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HANSARD Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill Marple TrainsLet me say on behalf of my constituents in Hyde that that is extremely welcome news. A service that focuses on peak demand will go a huge way to meeting the need that is there,…10 Sept 2020HANSARD Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill Marple TrainsFirst, may I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing a debate that is of huge importance to my constituency, his constituency and all the neighbouring ones? I have always believed…10 Sept 2020HANSARD Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill Marple Trainsrose—10 Sept 2020HANSARDPension Protection Fund (Moratorium and Arrangements and Reconstructions for Companies in Financial Difficulty) Regulations 2020Thank you, Mrs Murray, for letting me appear as a late substitute in Committee. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey), the shadow Minister for…07 Sept 2020HANSARD Kickstart SchemeTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will make a statement on the implementation of the kickstart scheme.03 Sept 2020HANSARD Kickstart SchemeSince the crisis began, we have been urging the Government to introduce a scheme based on the last Labour Government’s hugely successful future jobs fund to get as many young…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the Pensions Regulator introduced an interim regime to cover so-called superfunds, which are funds that aim to bring together several corporate pension schemes to be…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Meeting Increased Demand for ServicesI also pay tribute to all the frontline staff at the DWP for the way they have processed so many claims for support since the beginning of the crisis. It is important to…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Food InsecurityI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green) on her promotion to the shadow Cabinet. The Government say that the aim of the benefit cap is to…29 Jun 2020HANSARDUniversal Credit: Court of Appeal JudgmentI add my thanks to my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) for securing this important question. This Government are “irrational” and they are “unlawful”.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditWe believe that people need more support during this crisis, but we acknowledge and welcome the changes that the Government have made. Those include increasing the core amount of…11 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: DWP UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for advance notice of her statement. May I add my thanks to the dedicated frontline staff of the Department for Work and Pensions for everything…04 May 2020HANSARD Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Green BeltIt is great to see the hon. Member for High Peak (Robert Largan) here. To be frank, in Tameside we might say it is houses built in Derbyshire that have put infrastructure burdens…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Green BeltI completely agree, but it goes back to the difficulties of the process. There are green-belt sites marked for allocation in my constituency that I oppose; Apethorn Lane,…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Green BeltI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s statement, and I agree with her. There have been huge problems with process, and I cannot easily see how we correct those, because the honest…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Green BeltI had not intended to make a speech—but if there is an opportunity, why pass it up? It is good to have this debate with new colleagues who have come in as a result of the…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Green BeltI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. The issue of “brownfield first” quite rightly comes up all the time and, as an Opposition MP, I point out that, in…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Bank Branch ClosuresThere is nothing wrong with that.18 Mar 2020HANSARD Bank Branch ClosuresIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir David. I thank the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson) for securing this debate on a topic of vital importance to people…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Green BeltBefore the Minister moves on to Government policy and while he is still talking about the household projections, much of the argument in Greater Manchester has been based around…18 Mar 2020