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HANSARD Benefit CapAbsolutely. My hon. Friend is a doughty champion of the children of Renfrewshire. This is a topic that we discuss regularly in our policy teams. He is right to place on record the…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapCut to universal credit.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; 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 CapIt is a honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith). In opening this debate, I place on record my sincere thanks to Mr Speaker and his team…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance paymentsI wish you a good morning, Madam Deputy Speaker. There is no one that I would rather spend time breakfasting with than a daughter of Elderslie. I rise to present a petition on…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not think anybody in the House would disagree with the need to move ahead with sanctions, but the Lord President of the Council will be aware that we already have legislation…28 Feb 2022HANSARDIndia-UK Trade NegotiationsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?22 Feb 2022HANSARDIndia-UK Trade NegotiationsIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes). I too put on record my support for Jagtar Singh Johal, who is a son of the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2022
Draft Tax Credits, Child Benefits and Guardians Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2022 It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I will not detain the Committee for too long given that we are expecting a vote in the House but I want to put on the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDIndia-UK Trade NegotiationsI am glad the hon. Gentleman has touched on that. I discussed the issue in a meeting with the Prime Minister. Thankfully, there was an undertaking that he would raise the issue.…22 Feb 2022HANSARDIndia-UK Trade NegotiationsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I think he has given me this opportunity before gets himself into a bit of a hole. First, he had a pop at independence, only to…22 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityI wonder what it says about the Government’s global Britain image around the world when they send Ministers away on their £500,000 jets. Do they go abroad to talk to people about…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsWill the Minister allow me to chunter on that?07 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know the benefits regime is counterproductive and punitive. In 2016, the National Audit Office told the Department for Work and Pensions to carry out its own research into…07 Feb 2022