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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Don’t follow that advice; the Minister wants constructive engagement.20 Apr 2022HANSARD Carer’s AllowanceThat is exactly the final point that I was going to make, because most of the people who I have talked to are at a tipping point, where they and their whole family can no longer…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Carer’s AllowanceI fully agree. There is a sense of urgency about this issue now, because what came out of the discussions that I have had with the carers group that I brought together is the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Carer’s AllowanceThe reason I am participating in the debate is that I brought together an unpaid carers group that has been meeting over the past few months to talk about the current situation.…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Carer’s AllowanceWill the Minister give way?30 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesMay I raise again the fact that the shipping companies have received over £2 billion of tonnage tax concessions, and P&O has been a major gainer from that? May we have an…28 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI do not want the Minister to miss the point of new clause 1. I understand why she is setting out the statistics as she understands them, but they are contested. Nevertheless, the…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI do not want to labour the point. I have read the analysis of the impact on households; it is always very helpful, but it does not address the issue of low pay and poverty, or…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI tabled new clause 1 because, from now on, I do not think that the House should discuss any legislation that has financial consequences without it understanding or at least…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI do not think the hon. Gentleman heard me properly. I was referring to the energy companies, specifically in regard to the profits that they have made. If he looks at the report…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I remind my hon. Friend the Member for Luton South (Rachel Hopkins) that she has just made a brilliant speech, but if she wants to repeat it she…24 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementLet us be absolutely clear that benefits and pensions are going to rise by 3.1% while inflation is predicted to be between 7% and 10%. That is a cut for some of the poorest in our…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to be called to speak again, as I spoke in the earlier debate. I think I have less than a minute and a half, so I will be brief. I want to speak to Lords amendment…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWhen people look back on this debate, I think it will be in the same way that we look back on debates around the Poor Law. They tried to solve poverty in those times by being…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMore recently, a calculation was made of the sort of financial contribution that would be made to the country if we allowed people to work six months after they applied for…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI do not want to go over this too much, because other people want to come in on this debate, but there is a contradiction in our allowing Ukrainians, but not others, to work…22 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI will come onto that. That was my second point. My first point is that we need to inject a sense of urgency into this debate. I have listened to what the Government have said,…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsBefore I make my main points, may I just say that I have heard reference to the tonnage tax a couple of times in this debate? Some of us have been dealing with the tonnage tax…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I agree with the first point, but let me take up that last point, because I just want to explain to other Members where I am coming from and get it on the record. On moral…22 Feb 2022