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HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillIs the Minister aware that if someone who has a job tries to get into a refuge, it is almost impossible to pay the cost of living in that refuge? The vast majority of people who…14 Dec 2022HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey—especially as I seem to recall that when I was first in this place, you were in charge of this particular Department. I…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesImagine I am a layman: may I ask why? This does not seem beyond the wit of man; we all have to do it as Members of Parliament. There are considerably more staff in Whitehall than…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Seasonal Worker Visas: Sponsorship CertificatesI thank the right hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice) for asking this urgent question today. He has drawn attention to concerns faced by the daffodil industry in…08 Dec 2022HANSARDSolihull MurdersI welcome the new Minister; it will be a pleasure to stand opposite her at the Dispatch Box. Last week, an inquest into the deaths of Khaola Saleem and her daughter, Raneem Oudeh,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDSolihull Murders(Urgent Question): To ask the Home Secretary or Ministers to make a statement on the Solihull murders.22 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementOn the NHS point, will the Chancellor expand on whether the increase is in real terms? I spent 17 hours on a hard chair with my father in A&E last week, and I have heard a lot of…17 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing StandardsMy hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) and others have mentioned supported exempt accommodation, and on Friday the House will debate the Supported Housing…16 Nov 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: Conduct towards WomenI refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a trustee of the Agnes Wanjiru trust. Agnes Wanjiru was a prostituted woman in Kenya who was…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am sure that the Minister has heard, just as I have, about cuts to Government Department budgets. This being a new additional spend, I wonder whether there has been any…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It wasn’t veiled.18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI find it absolutely incredible that the Leader of the House is incredulous that people might want to hear from the Prime Minister, as if it is a political game to ask questions…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI welcome the Chancellor to his place, but it seems quite baffling to me that everybody is giving him plaudits for all the work that he is doing—well done—when the thing that he…17 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerOh yes, it was not about an individual. We had the statement at 11 o’clock, when I was on the train—I could actually get on a train—so why was it that the markets needed…17 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanCan the Chancellor just confirm for me that he has announced a tax cut that means someone earning £1 million will be £40,000 better off—more than a nurse earns, and £10,000 more…23 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenVery much like the Prime Minister, I was not raised in a house of monarchists. Yesterday, when the first news came of the Queen’s ill health, I was in the National Security Bill…09 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenYes, she was clever like that. It is an incredible skill, and shows what an icon and a diplomat she was. You can see the Queen as a traditionalist, you can see her as a modernist,…09 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)Throughout this Committee, a lot of people have been called on to comment on what is going on internally on the Government Benches. I may be less qualified than others, but I…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)The second element of part 3 of the Bill would prevent people with terrorism convictions from receiving civil legal aid—it is important to stress that it is civil, not criminal.…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 61, in clause 62, page 44, line 21, leave out “F” and insert “G”. This amendment is a paving amendment for Amendment 60.08 Sept 2022