Contributions
484 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityI want to put some human context into this debate. I saw on social media this weekend a comment by a single parent. She said: “It’s difficult to imagine without experiencing it…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityThat comes from a single parent and it sets the tone for this debate. The country is badly fractured and, sadly, broken. Kids cannot eat and pensioners cannot eat, yet sales of…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityThat does not matter to people who are suffering greatly in our communities. If they are sitting at the table with nothing to eat in the morning or at teatime at night, they are…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityIf we have a look at the grotesque inequality in this country, and at those who have and those who have not, we see that there has been a 500% increase in the number of…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The Minister will be very much aware that Dupuytren’s contracture is a prescribed industrial disease, but the prescription for that disease is causing so much confusion and…07 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsDoes my hon. Friend agree that we expect human rights issues in countries to be discussed and ironed out in free trade agreements, arrangements, discussions and negotiations? He…02 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsThere have been 40 community activists killed already this year, and there have been 13 massacres. As I have said twice already, that cannot continue. Can the Minister give this…02 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsIt is good that an issue as important as international human rights has been brought to this Chamber. Does my hon. Friend agree that we have to start dealing with such issues in…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpThe levelling-up programme should not just be about shiny infrastructure projects. It should be about real people and life opportunities. Life expectancy is not addressed in this…02 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteI fully agree. What could the Government have used £8.7 billion for? A new hospital in my hon. Friend’s constituency? Other hospitals and clinics? Looking after the 6 million…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteIt is quite simple really: the Tories cannot be trusted with taxpayers’ money. Since we have been in the Chamber, headlines in the national news have described as jaw-dropping the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living21. If he will offer further support to people struggling with the rise in the cost of living.01 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of LivingIt is not good enough to simply say that work lifts people out of poverty when we know that millions of people up and down this country with one job, two jobs or three jobs are…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Future of the NHSOn that point, my hon. Friend mentions that the NHS is running on empty—of course it is. A Unite survey published in January 2022 showed that 77% of the NHS workforce believe that…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesWill the right hon. Lady give way?19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a fully paid-up member of a number of trade unions. My hon. Friend mentioned fire and rehire. The Government…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. My hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) has secured a really timely debate. I want to try and bring a human…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesThe Minister is praising the Taylor review and its recommendations, so why have the Government only legislated for seven of the 53 recommendations since 2017?19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this timely debate. The Taylor review was a spectacular failure. We put a lot of store in the Government’s suggestion that it would be a…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesWill the Minister give way?19 Jan 2022