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HANSARD Business of the HouseFor now.19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingStoke-on-Trent is wonderfully served by the Dougie Mac and Donna Louise hospices. They are part of a healthcare system in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent that the Minister knows…19 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights: Terminal IllnessI thank my hon. Friend for the work that he has done on the campaign across the midlands and across the country. I was very proud to support it when I was last in this place. The…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Provisional Local Government Finance SettlementAfter eight years of Conservative rule in Stoke-on-Trent, the council was taken to the brink of bankruptcy, and the Minister will be well aware of the extraordinary financial…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Office of the WhistleblowerI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish an independent Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing; to make provision for…18 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe phrase damned by faint praise springs to mind. To be clear, I think the analysis of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the state in which we found the public finances is…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillNo—I will give way in a second. Savana is the provider of the rape and sexual advice service in Stoke-on-Trent. It gets all its money from the Ministry of Justice; it is…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAgain, if my hon. Friend bears with me, I will get to that point, but I absolutely agree in principle that taxation in this country should fall on those most able to make that…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIf the right hon. Gentleman hangs fire, he may be surprised by some of the things I will say as I try to progress my speech. Although, in that context, is it not laughable and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI wish to start by reflecting on something that the hon. Member for Grantham and Bourne (Gareth Davies) said in his opening speech. He talked about socialists thinking that taxes…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI often think that we do not hear enough from the right hon. Gentleman, so on this one occasion I will give way.17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Gentleman is making an eloquent argument against increasing the employer’s part of national insurance contributions. Yet he himself voted for the health and social care…17 Dec 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportThis will be a sad moment for the 4,000 women in Stoke-on-Trent Central who I have campaigned alongside for justice and a fair transition. I understand the Secretary of State’s…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat assurances can the Minister give me that energy-intensive industries in Stoke-on-Trent, such as ceramics, will benefit from the investment coming from this Government and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI actually do not agree with the hon. Gentleman’s assessment, because in my city of Stoke-on-Trent, when there is need, people arrive to offer help. It is one of the things that…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI absolutely agree. If the hon. Lady will bear with me, I will come to exactly that point later on. My constituency is often in the top 50 for social and economic deprivation, and…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I rise to support the Bill because we basically live in a monopoly. We live in a situation where a group of companies control an incredibly essential part of everyday life—a part…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]And how is that going?16 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionStoke-on-Trent is already a unitary authority, but it is surrounded on either side by a two-tier district system of Newcastle and Staffordshire Moorlands, who are our friendly…16 Dec 2024