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HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I join colleagues in thanking the Petitions Committee for securing this debate, and I thank Mr Li for instigating the…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q Clearly you are talking about a large administrative challenge, but also about building capacity. We know the funds need capacity to raise their investment sophistication and…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q I am really glad that you both mentioned governance, because that absolutely stands at the heart of this. You also mentioned conflicts. We have not talked much about the role of…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q Patrick, we have heard loud and clear your message that getting the value for money framework right is at the core of this. The Bill aims to put that on a sound footing. Which…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (First sitting)Q I want to build on the questions that the hon. Member for Mid Leicestershire and my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol North East were raising. Obviously, part of the challenge…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q The Minister picked up a point that I was going to touch on, but I would like to ask about broader consolidation. Councillor Phillips, you mentioned that often councils are…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)Q How do you see the Bill helping? Councillor Phillips: From that point of view, it is very helpful. Because we are a very transparent pension fund, pressure will be put on some…02 Sept 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingDoes the hon. Gentleman also care about deep poverty? That increased to a point where four in 10 children who were in poverty under the Conservatives were in deep poverty. Will he…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingDoes my hon. Friend agree that, exactly because of those problems, we should all welcome the uplift to the basic rate of UC, which will lift the income of 6.5 million families?15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesThis is the Government who got trade deals that the Conservative party failed to do, and saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. Are you saying that you would not have signed those…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI rise to speak against amendment (a) to amendment 2, amendments 45 and 52, and new clause 12. The creation of the modern welfare state by the 1945 Labour Government remains one…09 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesIt is always amusing to hear the shadow Chancellor, who presided over a crisis in the welfare system, complain about this Government’s actions to restore fiscal stability. It is…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseUnder the last Government, fly-tipping skyrocketed while prosecutions fell, and places like Burnt Oak, Colindale and west Hendon in my constituency paid the price. It is fantastic…26 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Dozens of people from my Hendon constituency have been stranded in Israel and Iran. I thank the Foreign Secretary for his hard work…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Disabled People in PovertyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. If we are to be serious about tackling poverty among disabled people, we need to be honest and focused on tackling its…17 Jun 2025HANSARD Disabled People in PovertyNo thank you; I have very little time. We have to deal with the root causes, so we have to focus on work. We also have to deal with the sustainability of the system, which is…17 Jun 2025HANSARDLeasehold ReformI congratulate the Government on the bold action they are taking to end the feudal leasehold system for good, which will ensure that future flat owners will never again be treated…09 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank hon. Members for engaging in the debate and I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter…09 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the way he is setting out his case, given the sensitivity of this issue. Would he accept—I cannot, unfortunately, speak for the halal…09 Jun 2025HANSARDLeasehold Reform11. What steps she plans to take to reform the leasehold system.09 Jun 2025