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HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that point. That should certainly be part of the review, but one or two other issues, which I will talk about, are critical to reform…16 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceThe hon. Member is absolutely right. I include young carers; indeed, I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group on young carers and young adult carers, and I invite him to…16 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceThe right hon. Gentleman makes exactly the right point and as her MP I am pursuing that line of argument, but we need a change of culture and attitude at the DWP to be able to…16 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceThank you, Mr Speaker. The hon. Gentleman is of course right and I pay tribute to his constituent, who was lucky enough to be presented the award by Mr Speaker. He is right about…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareOther opticians are available.16 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceFor carers who can receive carer’s allowance, which does not include young carers, it is a lifeline. Carer’s allowance is the main financial support available but, frankly, as the…16 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceWhen he was Secretary of State, did the right hon. Gentleman ask what proportion of overpayments were due to egregious fraud and what proportion were due to being a small amount…16 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am disappointed about the youth mobility scheme—maybe we can come back to that—but the Prime Minister is right to say that one of the many problems for our economy coming from…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsAcross this House, we all agree that we need to get our economy growing strongly again so that we can improve people’s lives and raise the money for our public services. The…09 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. On the anniversary of the horrific attacks in Israel, we remember the victims, the people taken hostage and their…07 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI associate myself and my party with the earlier comments from the Prime Minister about our amazing late Queen, and join him in sending our best wishes to her Royal Highness the…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for that answer. I will look at the plans the Government are putting forward. Last night, Liberal Democrats voted against withdrawing winter fuel…11 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI thank the Prime Minister for his extremely powerful comments and associate my party with all of them. The Grenfell disaster is a tragedy that shames our whole society. The…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe recognise the appalling financial problems left to the Prime Minister by the last Conservative Government, but no one understands the difficult decisions required to balance…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI echo the Prime Minister’s words about the terrible tragedy at Grenfell. I welcome the inquiry and look forward to discussing the statement shortly. For the past 18 years, Norman…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the Prime Minister to his place for his first Prime Minister’s questions. I associate myself and my party with the comments he made about the appalling attack on the…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful for the Prime Minister’s response. I hope he will look at the matter of carer’s allowance. Family carers save the taxpayer £162 billion a year. If we get this right,…24 Jul 2024HANSARD NATO and European Political Community MeetingsI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of the statement. Closer co-operation with our European neighbours is absolutely essential, whether on Russia’s illegal war against…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressOn behalf of the Liberal Democrats, I add our sincere thanks to His Majesty King Charles for his Gracious Speech. Like other party leaders, I wish him well as he continues his…17 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressI am disappointed in the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. We can all go back to things that other parties did in government and say that they were wrong. I would just say to him…17 Jul 2024