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HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakeI also very much thank the Foreign Secretary for his positive answers and for the obvious Government compassion for those who have suffered much due to the earthquake. I add my…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionI thank the Minister for his answers. Does he not agree that this treatment of customers—of the disabled, pregnant women and single parents with young children, some of whom were…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Probationary Police Officers: Cost of LivingI commend my hon. Friend for introducing the debate. This is a big issue, which is why we are all here to support him. We all hear of young PSNI officers leaving to work in car…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. In my constituency, my staff and I encourage all the pensioners we meet every week to look at pension credit. Some will qualify and some…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI thank the Minister for his answers. For nurses and many others in the NHS, striking is not what they want to do: all they want is dialogue and to try to move forward with an…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and Pensionsrose —06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate and add a Northern Ireland perspective, as I always try to do both here and in Westminster Hall. Right hon. and hon. Members have set out…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsYou be careful, boy. I am very pleased to add my contribution to the debate. Inflation and the cost of living are really hurting people in Northern Ireland. The right hon. Member…06 Feb 2023HANSARD High Income Child Benefit ChargeI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention; yes, I do agree. Later in my contribution I will ask for the very same thing, because I think it is important that we do so. We were…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsI do not have that in my notes, so I thank the hon. Lady for her knowledgeable intervention. That issue is hard to comprehend. If we have a decent wage, energy is not a big…02 Feb 2023HANSARD High Income Child Benefit ChargeI congratulate the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) on raising the issue here today. I try to come to Westminster Hall as often as I can, but when I saw…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. I thank her for her contributions on this subject. She brings much knowledge to these debates. I am pleased to be a member of the all-party…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsI want to follow on from what the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) said. I think I referred in my contribution to the 1968 legislation. The perception at the time was…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of cystic fibrosis on living costs. It is a real pleasure to be here in Westminster Hall—a bit breathless, but we are…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsI tried to illustrate this point earlier, but although I understand that, with the restructuring of hospitals, not every hospital can specifically respond to everything—hence the…02 Feb 2023HANSARD High Income Child Benefit ChargeI am a very simple person, and I am trying to work this out—the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) referred to this example as well. If two people earn…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsI am really pleased to hear about that initiative in the hon. Gentleman’s hospital. That is a model for the rest—well done! We look forward to that scheme being taken on board by…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsIt is almost like the hon. Lady read my next point. That is one of the focuses of my request. It is my next sentence, would you believe? We must remove unnecessary PIP…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, and I agree with her. In Northern Ireland, there are no prescription charges—there is no cost—which I believe makes a difference. That…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCystic Fibrosis: Living CostsThe hon. Gentleman has summed it up in that one sentence. I said when he made his maiden speech last week that his contributions will add much to this House. That is one of them,…02 Feb 2023