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HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable ClaimantsI thank my hon. Friend for that important question. As I said to my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), this is really important. The bedrock of the report…15 May 2025HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable ClaimantsYes, I would be very grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thank you.15 May 2025HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable ClaimantsThat was just the intervention that I needed. There have also been the cases of Jodey Whiting, Mark Wood and many, many others. Our report recognises the significance of every…15 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentIn addition to calling for the release of all hostages, Tom Fletcher, the UN emergency relief co-ordinator, asked last night what action we will tell future generations that we…14 May 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI basically want to thank the Minister. This has been quite a robust and rough journey, but he has listened to comments from across the House, analysed the arguments we have made…14 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 15 May we will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their homes and dispossessed, and it still…13 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for what she said about resolving the issues with the application process for Access to Work. Will she also kindly reassure disabled people…12 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI wholeheartedly support the Minister in his calls for de-escalation. I reiterate my condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in the attacks last month and overnight.…07 May 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: Disabled PeopleI will be brief. I want to draw Members’ attention to a report published on Friday that provides evidence of the impact by constituency. It clearly shows the impact on northern…07 May 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitI commend my hon. Friend on all the work he is doing—I know that a huge amount is going on behind the scenes—and particularly on the memorandum of understanding and the additional…29 Apr 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionI, too, associate myself with the condolences for the innocent families who have become victims of this appalling attack. It is important that there is an evidence-based…29 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I commend my right hon. Friend for making a fantastic speech. We should also commend the good owners of football clubs, such as Frank Rothwell and his family, who have made such a…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSpring StatementI recognise the difficulties that my right hon. Friend is facing, with the fiscal challenges and so on that she inherited. I also support the reforms that my right hon. Friend the…26 Mar 2025HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI welcome the energy efficiency measures that my right hon. Friend mentions, which will really make a difference to many families in the future, but what can the Government and…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI thank my right hon. Friend for her statement. I absolutely agree: our social security system is not fit for purpose. The measures, particularly those to increase employment…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWarm Homes Plan21. What steps he is taking to introduce the warm homes plan.18 Mar 2025HANSARDBenefit Reforms: Disabled PeopleCan my right hon. Friend confirm that there will be an analysis alongside the Green Paper on the impacts it will have on poverty, employment and health?17 Mar 2025HANSARD Kashmir: Human Rights and PeaceMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Does he agree that the detention of human rights activists, such as Khurram Parvez, is particularly egregious? That individual has…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Kashmir: Human Rights and PeaceThere are various conflicts across the world at the moment and conflicts always require mediators to end them. Given our history with the continent, can the Minister explain why…12 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: Support for SMEsIn January it was reported that nearly 7,000 construction firms were on the brink of insolvency—that is on top of the 4,000 that folded last year. A major cause of this is payment…06 Mar 2025