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HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationOften what will happen between a Budget being announced and its final debate is that the world can move on, so I have two warnings and a plea, if I have time. The first warning is…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewI associate myself with the words of the Father of the House about Gurpal Virdi. The relationship between the Metropolitan police and the Asian community, particularly in west…21 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose —13 Mar 2023HANSARD Brain Tumour Research FundingThere is a tradition in the House that people say it is an honour to follow the hon. Member who has just spoken. Usually, most of us do not mean it, but it really was a privilege…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayCould my hon. Friend give way to the Minister so that he can respond and confirm whether he is coming to meet the PCS members next week?07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThere was a flippant remark from the Minister with regard to meeting PCS members. I just remind him that PCS members in my constituency—two Border Control staff—died during the…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThis is unique in economic history in this country. We are arguing that a pay award below the rate of inflation is still inflationary. I have never heard that one before, and I…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayIt is difficult to see how a reasonable settlement below the rate of inflation—for example, the fire brigade settlement of 7%, with backdating and 5% for next year—could in any…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThis is a serious debate about people living in poverty.07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayMy hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) and the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) have comprehensively covered most of the issues. There is…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI have nearly 2,000 people, I think, who have exercised their legal right to claim asylum living in hotels in my constituency—probably more than any other Member of Parliament. I…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayToo long.07 Mar 2023HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillWelcome back, Dame Eleanor. You can gauge from the warmth of the response how much you have been missed. Pass on my thanks also to that young whippersnapper they appointed to act…06 Mar 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI am sure that the hon. Gentleman has made that point before. I looked at the Nuffield Foundation report on Wales a couple of years back. I do not think that Wales has had a good…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsHillingdon Council, within which the Uxbridge constituency is contained, is going through one of the most massive cutbacks of its voluntary sector at the moment, including the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSThat’s right. The social care figures are startling. Some 1.5 million people aged 65 and over have some form of unmet care need. There are 165,000 vacancies in the social care…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSAnyone who has talked with them will have heard local police officers say that they have become social workers, mental health workers and so on. In many instances, they are doing…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSThat is an extremely valid point that must be addressed. When some of us were doing health economics in the 1980s and onwards, we were always told that the level of funding…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI want to get back to some statistics; I am sorry if I am going to bore the House, but I want to get back to some of the harsh reality. I know that subjective judgments have been…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSThe crisis in dental and mental health is affecting our children at the moment. In some of our constituencies, it is a direct result of the lack of local provision. We are feeding…23 Feb 2023