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HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesWe all know why the Government want to keep their fiscal rules tight, because we know what happens when the markets go wrong, but a lot of things have rocked the country since the…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe hon. Gentleman is not wrong on this point. In fact, the Public Accounts Committee looked a number of years ago at enrolment in pension schemes and found that a lot of young…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI was pleased to meet officials from my right hon. Friend’s Department at a centre in Hackney. I also met officials from the Department for Work and Pensions, and it was really…07 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThis is, as has oft been reported this week, the first anniversary of a Labour Government— and have I not been waiting for that for a very long time? It is also the 10th…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Economic Secretary is reviewing the work of the Financial Ombudsman Service. We on the Treasury Committee recognise that there have been challenges with the service, but how…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. That was one of the biggest concerns that I had with the Bill. It was also why so many hon. Members stood up and said that they did not…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI am absolutely clear that government is about choices. When a party is in government, it has to make choices to run the country. Some 14 of my 20 years in this place have been…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Cost shunting can work both ways, so it is vital that the Timms review examines that. If this Government are serious about mission-led…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the Secretary of State for the movement made in the last week. It would have been good to have had those conversations earlier, but we are where we are. In response to the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI visited the Isle of Man and met the sponsor of the Bill there. The House of Keys, which has only 24 Members, took three years to get to this point, and the sponsor of the Bill…13 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025I congratulate my right hon. Friend on delivering this spending review—the first zero-based review in a very long time. It is vital that as taxpayers—the citizens—are looking…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?10 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Late on Friday night—after hours and to an unmonitored inbox—emails suggesting that approach were sent to the Chairs of the two relevant Select Committees: the Science, Innovation…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI give way to the hon. Gentleman, who has tabled a similar amendment.09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI rise to speak to amendment 87, in my name and the names of most Select Committee Chairs—certainly most of those who cover Departments—including the Chair of the Business and…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillIf I move on to what will happen, I think the hon. Gentleman will be reassured. There is a bigger point here, which I do not have time to elaborate on in this debate. This change…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsWith one in two children in my constituency living in poverty, we now have a downpayment with a breakfast club funded by the Government at Thomas Fairchild community school and…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI warmly welcome this investment in Britain, and I hope that the Treasury will be fully evaluating the impact of this vital transport infrastructure on growth in regions, which we…04 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterMy constituents and other Thames Water users are fed up to the back teeth with having to pay more to help this company, which has failed them so badly. Obviously, the Secretary of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentI congratulate the Chair of the Defence Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi), on securing this important urgent question. He and the Minister referred to the…02 Jun 2025