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HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformVery briefly.06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to wind up this debate. My right hon. Friend the Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) and other…06 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023Indeed, Mr Paisley. What I am saying is that the Government should be concentrating their efforts there, not on trying to squeeze a few more pennies from their hard-pressed…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023It is, as ever, an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. It is extraordinary, when there are so many other pressing issues that the Government should be…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I agree with my hon. Friend. The guidance issued has considerable flaws. It was not even available when the regulations were debated in the other place in December. The guidance…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I would like the Minister to clarify the issue of the employer setting a rate and the trade union disagreeing with that rate. There is no mechanism for that. The Minister…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023Indeed I am. As the hon. Member will know, reflecting the will of the people of Wales, the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017 disapplied devolved Welsh public sector employers from the…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKIt is both tragic and shocking that we are faced with the potential closure of the last blast furnace in Port Talbot before greener technologies for producing primary steel are…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI rise to oppose the Government’s Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, for which there is absolutely no need. It will do nothing to bring down people’s energy bills, either domestic…22 Jan 2024HANSARDCyber-securityThe recent British Library incident is a stark reminder of the terrifying security risk and enormous cost of cyber-attacks, and recent ministerial answers have revealed a…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have finally committed to a carbon border adjustment mechanism to protect our energy-intensive industries from being undercut by imports made with dirtier energy or…16 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI very much welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement on funding for Ukraine and the UK-Ukraine security co-operation agreement, which, in line with the NATO-Ukraine commission’s…15 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military Support24. What steps he is taking to increase military support to Ukraine.08 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsWe have all been appalled by the fact that the Post Office went on and on, for so many years, prosecuting and ruining the lives of sub-postmasters. It certainly makes us ask who…08 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportLabour fully supports providing military aid to Ukraine, but what steps is the Secretary of State taking to speed up the development of a stockpile strategy, in collaboration with…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The Minister for Africa has rightly highlighted the involvement of the Rapid Support Forces in atrocities in Darfur, and many Members have flagged the links between external…12 Dec 2023HANSARDHigher Education Institutions: International Students17. What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of university applications from international students on the long-term sustainability of…11 Dec 2023HANSARDFormer Afghan Special Forces: DeportationGiven the contrast between the rhetoric and promises of resettlement, and the shambolic reality facing many Afghans who worked for us, with us or fought alongside our troops, as…11 Dec 2023HANSARDHigher Education Institutions: International StudentsAs the Minister has just mentioned, the economic benefit of overseas students is some £37.4 billion spread between universities and economies across the UK, but applications in…11 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ13. It is now six years since Bishop James Jones published the Hillsborough report, and only today, finally, do we get the Government’s response. When will the Government…06 Dec 2023