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HANSARD Royal British LegionThe hon. Member is spot-on; it is pivotal to ensure that the story is continued all the way through, not only in our nation but across the world. He leads me nicely on to my next…01 Apr 2025HANSARD NHS Pensions( Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on NHS pensions in the light of the statutory deadline for both remediable…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Royal British LegionI beg to move, That this House has considered the contribution of the Royal British Legion. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. The poppy stands tall,…01 Apr 2025HANSARD NHS PensionsWhat is going on with NHS pensions administration under this Government? I declare an interest as someone with an NHS pension. Today, the Government have missed the statutory…01 Apr 2025HANSARDEating Disorder AwarenessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart, for your maiden appearance as Westminster Hall Chair. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for…01 Apr 2025HANSARD PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceTo help families, the last Government put in place the household support fund, which this Government have continued. However, it is due to run out in 2026, when the Minister’s…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Hughes Report: First AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Ms Furniss. As a GP who has seen patients with valproate and mesh injuries, standing here with a chance to raise this issue is…27 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementThe Chancellor has created a storm and is now complaining about the rain. She increased spending to £70 billion, she increased borrowing by £30 billion, and she increased tax by…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Since 14 January, I have tabled 15 named day written parliamentary questions to the Department of Health and Social Care. Fourteen have received a…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity PharmacyNow that the Secretary of State is abolishing NHS England, will he listen to the calls from the National Pharmacy Association and the Independent Pharmacies Association, and…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity PharmacyThe National Pharmacy Association, which has been waiting for months to get the answer, is advising all its 6,000 pharmacy members to reduce services and hours, for the first time…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillLeicestershire is a prime example of where these things are happening. The target for Leicester city—where the infrastructure and plenty of brownfield sites are—is reducing by…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillIn chapter 2, proposed new clause 12H(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 mentions the draft spatial development strategy and brings in a raft of changes,…24 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentGoing back to data, this policy does not just impact pensioners, because the Government seconded 500 extra staff to try to deal with pension credit. We know, from another written…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill the Minister give way on the data processing point?19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAfter yesterday’s announcement about benefit changes and benefit cuts, the Government have said that they want more people to go into work. A lot of help to get people into work…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill the hon. Gentleman give way?19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Member talks about simplicity. If that is the case, why is the Government splitting the NICs? They could have introduced an increase on employees at the same time as the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe Department for Work and Pensions states that it works to a planned timescale of 50 working days for processing applications. However, on 9 December, in response to my written…19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe Minister has talked about the growth mission, which is the Government’s raison d’être, but last week we found out that the economy had shrunk. Has he done any work to find out…19 Mar 2025