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HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Weston-super-Mare is a growing town, so local health services are rightly growing as well. Weston General Hospital is treating more patients for a wider variety of problems…08 May 2024HANSARDPublic Sector Productivity Programme5. If he will use outcome evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the Public Sector Productivity Programme.07 May 2024HANSARDPublic Sector Productivity ProgrammeAs a former Health Secretary, my right hon. Friend will know that evidence-based medicine transformed health productivity, systematically cutting out ineffectual treatments and…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The Government’s plans for a carbon border adjustment mechanism will create a level playing field for British manufacturers facing un-green, high-carbon competition from…07 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMay I start by saying that this was and still is a good Bill? It does an enormous number of very important things and I am glad to see that it has broad acceptance and agreement…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank the Minister for that intervention and, emboldened by my success so far in getting him to front up, I move on to my second point, which has similar concerns around it: the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillHe does, which is marvellous.30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWe are making marvellous progress and ending up with changes being confirmed on the Floor of the House in a way I do not think I have seen before, so let us keep going.30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am sure this will be an equally constructive intervention, of course.30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am sure the Minister will grab that opportunity in his closing remarks, if he so wishes. At least he has taken the opportunity to stand up and give us public reassurances on the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillAnd again.30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am on a roll here. The final of the four issues in question is proportionality. We have had the debate already, so I do not propose to repeat the concerns, but it would be…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe Minister is nodding, but I do not know whether he intends to intervene again.30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWe will have to preserve our souls in patience for the Minister’s closing remarks. I will declare victory very shortly. It has been a helpful set of interventions, and I thank him…30 Apr 2024HANSARDHMPPS Reoffending Programmes14. What recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of outcomes data from the Justice Data Lab on the recommissioning of HM Prison and Probation Service reoffending…26 Mar 2024HANSARDHMPPS Reoffending ProgrammesI welcome the adherence to an evidence-based approach to working out whether or not these various programmes work effectively, but may I urge Ministers to go even further by…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Women’s State Pension AgeI add my voice to those calling for an urgent announcement of a redress scheme in response to the report. The Secretary of State rightly pointed out that the actions between 2005…25 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenI join the chorus of congratulations to the hon. Gentleman for organising this debate. Like many here, he will have constituents who are starting to receive draft reports from the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDPSHE Curriculum: Economic Education5. If she will issue statutory guidance on teaching economic education in schools as part of the PSHE curriculum.11 Mar 2024HANSARDPSHE Curriculum: Economic EducationThe Minister is absolutely right to suggest that good financial education helps people to avoid debts and poverty, and to build up a savings cushion for a rainy day. Prevention is…11 Mar 2024