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HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsI am grateful to the right hon. Member for that intervention. The Government have previously pointed to guidance as a defence against bad practice, and we have enough evidence to…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of guaranteeing the right to maintain contact in care settings. After much delay due to circumstances out of our hands, I…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsI am grateful to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for chairing the debate. I was watching the faces of the campaigners in the Gallery, who I am sure wish they had a voice in the Chamber.…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Avanti West Coast Contract RenewalExtending Avanti’s contract by six months was the wrong thing to do. The travelling public have had enough of this company running their train service into the ground. Liverpool…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsIt has been a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I thank all the Members who have contributed. There has been widespread agreement and support for these changes.…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsThe Minister is clearly aware of the very difficult circumstances that face so many of our constituents. I said in my contribution that 200,000 people have been evicted because…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsThere has been discussion about who exactly is in the private rented sector. People may not wish to live long term in the private rented sector, but too many of our constituents…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsIt’s your Government.25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsYes, I am. I thought I had laid out that argument quite clearly. We have a system in which housing benefit subsidises landlords who own property. A much wiser use of that money…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsTo bring the debate back to the merits of ending section 21 evictions, does the hon. Member think that his Government should deliver on their promises, or should they backtrack on…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential merits of ending section 21 evictions. I am grateful to have secured time for a debate on this matter, which continues…25 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe UK is already a deregulated, low-tax economy with the most draconian workers’ rights in the whole of Europe, in which the richest are well rewarded; it would be bizarre if it…23 Sept 2022HANSARD 50 Years of Pride in the UKI congratulate the hon. Members for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) and for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) and my hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Dame…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Recently, it was revealed that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is failing to use the third-party data information that we get through international agreements to investigate…28 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomic Inequality7. What recent fiscal steps he has taken to help reduce economic inequality.28 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomic InequalityThe Economic Secretary will know that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs payroll data shows that the pay of the top 1% rose three-and-a-half times faster than the pay of those in…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. There is an alcohol harm paradox, whereby people in the most deprived communities drink less but…27 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)When I spoke at the very beginning of the Committee’s proceedings, I said that the legislation was necessary, that it was a starting point and that it would no doubt change and…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I agree with the right hon. Member for Basingstoke that these are important clauses. I want to put them into the context of what we heard from Frances Haugen, who, when she spoke…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 129(4) states that the Secretary of State will be consulted in the process. What would be the Secretary of State’s powers in relation to that? Would she be able to overrule…21 Jun 2022