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HANSARD Valedictory DebateIt is a pleasure to speak, Mr Deputy Speaker, but it is not without a sad heart. When I was thinking about what to say, I thought, “Should it be a thank you?” We are sent here by…24 May 2024HANSARD Valedictory DebateIt’s not going anywhere. They are the glue, as are those in the Tea Room—I will be sad never again to have that special cup of coffee, with the little heart on top, poured by…24 May 2024HANSARD Valedictory DebateIf hugs paid, I would be very rich. The last couple of days have been wonderful. To all those constituents who have written to me, thank you.24 May 2024HANSARDMove to Universal Credit: Delivery UpdateUniversal credit supports over 6 million people, providing critical financial support and tailored Work Coach services that meet the needs of individual customers. It removes the…21 May 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: St Austell and NewquayWe have extended the restart scheme for another couple of years, making sure that everybody who walks through the doors of our jobcentres is met by a work coach. What we need to…13 May 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: St Austell and NewquayI know that my hon. Friend knows what a fantastic job his jobcentres do. This month, St Austell is running a sector-based placement with Crown Rail, offering guaranteed interviews…13 May 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: St Austell and NewquayMy hon. Friend is a formidable champion for his area. As we speak, our partnership team is working with local employers such as Naked Solar to design sector-based work programmes…13 May 2024HANSARDJobcentres: South East CornwallMy hon. Friend will know that her local jobcentres are doing a good job of helping people find and progress in work in her area, driving the recruitment of seasonal workers and…13 May 2024HANSARDJobcentres: South East CornwallI am sure I speak for the whole House when I join my hon. Friend in sending our condolences to the family and friends of her predecessor. Our employment relation teams are working…13 May 2024HANSARDJobcentres: South East CornwallWe will always take a reasonable view and make sure that unavoidable circumstances such as those the hon. Gentleman speaks of will be taken into account when talking to customers.13 May 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Sittingbourne and SheppeyI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Fantastically, as the timing would have it, the team in his constituency are today holding a jobs fair at Swale leisure centre, with the…13 May 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Sittingbourne and SheppeyI join my hon. Friend in that, because any way we can help lift skills across the piece, such as through boot camps and workplace academy programmes, to help people into…13 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo, not at all. We are providing significant support through the welfare system and expect to spend about £306 billion in the current financial year, including £138 billion on…13 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHappy birthday! I am sure my hon. Friend’s family and small children will be wishing him well from Stoke. As has been outlined, there is great work going on. I met the Skills…13 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI laid that out in replying to a previous question. Our economy is going gangbusters, and inflation is down to 3.2%. I gently point the hon. Gentleman to the additional support…13 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI gently say to my right hon. and learned Friend that I am sure she would agree that any system has to be balanced and fair for the taxpayer, but also for those who need it most.…13 May 2024HANSARD Universal Credit: FarmersIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. Before I respond, I would like to pay tribute to Lord Field, whose passing was announced earlier today. He was a wonderful…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Universal Credit: FarmersI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments. If he will allow me, I will come on to those shortly. I gently say that he comes from a tourist-driven area, where those incomes…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Food Poverty StrategyI congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) on securing this important debate on the potential merits of a food poverty strategy. I would like to start…22 Apr 2024HANSARD Food Poverty StrategyFunnily enough, earlier today I was talking to the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow),…22 Apr 2024