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HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I extend my thanks to the petitioners, those who have organised the petition, Reunite Families UK and the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention; he is absolutely correct. Although I am pleased and delighted that the Government have commissioned a Migration Advisory…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementAbsolutely. My hon. Friend reinforces previous comments and interventions. He is absolutely correct. That arbitrary threshold is worse for individuals who live in relatively low…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) for securing the debate, and…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI appreciate that being newly in post is difficult, but can I clarify something? The Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for East Wiltshire (Danny Kruger), said that the changes…15 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ13. You can never have too many Morrises, Mr Speaker.To their credit, in their first Budget the Labour Government transferred the mineworkers’ pension scheme investment reserve…15 Jan 2025HANSARDDrones: High-security PrisonsThe Prison Officers’ Association has been saying for the past five years that the threat of drones destabilises our prisons and poses a massive security risk. Let me draw the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. From 7 November to 7 December, Northern Rail cancelled 460 services across the Tyne, Tees and Wear region. An average of 20 services a day were either cancelled or…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know. Will the Secretary of State facilitate a meeting with the Rail Minister to put in place an urgent action plan and address the issues of staff shortages?09 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn behalf of my constituents, I want to thank the Secretary of State, the Minister of State, the Parliamentary Private Secretaries and the whole team for the excellent work that…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Homeless Families: Relocation outside LondonI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am not suggesting that it is a problem that affects only Easington or County Durham; I am trying to highlight that it is an…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Homeless Families: Relocation outside LondonI completely agree. This is not care; it is coercion. Homelessness is an ever-present spectre of our time. According to a survey by the Big Issue , two thirds of private renters…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Homeless Families: Relocation outside LondonI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The whole purpose of this debate is to draw attention to the fact that the actions of some—not all—local authorities are illegal…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Homeless Families: Relocation outside LondonThe Minister is being very generous. The point that I am trying to make is not about sanctions against the tenants; they are the victims in all this, often moved against their…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Homeless Families: Relocation outside LondonThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to raise a very important issue that reflects not just a housing crisis, but a crisis of fairness, compassion and…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Kinship CarersI compliment my hon. Friend on securing this debate and being a champion for kinship carers, not just in this Parliament but previously. Does he recognise that the situation for…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Kinship CarersI am grateful for the Government’s emphasis and focus on kinship carers. We are all desperately awaiting the announcement of the 10 pilot areas, but does the Minister recognise…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI am in no doubt that the Labour Government have a terrible inheritance on SEND provision, but children in my constituency of Easington who rely on services provided by the Tees,…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I add my voice to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols) in respect of the ONS report released yesterday, which showed that 5,448 deaths…24 Oct 2024HANSARDHorseracingThank you very much, Sir Edward—it is very kind of you to call me so early in the debate. I declare an interest as the vice-chairman of the APPG on racing and bloodstock. It is a…24 Oct 2024