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HANSARDWomen VeteransMy constituent Katie has served in the RAF for 25 years. In preparation for her return to civilian life, she secured an MOD rentals tenancy to provide housing stability before she…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am extremely grateful. My hon. Friend is setting out a powerful case. We are puzzled, because a system designed for ordinary workers that has a sensible cap is now being opened…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillLabour colleagues shake their heads as my hon. Friend lays out the blindingly obvious. That goes to show why introducing a measure at the last minute during ping-pong is…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill my hon. Friend give way?15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWe did not hear it from the Minister, so could the hon. Member please explain the case for removing the cap?15 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate in Government time on the quality of parcel delivery services? Prompted by constituents, just last night I asked about Evri on Facebook. I have more than 100…11 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkTom, the landlord of the Kings Head in Hedon, heard on Budget day that business rates would be cut for businesses like his. Instead, the rateable value of that pub, which provides…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkMy hon. Friend may be aware that just across the channel in France, high regulation and high tax has led to consistent, long-term high youth unemployment. Speaking of Andy…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkWhat seems to be missing on the Government Benches is any recognition of the growing anger among young people at the fact that they are being shut out of the jobs market. It is…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, and he is entirely right about the impact on seasonal workers, but we should always look beyond the producers to the consumers. What…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkWill the Minister give way?10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkWill the Minister give way?10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkWould the Minister like to apologise to the more than 280,000 people who are not in work now, compared with the level of unemployment last year, and could she spell out how a…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerWill my right hon. Friend give way?10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy right hon. Friend is right to put his finger on the issue of trust. It is not the 280,000 people who are not employed now compared with last year; it is not the lost…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI wonder how best this behaviour can be described—as a falsehood, an untruth, a fib, a lie or a whopper, or are there other synonyms that better describe the repeated failure to…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI think it is the dishonesty that is catching at everybody’s throat. A year ago at the Budget, the Chancellor said that she was not going to freeze income tax thresholds because—I…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerWill the Minister give way?10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerOn the issue of the manifesto, will the Minister confirm that it does not say that it would not raise the income tax rates? It just says that it would not raise those taxes. The…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerLet me make a point before the hon. Lady makes it herself: the jobs tax is a peculiarly misconceived tax. It is a £25 billion or £26 billion hit on the real economy, with all the…10 Dec 2025