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HANSARDFootball GovernanceI too pay tribute to my friend the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for all the work that she has done. Unfortunately, as we have already heard, Oldham…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateTrust and confidence in our democracy is at an all-time low. Does the Prime Minister accept his part in that lack of confidence and trust? Should we not put the ministerial code…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillDoes the hon. Gentleman, with whom I served on the Joint Committee on the draft Bill, agree, having listened to the evidence of the whistleblower Frances Haugen about how…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillWill the Minister give way?19 Apr 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceForewarned is forearmed, as they say, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran). I congratulate her not only on…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceI am listening keenly to the Minister, but the issue is that this is an infectious disease that is contracted partly as a result of exposure, and there is clear evidence that…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportI, too, pay tribute to the families named in what is a truly shocking report. I am sorry, but I have not read all the recommendations, so may I ask the Secretary of State whether,…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillDoes the Minister want to comment on the fact that 100-plus organisations—and not just those 100 organisations, including the BMA, but former chief executives of NHS England—are…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI would be grateful if the Minister answered my question about the triple aims, and the impact of not including in them an explicit reference to health inequalities. The Bill…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillWill the Minister give way?30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI want to ask the Minister about two matters. First, why are health inequalities not explicitly mentioned among the triple aims of the Bill? Secondly, on the membership of ICBs, I…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillWill the Minister give way?30 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI think lots of my colleagues would say that we have tabled the motion because it gets to the heart of who we are as a country and a democracy. Given the Prime Minister’s…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsWill the Minister comment on the figures released by the Office for National Statistics today, which state that men and women living in the most deprived parts of the country were…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsWe would also make sure that we fulfilled our commitment to the international community on providing the vaccinations that it needs. There are still more than 2 billion people who…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsOn top of those groups, which my hon. Friend is right to mention, there are also family carers, who are concerned that they may be prevented from having access to their family…29 Mar 2022HANSARDBill of Rights and Human Rights Act 1998Contrary to the comments of the last questioner, the Law Society has said that the Government’s Human Rights Act proposals “do not recognise the significant benefits that have…22 Mar 2022HANSARDBill of Rights and Human Rights Act 199815. What steps he is taking to reform the Human Rights Act.22 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersThe respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation annual poverty report shows increasing poverty over people’s life course—children, working age adults and pensioners. Both the JRF and the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUpskilling and Changing Career PathsWe know we are at record levels of in-work poverty, with more than 8 million people in that category, so why are three out of four people who were in low-paid work in 2010 still…21 Mar 2022