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HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Lady should recognise that looking after the public finances, minimising fraud and ensuring that this House keeps control of public expenditure is exactly in the…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillIf the hon. Lady wants to tell me that the Bill is not confused or divisive and has not been driven by the ructions on the Back Benches, I look forward to hearing her intervention.09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight the plight of cancer sufferers and the need to have a system that is more generous to those who genuinely need it, but is also…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI absolutely agree with the hon. Lady that we should consider such people. I think of the lady who came to see me on Saturday at my street surgery. She was concerned about the…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that, as the benefit system grows, the likelihood is that fraud will grow within it. I applaud all efforts to crack down on fraud. I want to see…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI would happily give way if there were Labour Members who had an interest in controlling the public finances rather than running up the national credit card irresponsibly, which…09 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsThat is not in order.09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillAs we in this Chamber know, the next wave that comes along and buffets this Labour Government from the left comes all too often from the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy),…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate. The Bill is being rushed through by a Labour Government desperate to paper over the cracks in an economy that they themselves have…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillIf the hon. Gentleman, who is so energetically rising from his place, can tell us how he is committed to ensuring that the public finances of this country are kept in a healthy…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillGiven the scale of welfare fraud that we have seen in recent years—it already costs the taxpayer more than £8 billion—it is only right that we get a proper handle on where…09 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsI thank Sir Brian Leveson for his work and applaud all efforts to speed up the system, but what reassurance can the Minister give my constituents, who will see a reduction in…09 Jul 2025HANSARDAlcohol and CancerI remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak in the debate.08 Jul 2025HANSARDAlcohol and CancerI will call the Liberal Democrat spokesman at 10.28 am.08 Jul 2025HANSARDPrison CapacityIn the light of the pressure on prison places, what assessment has the Minister made of the Government’s early release scheme, under which nearly a quarter of those released…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: CambridgeshireI remind Members that they may only make a speech with prior permission from the Member in charge and the Minister. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Generative Artificial Intelligence: SchoolsWill the Minister give way?08 Jul 2025HANSARD Generative Artificial Intelligence: SchoolsI apologise for not being here at the start, and I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. To what extent is he concerned about biases within the models? Most of the major…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Lady is always fair-minded in the Chamber and outside. She will recognise that 2.5 million, or perhaps as many as 3 million, more disabled people entered the workforce…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Billrose —01 Jul 2025