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HANSARD Covid-19: PPE ProcurementIs it not clear that slack management in the Department led to get-rich elements of the British ruling establishment taking money from the NHS at a time of national crisis? Their…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWhy would someone not speak up for local communities against a Government making mistaken decisions? Why on earth should that be a bad thing?23 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Minister is making an interesting speech. I hope in due course she will come to the question that I raised about powers for parish and town councils.23 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Billrose —23 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI support the amendments in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck). This debate has illustrated a central defect in the Bill, to which I will…23 Nov 2022HANSARDG20In the communiqué from the G20, the words “food”, “food supply” and “food scarcity” are mentioned 54 times. It is good that Britain is taking part in the global community’s fight…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27Given the scale of what is about to happen to our planet, every single one of us must do what we can to alleviate the problems that we are facing, but the richest 1% of people on…09 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesI beg to move, That this House has considered the Government policy on bankers’ bonuses. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mrs Cummins. It is good to hear…08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesBillion—let me help the Minister.08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesThe Minister will have heard me talking about a person in the City being remunerated £68 million in a single year. Of that, £200,000 was the basic pay, and the rest was bonus. I…08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesThe hon. Lady makes a number of important points, and I agree with most of them. I was asking whether the Government are ideologically committed to this policy, since no banker is…08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesMy hon. Friend has caught my next point. In the interest of social justice, the country feels that a 2% cap on the salaries of public sector employees and the lifting of the cap…08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesDoes the Minister accept that I am not speaking on behalf of my Front-Bench colleagues? I am speaking about the views of my constituents and others across the country, and in the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesWill the Minister give way?08 Nov 2022HANSARDBankers’ BonusesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I agree with every point she made and I will develop some of those arguments as I speak. First, I will address the question…08 Nov 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanIs it not clear that the Chancellor’s growth plan only grows one part of the economy: the bankers’ bonuses and the incomes of the richest in our society? If he really wants to cut…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionToday’s panicking, Trumpian announcement has been brought about by the failure of successive Tory Governments who squandered the opportunity that coal, oil and gas—our indigenous…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateThis year, I have been in acute care, as have two members of my family; we were in four great Yorkshire acute hospitals. In many encounters with staff, whom I thank deeply for the…22 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: Social Mobility7. Whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the effectiveness of the Government’s levelling up agenda in increasing social mobility.14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: Social MobilityBut the Government’s own social mobility mission drew the conclusion that there was no social mobility in Britain, and in the meantime, levelling up is being used as a way of…14 Jul 2022