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HANSARDEye Health and Macular DiseaseI went for my eye test yesterday. I could not get an appointment in Hayes, my constituency, so I went to Uxbridge. Unfortunately, at the same time the Prime Minister did an…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Charter for Budget Responsibility and Welfare CapI will be brief. The debate has roamed over more than just the fiscal rule and the welfare cap, and I will not tread on those other parts of the debate. My right hon. Friend the…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I have to give it to the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) for his ability to describe possibly one of the most inflammatory amendments that we shall consider in this…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsThe message I am trying to get across is that although the emphasis in Government announcements has been on capital spending, levelling up will not become a reality in cities like…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsDoes the Minister recognise that the Prime Minister is my next-door constituency neighbour?08 Dec 2021HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsI beg to move, That this House has considered the role of local councils in levelling up. The debate is about the role of local councils in the levelling-up strategy that the…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsThe example of Liverpool has been given. It would be incredibly helpful, just to bring the Minister up to speed on a specific example of what is happening, if he would meet a…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsI am so convincing, do not worry.08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillIt is important that we are completely accurate in what we are saying. It is true that the Bill actually does extend the role of the Home Secretary with regard to notices. Let us…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesUnfortunately, we are too good at setting up reviews and blaming others. This House needs to take some responsibility. In March 2018, my hon. Friend the Member for Denton and…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Adult Social CareThe Minister has talked about a 10-year vision, but most unpaid carers are just trying to see how they can get through the next week, or the week after that, or the week after…01 Dec 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI am sorry to rudely interrupt the hon. Gentleman again. I apologise to you as well, Dr Huq. This is a fleeting visit; I am trying to be here and in the main Chamber at the same…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeI will try for less than that, Sir Charles. I declare an interest as another honorary life member of the Prison Officers Association. As one of my witty colleagues said, the only…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillYou surprise me, Madam Deputy Speaker, as I am usually last. I came to this debate solely to make a proposal on local government, but because the House is not packed I will…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillDon’t tempt me. Those are the only figures that we have, but I thought that we should be generous and say that there were, on average, 25 jobs a year at least. We do not know, as…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeIf my right hon. Friend does not mind, I just want to finish. Exactly the same applies to prison officers. In fact, some would argue that it applies more, because the nature of…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI raised in my Budget speech the lack of confidence in the Government’s commitment to levelling up overall and even to defining what it means, and I mentioned the importance of…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillOn that point, it is almost as though the state pension is a charitable donation to pensioners. They paid for it, working throughout their lives, through their taxes, their…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMay I say that we in the Opposition, and I think Members on both sides of the House, take pride in the expertise of my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms)?…15 Nov 2021HANSARDHMPPS Staff: Government Pay PolicyI am an honorary life member of the Prison Officers Association, with which I have worked for the last 25 years. Morale is at rock bottom among prison staff, and that relates to…09 Nov 2021