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HANSARDRare Autoimmune Rheumatic DiseasesIt is a pleasure to serve under your leadership, Dr Huq, and thank you for the introduction. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for his detailed canter through a…10 Dec 2024HANSARDLegislation on FuneralsAs the Minister knows, we have been in correspondence about that sector. She kindly wrote back to me to say that the Fuller inquiry’s phase 2 interim report has been released. My…10 Dec 2024HANSARDLegislation on Funerals5. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation on funerals.10 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillI think that the volunteer side in particular is concerning a lot of people. One thing that strikes me about new clause 2 is that, given that these are often volunteer…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillFor me, when we think about creating the regulator, it is about ensuring that it is effective. It needs to be staffed and funded appropriately, and we need to ensure that it does…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillI was fortunate enough to listen to the hon. Gentleman’s Westminster Hall debate on the Edinburgh fringe and its success around the world. That is a prime example of where the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillI too have lots of churches in my constituency, and while I fully support the legislation, I do worry about some of the rural churches. There is a risk of a fine, if they are not…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillWill the hon. Member give way?09 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillWithout the regulations and guidelines being set out clearly, there is a risk that businesses will worry about being fined quite heavily just because they do not quite know what…09 Dec 2024HANSARDSupport for Pensioners7. What fiscal steps she is taking to support pensioners.03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIs the hon. Member aware that the Royal College of General Practitioners said that it will cost 2.2 million appointments just to service the NIC payments that must be made? How…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the hon. Member give way on that point?03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe Minister talks about protecting businesses or charities, but hospices, for example, employ many more than four people. I cannot think of one hospice that does not employ more…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAbsolutely. Does the hon. Member realise that we had to deal with that because the amount that we had to borrow in 2010 was £158 billion? For the pandemic, it was £400 billion.…03 Dec 2024HANSARDSupport for PensionersIn September the Government released statistics showing that one in five pension credit claims were not being processed within 50 days, and I raised that in a written…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWe have heard a number of times from the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, and even from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury today, that allocations will be made in the usual…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillPart of the biggest problem that I have with the way this is being done, looking at the NHS as a whole, is that while at the front door of primary care the raising of national…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIs it not the biggest slap in the face for people listening to this that when Labour uses “working people”, it cannot define that term? Pub landlords and people working in…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe shadow Minister is an astute man, and he has picked up on some of the indices of concern. One of those is the economic confidence index, which in October was -52. In November,…03 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Reform9. What changes her Department is making to the national planning policy framework.02 Dec 2024