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HANSARDBannerman High School Anti-racism CharterEarlier this morning I was at Bannerman High School in Baillieston to sign its anti-racism charter. I am delighted to stand with them on this UN international day for the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsThroughout the Brexit campaign we heard the Government talk about the importance of taking back control of our borders, our waters and our laws. Which part of the P&O debacle does…21 Mar 2022HANSARD In-work PovertyIt is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I congratulate the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) on securing the debate. In the course of the…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) for securing today’s debate,…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. It would be remiss to allow the debate to pass without putting on record that statutory sick pay on these islands is among the lowest…08 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI rise to speak to amendment 63, which stands in my name and those of my colleagues. I am grateful to you, Dame Eleanor, for selecting it as a manuscript amendment, particularly…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for that. Even the Minister who is piloting the Elections Bill through in the Commons admitted that she had not read the Russia report, so it is no…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillIf I may, I will continue. The genesis of my amendment comes from the fact that the Bill, as drafted, would make provision for an individual to be found to have committed an…07 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Scotland Act 2016 (Social Security) (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Which of the powers that the Scottish Government recently acquired and are using does the hon. Lady have a dispute about? Is it the doubling of the game-changing Scottish child…07 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance and Information- Sharing) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2022It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees, and to follow a slightly playful hon. Member for Edinburgh South. I am glad that he and his party are now finally…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapAbsolutely; my hon. Friend makes that point eloquently. The issue is that the Government are making policy in their ivory towers in Whitehall without any understanding of the…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapYes, my fundamental position is that we need a root-and-branch review of the social security system. That safety net that is supposed to exist for some of the most marginalised…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Yes, like everybody on these Benches, I welcome the fact that the universal credit payment was uplifted by £20 a week, but does he…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapAbsolutely, and I pay tribute to my hon. Friend on that, because he presented a 10-minute rule Bill on this issue in the Chamber last week. I know it affects his constituents and…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapI will give way first to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady).01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapIt is a question on which I find myself reflecting an awful lot. We all come into politics for different reasons. As I outlined at the beginning of this debate, the Minister and I…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapAbsolutely. That is an issue I will perhaps touch on a little later in my speech. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to challenge the Government on that point, because I sometimes…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapI am very grateful to the hon. Member for his intervention. It is almost as though he had seen my speech, but that may not be the case. I like to think that he is the Mystic Meg…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapAbsolutely. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who I know is a trustee of Feeding Britain and has the Threehills Community trust in his constituency. He is right, and he sees at…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapEver since its introduction in 2013, the benefit cap has limited the support that some of the most vulnerable people in our constituencies receive. Based on the latest figures…01 Mar 2022