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HANSARD Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI thank my hon. Friend for her statement. No one doubts her, and her team’s, absolute commitment to addressing the root causes of the abuse and exploitation that so many women and…02 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and the extensive work that he, his team and his officials have done to secure the international coalition of allies in the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was delighted to see the establishment of the disability advisory panel a week or so ago. [ Interruption. ] I am so sorry, Mr Speaker; I have a cold. How will the advisory panel…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI thank the Home Secretary for her statement, and I recognise the complexity of the issues that she is facing. I was very struck by Lord Dubs’s description of his personal…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI recognise the Foreign Secretary’s labours to get as many international allies on board and the importance of that, but clearly we must do more—this is not enough. Israel’s…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree that we need a more compassionate system, but I also believe we need a system that is co-produced by the people…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI hope the hon. Member does not mind my intervening on him, but I want to pick up on the point he was making about people that come to this country and take benefits. Is he aware…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillLet us be clear: this will apply to newly acquired conditions in particular. My argument is that by delaying the changes, we can ensure that people with a newly acquired…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI will speak to my amendment 2(b) and the amendments associated with it. Before I get to the substance of my remarks, I thank the Bill Committee Clerks for their invaluable advice…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]I agree with my hon. Friend—we hosted a Football Families for Justice event a few months ago. Most people are not aware that not all footballers make thousands and thousands of…08 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI want to make three points. First, we recognise that defined-contribution pension schemes have around £500 billion in assets under management. Around 20% of these assets are…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillDoes the right hon. Member accept that he might be atypical among scheme members?07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI understand what my hon. Friend says. There is always a balance to be found with long-term financial decisions, but this is partly a political decision, so I point to the…07 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillNo—I am sorry, but I will not get an extra minute. Pushing people into poverty will, in itself, worsen their condition. It will make it easier for people to live independently,…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI have not yet seen the details, but it is a subject that I raised, and, as we know, the funding will follow. Covid exacerbated these problems, as did the mental health crisis…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Torbay (Steve Darling), my fellow Select Committee Member. I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State about…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWe have to ensure that that does not happen. There are risks: I am being very honest about that. As we heard in the evidence that my Committee received as part of our “Pathways to…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her statement. I absolutely agree that we must reform our social security system; under the previous Government, it neither supported nor…30 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ8. In Oldham, 727 families are currently living in temporary accommodation, and 8,000 families are on the waiting list. That obviously has a devastating impact, particularly on…25 Jun 2025HANSARDRecognition of the State of PalestineCan my hon. Friend update me on the conference that was due to be held at the weekend but was postponed following the bombing of Iran by Israel, at which the potential for…24 Jun 2025