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HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Lady is spot on. Sometimes, Ministers overlook when they take those decisions—yes, they might be driven by focus groups and such things—that the state bears the cost. If…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWill the Minister give way?04 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI am proud that the Scottish Government invest in things such as the best start grant, the baby box and free school meals, to ensure that young people get the best possible start…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the Minister for her continued collegiate approach to this issue. As others have said, it is disappointing…03 Jul 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI am certainly not going to stray into the Contempt of Court Act 1981, as I am sure the Minister would not either as a former solicitor. Given that he seems to know so much about…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyWill the Minister give way?28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyCan I just confirm that the position of the Labour Front Bench is that Labour would implement the recommendations of the public sector pay review bodies?28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir George. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on securing the debate. It is one of those hour-long debates…28 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. One way of reducing reoffending is to ensure that returning citizens can get into employment when they leave prison. Given that a number of former prisoners experience…27 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living SupportI too thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement, although in reality it is a nine-page press release rehash of previous Government announcements. The only new thing…20 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonDoes it not make a bit of a mockery of the process that the report recommends that Boris Johnson should not have a former Member’s pass, yet he still has the privilege of sitting…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Parental Leave and PayIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr McCabe. I join the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) in paying tribute to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North…19 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, I was in Aberdeen to attend the annual conference of the Scottish Pensioners’ Forum and outline why we think an independent Scotland would be the best place to grow…19 Jun 2023HANSARDIn-work PovertyThe reality is that after 13 long, cold years of Conservative rule, people have never worked harder, but never felt poorer. We know that 2.6 million people on fixed-rate mortgages…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Parental Leave and PayThe Act was originally my Bill, so I am familiar with it. There is a slight issue with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs dragging its heels. Notwithstanding what the Minister said…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Parental Leave and PayI do not intend to make this issue a party political point. Knowing the Minister very well, I think there is a genuine willingness to try and fix the issue. It is not something…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Parental Leave and PayThe hon. Member makes the powerful point that more often than not it falls to the third sector to step in and support people. Does he agree that it is not a sign of the big…19 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitGoing back to the substance of the motion we have brought before the House, can the Minister briefly outline the Government’s objection to each of the eight paragraphs of the…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitWill the hon. Gentleman outline, for the importance of context and the record, how many Labour MPs also abstained on that vote on 19 December?14 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitWill my hon. Friend might lend me her Order Paper? The one I have might be out of date, but it does not show an amendment from the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter…14 Jun 2023