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HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewA couple of points seem to be coming up from this discussion. The first is that there were no shortages of PPE. That is patently not true. We have clear evidence that that was the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment's Management of the EconomyI am afraid I am worried that the Minister showed in his opening remarks that he is living in some parallel universe with no understanding of what millions of people are going…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI will leave it to another time to ask the Prime Minister why we did not have adequate PPE stocks given the fact that Exercise Cygnus in 2016 stipulated that we needed to increase…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareWith one of the highest covid death rates in the world, and with NHS workers under such incredible pressure, this is hardly the best time to be talking about yet another NHS…11 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial SecurityI am a regular in social security debates. Over the last 10 years, it has affected me deeply to learn how millions of our citizens are being treated by the state. I thought that…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Grooming GangsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Tackling violence and sexual exploitation has been one of my priorities since I was first elected in 2011, when during my roundtables with…03 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe know that there is a reduced antibody response against the new covid variants for vaccinated blood, but what is the level of change in vaccine efficacy, and what action is…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsDavid Clapson was a former serviceman who was sanctioned for a month by the Department for Work and Pensions after missing two jobcentre appointments. He died 18 days later after…01 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsGreenfield station in my constituency is completely inaccessible. Anyone with a mobility impairment or young children in a buggy may be able to get a train from Greenfield to…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMay I associate my remarks with others that have been made, and express my sincerest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one, particularly the constituents to whom I…27 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe Home Affairs Committee and the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus—in our report following our inquiry last year—recommended tighter border restrictions to suppress…26 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningWe all want schools and other educational settings to reopen as soon as it is safe to do so, and it is absolutely right for the shadow Education Secretary to be calling on the…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Environment BillThe Environment Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation that this place is currently scrutinising. That is not hyperbole; the evidence of the climate crisis and…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditUniversal credit has significant design flaws going back to its inception in 2012, but drastic cuts in social security spending in 2015 added to that. By the beginning of the…18 Jan 2021HANSARDLong CovidI, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) on securing this very important debate. It is understandable that in the middle of the covid…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Provisional Local Government Finance SettlementLike others, I am very concerned that the increase in local authority budgets is largely predicated on an assumption of a rise in council tax and the social care precept. This tax…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure that I am not the only one whose heart sang when I heard about the Oxford University covid vaccine, developed in partnership with AstraZeneca. Yesterday’s “Panorama”…15 Dec 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyUnder the Bail Act 1976, the courts can remand an adult to prison for their own “protection” or a child for their own “welfare”. This even happens when the criminal charge cannot…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyWhat progress he has made on implementing the female offender strategy.08 Dec 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In the UK, two women a week will die at the hands of their partner or ex-partner, and…26 Nov 2020