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HANSARDPension CreditI was pleased to support my hon. Friend’s campaign to increase the uptake of pension credit in the run-up to Christmas. Will she update the House as to whether or not that has…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillIt is 15%.20 Jan 2023HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillMay I be the final Back-Bench Member to pay tribute to the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald) for getting his Bill to this stage? I…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillLike many people, I was surprised to discover that tips are not being passed on. I think our understanding has always been that we pay the money on a restaurant menu for the food,…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: customers expect 100% of tips to go to staff. Does she agree that people who work in hospitality will also make the assumption that any tips…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I was concerned that he was going to ask how much I leave in tips. Obviously, I am a very generous tipper.20 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillI am even more grateful to my hon. Friend for asking that question. I am probably not quite as generous as they are in the US, where a 25% or 30% tip is now sometimes recommended…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillMy hon. Friend makes a couple of important points. On his first point about the US, it was a particularly bad practice when employers were using tips to try to meet the minimum…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Employment (Allocation of Tips) BillIs my hon. Friend speaking from personal experience of the Minister?20 Jan 2023HANSARD Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) BillWe do not think about our pensions enough, let alone talk about them enough. We should acknowledge the fact that a lot of people did not have them, which is why auto-enrolment has…20 Jan 2023HANSARDDoctor TrainingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. We all agree that we need more doctors and I think we all welcome what the Government have done to increase the…17 Jan 2023HANSARDChildren with SEND and their Families: Support10. What steps her Department is taking to support schools with pupils with special educational needs.16 Jan 2023HANSARDChildren with SEND and their Families: SupportMany parents in Oxfordshire are unhappy with the county council for a variety of reasons—from emails that are never answered, to education, health and care plans that come back…16 Jan 2023HANSARDRoyal Mail and the Universal Service ObligationIt is a pleasure to serve under you today, Ms Ali. I have spoken about Royal Mail quite a bit in this place—I have secured my own Westminster Hall debate about it, I have had…12 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. First things first, let me say that I went to the comprehensive school at the end of my road, which had a 21% GCSE pass rate in the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ2. A person is 24 times more likely to become a doctor if a parent is a doctor and 17 times more likely to become a lawyer if a parent is a lawyer, and a lower proportion of…11 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have been supportive of my constituent Sharon Gaffka’s campaign on spiking. She was spiked twice and has more than 1,500 testimonies of people aged 14 to 64 who have had the…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.10 Jan 2023HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentLet me I start by commending the hon. Member for Luton South (Rachel Hopkins) on what she said in her speech. I got to know her a bit through the armed forces parliamentary…20 Dec 2022HANSARDWorker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI congratulate the hon. Lady on getting her Bill to this stage. On the point about culture change, I should say that a few weeks ago a 16-year-old in my constituency came to see…23 Nov 2022