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HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeLast week, the leaders of the parties in Parliament, with the exception of the Prime Minister, attended a roundtable with a group of young people led by Greta Thunberg to discuss…01 May 2019HANSARD European CouncilI thank the Prime Minister for an advance copy of her statement. Yesterday, EU leaders agreed to grant the United Kingdom an article 50 extension until 31 October. This means that…11 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am very pleased that the Prime Minister mentioned what happened in Jallianwala Bagh and the issues of the massacre at Amritsar 100 years ago. I think that the people, in memory…10 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsUnfortunately for the Prime Minister the truth is that when Labour controls local councils, households pay on average £350 less than those living in Tory areas. The average…10 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe reality is that under this Government 500,000 more children have gone into relative poverty. In Stoke-on-Trent alone, 4,000 food bank parcels were handed out to children last…10 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsHomelessness is three times higher in Swindon than in Surrey. Today, we learn that two-thirds of councils do not have the funding necessary to comply with the Homelessness…10 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe problem is that child poverty is rising. In councils with the highest levels of child poverty, over £1,000 per household has been taken in funding cuts in the past decade.…10 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsA political choice to impose austerity on local government has hit the poorest and worst-off the hardest in every one of our communities across the country. Since 2010, 50p of…10 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in wishing the people of Southend well, and I hope it does become a city. [ Interruption. ] Is that okay? I welcome the Prime Minister’s offer of talks…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that the whole generation of WASPI women will be pretty alarmed at the lack of action by this Government and the lack of justice for them. Additionally, over 1 million…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsOfficial figures show that since 2010 child poverty has increased by half a million, working age poverty has increased by 200,000 and pensioner poverty has increased by 400,000.…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsFrom a Government that rolled out austerity and has caused such poverty across the country, the Prime Minister really ought to think for a moment about what she has just said. The…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe last Labour Government lifted 2 million pensioners out of poverty; this Government have put 400,000 more into poverty. Age UK, which I think knows a thing or two about this,…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe last Labour Government guaranteed free TV licences for the over-75s; this Government appear to be outsourcing that policy to the BBC. I think it should be an item of public…03 Apr 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire for the brilliant statement that she has made today, and for the incredible…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. It is disappointing that no solution has won a majority this evening, but I remind the House that the Prime Minister’s unacceptable deal has been…01 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe Government have run down the clock in an attempt to blackmail MPs at every turn. The Government are in chaos, the country is in chaos, and the responsibility is the…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is now the third time that the Prime Minister’s deal has been rejected. When it was defeated the first time, she said: “It is clear that the…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionWe in the Labour party are very proud of the Good Friday agreement and the peace achieved in Northern Ireland as a result, and nobody in the Labour party wants to do anything to…29 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsIn answer to a straight question to the Prime Minister, she was unable to guarantee what is called dynamic alignment with European standards. She knows full well that Labour’s…27 Mar 2019