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HANSARD Shared Prosperity FundIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) on securing this debate, which is, I hope,…14 May 2019HANSARDStaff Bullying and Harassment: Cox Recommendations4. What the timeframe is for the implementation of the recommendations made by Dame Laura Cox in her report on the bullying and harassment of House of Commons staff.09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we please have a debate on the application of section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991? I understand that Ministers come and go, and that the…09 May 2019HANSARDStaff Bullying and Harassment: Cox RecommendationsI am grateful for the update. It is very important that the House is seen to be acting swiftly on this. Let us not forget that it is more than seven months since the report came…09 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sThis pattern is becoming more and more prevalent in the Government. They are outsourcing responsibility for decisions, including council cuts and police cuts, to other…08 May 2019HANSARDPrescription DrugsI welcome the Minister to her place. She will know from written questions I have tabled that my constituents have real concerns about the availability of the epilepsy drug Sabril,…07 May 2019HANSARDPrescription Drugs5. What recent assessment he has made of the availability of prescription drugs.07 May 2019HANSARD Environment and Climate ChangeI would like to know whether our desperation to seal trade deals with other countries, especially the United States, will inhibit our ability to talk candidly with them about the…01 May 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Henry. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Laura Pidcock) on securing the debate and on the…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentI find that disappointing, but not surprising. The fact that the appeals success rate is so high suggests that not only the initial assessment is flawed, but the mandatory…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentDoes my hon. Friend not agree that there is a difference between someone going to a location quite close to their home, which they are familiar with, and an assessment centre that…24 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsYes, I do agree. Of course, one weakness in the Government’s proposals to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600 is that that would create very large constituencies that in some…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I start from the point of view that our electoral system is not one that I could, hand on heart, say is democratic…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt was announced this week that the boss of Centrica, which owns British Gas, has got a 44% pay increase, which comes off the back of 10% rises in gas bills for my constituents.…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Discrimination in FootballMay I draw the Minister’s attention to a game between UK Parliament FC and Show Racism the Red Card that will take place next month? I cannot promise to score four goals like I…11 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilGiven that the Government’s motion on the EU last Tuesday could attract the support of only about 40% of her party’s MPs, if the Prime Minister were to reach an agreement with the…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Main. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) on securing this incredibly important…10 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI am sure we all welcome debating a subject other than Brexit. If I was to use the issues that constituents come to see me about in my surgery as a guide to what else we should be…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperThis is as much about morality as it is about technology. As the digital and physical worlds get ever closer and more blurred, it is important that we have consistency right…08 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsDo the Government consider it fair and reasonable for devolved local authority areas to charge people living outside those areas more for exactly the same services?08 Apr 2019