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HANSARD Local Government Responsibilities: Public Servicesrose—18 Mar 2020HANSARD Economic UpdateI simply want to ask the Chancellor whether he could live on £94.25 per week. It is a simple question: has he ever lived on that, and could he live on that, because that is what…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19In answer to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves), the Secretary of State stated that people had to take it through the benefits system,…16 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2020Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?09 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2020I do not know whether I have to declare an interest as somebody who, in the era that we are talking about, lived on tax credits. With regard to the Minister’s assertions about…09 Mar 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayYou’re welcome.05 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House is the person in charge of policies on bullying and harassment in this House, and under him and the new Speaker, we do seem to be making progress. I…05 Mar 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayAs has been trailed in a number of other speeches, I rise, like I rise every year, to read the names of the women who have been murdered by men since this time last year. I am…05 Mar 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI thank the hon. Lady. Throughout the year, me and Karen often meet people who have been personally affected by one of the names on the list, and that is why we keep doing…05 Mar 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayThe hon. Lady is making an incredibly powerful speech. I echo the demands she makes on the Government. I have personally recognised both in my own life and in my constituency that…05 Mar 2020HANSARD Asylum Decisions (Support for Refugees)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir David. I will start by commenting on what has been said so eloquently by my hon. Friends about the idea that universal credit…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseAre we therefore to assume that any child under 16 who suffered as a victim of domestic abuse, either directly or indirectly, would meet the threshold for child abuse and…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseThe hon. Gentleman is right. We will welcome the Domestic Abuse Bill giving recognition to the issue of financial abuse. Things will only ever change if there are proper support…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseThe most common thing that women in refuges or community services have said to me is that they wish that there was something for their children—somewhere that their children could…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseI absolutely agree. The Domestic Abuse Bill gives us a real opportunity. We will not get the moon on a stick—the Bill will not give us everything—but the annual case load at…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. I have seen hundreds of cases in which access to a child is used simply to extend the abuse. Children become pawns, and that has a psychological…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Children and Domestic AbuseI will but for the last time, because I want to leave time for my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Kate Osamor) to speak.03 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Mr Speaker, I have never known this place without you here, and it is going to be different. It is a delight to see your children here watching today, because I know that,…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI do not want to hear the Prime Minister’s campaign-ad answer, because my son will not be able to go to school on Friday, and his campaign-ad answer does nothing for me as a…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI do not speak for the Labour Front Bench or those who make policy, but the Act seems to have caused paralysis. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that there is nothing ideal about…29 Oct 2019