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HANSARDProduct SafetyI recently attended an Electrical Safety First event on the dangers of buying second-hand electrical goods. The reality is that many people buy second-hand electrical goods,…16 Jul 2019HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans, for the first time I believe. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) for securing this…11 Jul 2019HANSARDElectrical Products: Online SalesWill the Minister recognise that in the current climate, the financial pressures on local authorities make it more difficult for them to have the capacity to deal with some of the…09 Jul 2019HANSARDElectrical Products: Online SalesI thank my hon. Friend for the case she is making in her own inimitable style. Does she agree that more needs to be done not only on online platforms, as she mentions, but on…09 Jul 2019HANSARDOutsourced ContractsA recent report by the Public Accounts Committee found that less than half of personnel would recommend the housing maintenance service provided by the company, Amey. Amey’s…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Roll-out21. Universal credit was rolled out in my area last year. Staff at my local citizens advice bureau found that, last year, 1,882 people contacted them in relation to debt linked to…01 Jul 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) on securing the debate and on the case that…26 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate Emergency17. As has been said, this House declared a climate emergency on 1 May. In recent weeks, pupils at Abercanaid Community School and Ysgol Rhyd y Grug in my constituency have been…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersMight not many of these tumble dryers have been resold in the second-hand market? If so, what is the Minister doing to assess the dangers of the resale of such machines, bearing…17 Jun 2019HANSARDRoad Safety7. What steps his Department is taking to improve road safety.13 Jun 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyIn August 2017, 22-month-old Pearl Melody Black from Merthyr Tydfil was killed after a runaway car hit a wall, which fell on top of her. The current legislation did not allow the…13 Jun 2019HANSARDHoover Pension Fund DeficitI agree 100%. The hon. Gentleman outlines the fact that people yet to reach pension age will experience a 10% reduction, which will cause huge difficulty. Unfortunately, the case…11 Jun 2019HANSARDHoover Pension Fund DeficitI beg to move, That this House has considered the Hoover pension fund deficit. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. We are here to discuss the Hoover…11 Jun 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sSome 3,220 people in my constituency currently benefit from this policy. No matter which way the Secretary of State tries to dress it up, to transfer the responsibility to the BBC…11 Jun 2019HANSARDHoover Pension Fund DeficitI appreciate the Minister’s point about the Pension Protection Fund and how different the situation would have been had it not intervened. However, the central point I was trying…11 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThis debate is primarily about the availability of Orkambi in England. The 540 of my constituents who signed the petition and Rebecka and Matthew Bow, who contacted me on behalf…10 Jun 2019HANSARDFord in BridgendComing on the back of the similar announcement by Honda, this announcement by Ford will have a devastating impact on its workers and on the supply chain right across south Wales,…10 Jun 2019HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and agree with her. She talks about the injustice of this, which I will come on to later. I pay tribute to her for the campaigning…10 Jun 2019HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension SchemeI am pleased to be able to speak in this debate and I thank the Benchbench Business Committee for bringing it forward. I really hope that tonight’s debate will give the Government…10 Jun 2019HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension SchemeI agree with my hon. Friend’s comments. The history of our coalfields is littered with examples of the sacrifices that our communities and miners made, and it is important that…10 Jun 2019