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HANSARDUniversal Credit: Financial ResilienceI hope the Minister will forgive me, but I was hoping to address my question to the new Secretary of State. I am interested to know what she has learned so far about the five-week…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is deliberately dodging questions this afternoon, which suggests that he still has not got his head around the House’s scrutineering role…25 Sept 2019HANSARD School Funding: East AngliaWe all agree that any money is welcome, but it is not right to say that our schools can wait for one, two or three years. There is a school in south Cambridgeshire—admittedly not…03 Sept 2019HANSARD School Funding: East AngliaI suppose the question I have is: what on earth are my schools supposed to do now? Compared with, for example, a Westminster school, we get roughly £1,600 less per head per year,…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingThe judgment is welcome, of course, because it will provide more support to people with mental health conditions, but it does prompt a question, regardless of who brought the…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Decriminalisation of AbortionI sense that the Minister is genuinely trying to help. There is some irony in that we have been trying for so long to amend legislation in Northern Ireland to reflect what we have…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food BanksI am afraid to say to the Minister that the advance payment is missing the point. The biggest driver of people going to food banks is the five-week wait. Because of the benefit…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Breathing Space SchemeThe announcement of the scheme is brilliant news and I welcome the statement enormously, and particularly the parts on the inclusion of Government debt in the scheme. I also…19 Jun 2019HANSARD EU/British Citizens’ RightsThe hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) has been incredibly patient on this topic, as has, indeed, the whole House. In case the Minister has forgotten, the hon.…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresI beg to move, That this House has considered Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG funding pressures. I start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for granting me this…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresForgive me if I am mistaken, but I thought I heard the Minister agree that the growth was in fact 0.6% above the England average. If it is, why on earth are we working on the ONS…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresAm I allowed to intervene?11 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresThe hon. Gentleman, who is my neighbour, is absolutely right. Everyone knows that Cambridge and the surrounding region are growing, yet somehow we are expected to manage on less…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresThank you, Mr Hollobone. Forgive me—I have not led a Westminster Hall debate before. I accept all that the Minister has said, and it is a difficult matter, but the statistics are…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresI appreciate the sincerity, and my CCG knows that NHS England intends to improve the formula to make it more representative. However, a question remains, and it is the same…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding PressuresWhile the Minister’s inspiration is working diligently on the back row behind him, may I ask to be included in that? If we do not have time now, perhaps the Minister could come…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Revoking Article 50I seek leave to propose that the House should debate a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely the revocation of the UK’s article 50…20 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionPeople talk about the divisiveness of a second referendum, which seems to be the biggest reason not to have one. To follow on from the hon. Lady’s point, however, I would argue…01 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI am sure the hon. Lady is as curious as I am about tonight’s documentary with Laura Kuenssberg, in which the Tory party Chief Whip says that his recommendation in the early days…01 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI appreciate that everybody’s diaries are incredibly busy in Westminster, but I find it extraordinary that there is now literally nobody on the side of the House that is…01 Apr 2019