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HANSARDFreedom of Religion and Belief in NigeriaIt is, as ever, a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Paisley, and to serve under your chairmanship. I genuinely and most sincerely thank the hon. Member for Strangford…06 Feb 2024HANSARDBenefit LevelsRather than deal with the known policy failures within the benefits system, the Government seem to be more focused on penalising people through, for example, the two-child cap.…05 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, a report by the pension provider Royal London showed that women lose, on average, £92,000 as a result of juggling part-time work and childcare. What are the Government…05 Feb 2024HANSARDSocial SecurityI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who is an assiduous questioner of the Government through Work and Pensions questions on the issue of debt and deductions. He is right to cite the…31 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial SecurityIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills), a fellow member of the Work and Pensions Committee. I stand here with a somewhat renewed sense of…31 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial SecurityTwo debates or one debate?31 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial SecurityOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can I clarify whether we are taking motion 3 on social security and motion 4 in one debate, or will we scrutinise the orders separately?…31 Jan 2024HANSARD PensionsMy hon. Friend is right. I know Kathy McDonald, one of the 1950s women, who is a force of nature and does an incredible service for women born in the 1950s. It is frustrating that…31 Jan 2024HANSARD PensionsThere is no disagreement on this point about pension credit. I just gently ask the Minister to go back to his officials and re-examine the paper form for pension credit, which…31 Jan 2024HANSARD PensionsWhen the Minister was making reference to a Netflix series earlier, I did think that the pensions uprating debate would be an unusual backdrop for Netflix and chill. I do not know…31 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial SecurityNo, I was just enjoying the right hon. Member’s speech.31 Jan 2024HANSARDPalestinian State: Recognition11. What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recognition of a Palestinian state.30 Jan 2024HANSARDPalestinian State: RecognitionThere is now a live ongoing investigation by the ICJ into genocide in Gaza. Given the British Government’s reluctance thus far to recognise the state of Palestine, does the…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxI appreciate that. Anyone watching this debate will know that, given how we are debating this, some of which is based on Bible principles, this is just something that we will…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxCould the Minister confirm something for us? We hear the argument all the time that Ministers will not speculate and that the announcement will be made in the Budget. The blunt…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxIf it is not true that the wealthiest do not pay inheritance tax, can the Minister tell us how much the King paid upon inheriting the Duchy of Lancaster?17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxIt is, as ever, a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I thank the hon. Member for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) for securing the debate, which has been quite…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Cost of Living in ScotlandAbsolutely. The hon. Gentleman is spot on. Of course, he previously served in the devolved Parliament in Scotland, where there is responsibility for health policy. One thing that…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Cost of Living in ScotlandAbsolutely. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who I know does a power of work on this issue and is an active member of the Lanarkshire forum on poverty. She is right. We know that…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Cost of Living in ScotlandI absolutely agree. As somebody who represents the highlands—I think the constituency he is seeking to contest at the next election is even more rural than the one that he…09 Jan 2024