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HANSARDAgricultural and County ShowsI am sure that most people are wondering why on earth the MP for the small, four-mile-long urban constituency of Glasgow East is speaking in the debate. Unfortunately, my hon.…21 Jul 2022HANSARD No-fault Benefit DebtsI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. One issue, which came up in a call I had yesterday with StepChange and a number of other advice lines and organisations, is that…21 Jul 2022HANSARD No-fault Benefit DebtsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who not only has a close interest in this issue from a constituency point of view but serves on the Work and Pensions Committee and has seen it at…21 Jul 2022HANSARD No-fault Benefit DebtsI thank the hon. Gentleman. When I and the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) visited his constituency office on holiday during the Easter break, I saw at first…21 Jul 2022HANSARDDWP dedicated telephone line for advice servicesOver the past few weeks, I have spoken to a number of local citizens advice bureaux that, as would always be the case, are concerned about the impact of social security cuts at…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald). When I told him that he had come top of the private Member’s Bills…15 Jul 2022HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. As well as reforming some of the issues around proxy voting in this place, which I accept impacts only a small amount of us, the Independent…15 Jul 2022HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillI am grateful to the Minister for her discussions with officials in her Department, but will she undertake to have a conversation with the Leader of the House and business…15 Jul 2022HANSARDGender Pension Gap1. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the gender pension gap.13 Jul 2022HANSARDGender Pension GapMy constituents in Swinton regularly tell me that the gender pensions gap is exacerbated as a result of a lack of ambition on the part of the Government regarding auto-enrolment.…13 Jul 2022HANSARDMinisters’ Severance PayA supermarket worker from Shettleston would not get thousands of pounds in a severance payment. Why should Rishi Sunak, the richest man in Parliament, get a severance payment?11 Jul 2022HANSARDMinisters’ Severance PayPrime Ministerial hopeful, surely.11 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of LivingThe hon. Lady hits the nail on the head. She has rightly put the scale of the cuts into context, and there is a point for the Government to reflect on here. They will think, after…05 Jul 2022HANSARDZero-emission BusesI would not seek to compete with Renfrewshire, but does my hon. Friend agree that organisations such as Community Transport Glasgow, which is based in the Shettleston area of my…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Saturday, I met RMT Scotland workers on the picket line at Glasgow central station and was incredibly proud to do so. One of the things they told me is that they are sick,…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate or a statement from the Government on round 2 of the levelling-up fund? My local authority, Glasgow City Council, is putting in an ambitious bid for the…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Adviser on Ministerial InterestsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman spoke about the fact that the code was designed under John Major in the 1990s, although John Major’s Government were not exactly without…21 Jun 2022HANSARD Adviser on Ministerial InterestsIn response to the point made by the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell), I accept that the Procedure Committee does have a role—and I was a member of the Procedure…21 Jun 2022HANSARD Adviser on Ministerial InterestsI would contend that the motion is more an issue of House business than necessarily of the constitution, but we may disagree on that. I want to go back to what the hon. Gentleman…21 Jun 2022HANSARD Adviser on Ministerial InterestsThe Minister’s repeated reference to “in due course” has piqued the interest of those of us familiar with the work of Sir Humphrey Appleby. Will he go a little further and define…21 Jun 2022