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HANSARDEngagementsUnder this Government, there are 2 million workers on low pay, many of them women in the care sector who are not eligible for statutory sick pay at the present time. It is not…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am sure the whole House will join me in congratulating the Prime Minister and his partner on the news that they are expecting a baby. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] I join the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis is about whether the Prime Minister will release the findings of an investigation into the Home Secretary’s behaviour. I repeat to him that a Government cannot be judge and…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for that, but I want to ask him a couple more questions on this subject. Is it true, as has been reported, that police forces are likely to become so…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister said, “If there are allegations”. Is he completely unaware of all the allegations that have been made over the last few days? Is he completely unaware of the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial Code(Urgent Question): To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the recent apparent breaches of the ministerial code and whether he intends to refer the matter to the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMinisterial CodeMr Speaker, I am grateful to you for granting this urgent question. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his reply, but my question was to the Prime Minister. Could we have an…02 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy thoughts are with those across the world who are suffering from the coronavirus. I praise medical and emergency staff all over the world for what they are doing to try to stop…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe issue is very serious for people around the country whose homes are being flooded. They need help and support. They do not need trite answers like that from their Prime…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsDuring the election campaign, I wrote to the Prime Minister demanding that Cobra be convened to deal with the floods at that time. He very reluctantly agreed and eventually did…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIf that is the case, why are the Government investing less than half the money the Environment Agency of England says is necessary to improve flood defences across the country? It…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Welsh Government have done their best to step up to the crisis, despite the underfunding from Westminster. The Prime Minister was keen to pose for cameras when there was a…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagements“You can’t give local authorities the clear message you are going to support them and then turn your back on them”—not my words, but the words of a Conservative council leader.…26 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemDon’t put her down.24 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Windrush generation have been disgracefully treated by a Government who deliberately created a hostile environment. While the Government were fighting to deport people who…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in expressing sympathy and support to the victims of flooding and thank the Environment Agency and all the emergency services that are doing their best…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt has everything to do with the relationship with the USA that Anne Sacoolas has not been extradited back to Britain, because the US refuses to do it because of this lopsided…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis morning, Charlotte Charles, Harry’s mum, said: “We thought we had bridged the gap with the Government. But they have not been honest with us”. This is only the latest case of…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is widely reported that Anne Sacoolas is in fact a CIA operative. Now we know that the Foreign Secretary misled the Dunn family, who are being denied justice by the US…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Government have learned absolutely nothing from the Windrush scandal. This cruel and callous Government are trying to mislead the British people into thinking that they are…12 Feb 2020