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HANSARD Welfare ReformMr Speaker, you know that there are decisions made in this House that stay with you for the rest of your life. This is one of them. We all agree with the Secretary of State’s…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I wish to deal with new clauses 8 and 9, which relate to recognition of the POA’s right…12 Mar 2025HANSARDSwann Report: 40th AnniversaryOne of the lessons learned through the work that people have done on the ESN scandal is about the role of unconscious bias. We hear from parents, experts, teachers, educational…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Just to inflame matters more, I am the chair of the RMT parliamentary group as well. Next Monday is the third…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI think that across the House it took a long while to recover from the anger at the behaviour that was displayed in front of the Select Committee. The chief executive was acting…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary for their efforts to secure the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British human rights campaigner who has been imprisoned in…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGroceries Code AdjudicatorThe hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George) should not be so self-deprecating. The Groceries Code Adjudicator was brought about by an excellent piece of work and a good campaign.…25 Feb 2025HANSARDGroceries Code AdjudicatorWhy not? Go on!25 Feb 2025HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandThe Minister talks about heartbreaking stories. My hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) and I have just come off a Public and Commercial Services Union…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesWill the Minister give way?12 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI am grateful for the Minister’s statement about the British Government complying with international law, because a number of us are concerned about complicity. Mark Smith, the…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI simply wish to make one request and propose one amendment to the Bill. I have listened to the whole debate. There are more asylum seekers in hotels in my constituency than in…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillThat is why the code of practice is going to be interesting. The code of practice needs to be published as rapidly as possible to see what mechanisms will be available for us to…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI do not want to repeat what has been said by others, but I will share my perspective on the Bill. It is in two parts, and there is almost unanimity about the first part, which…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyThere is so much to be welcomed in the statement, but sadly it has been tainted by the decision on the third runway at Heathrow. When such a decision is made by the Government, it…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Welfare CapI hope that the Government will consider completely scrapping this debate in future years, because it has become farcical. The right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy…29 Jan 2025HANSARDOutsourcing: Government DepartmentsI have come to this debate because of our recent experiences of visiting picket lines, with regard both to Government Departments and, in particular, the railway sector. I have…29 Jan 2025HANSARDOutsourcing: Government DepartmentsI am lost on that one—completely. There are conspiracy theories here that I have never even heard of or even thought of, so I will pass on that one. What we are asking the…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Welfare CapThat is a really helpful response, but it does not respond to the fact that if we are to have a focus on poverty, rather than a debate on the welfare cap, which is breached on…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMay I thank our colleagues on the Front Bench for the work that they have done, and for the commitment that they have shown? To ensure that we do our best to deliver, today’s…28 Jan 2025