touched on again, sometimes recalcitrant developers are…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityBefore I start, I want to thank the House for putting its confidence in me to chair the Treasury Committee for the term of this Parliament. I am the servant of this House, and I…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityLet me continue for a moment. There are budget challenges this year, and many decisions that were made in recent Budgets will hit the public finances in 2025, 2026 or beyond,…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI thank the right hon. Gentleman, with whom I had the pleasure of serving on the Public Accounts Committee. That is an example of how the House works closely together; most people…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI give credit to the hon. Gentleman for his chutzpah in coming to the House today to say that it is this Government who have denuded pensioners of income. As my hon. Friend the…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI could speak forever about the challenges that the last Government left. I have spoken about the NHS, but let us take the dire state of our train services. The previous…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseE-bikes and e-scooters are popular with many people, but in London Fields in my constituency I am working with residents and councillors because some are going very fast, and…05 Sept 2024