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HANSARDGender Pay GapHow can we lecture other employers on matters of equality when this place has yet to fully implement the recommendations of the Cox report on bullying and harassment?04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseSome of my constituents have received letters this week informing them that the owner of their homes—the freeholder—has changed from one company based in Guernsey to another…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is the retrospectivity of this that is really difficult for people to reconcile with what they consider to be a fair and transparent…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI hope that I can complete my speech before rain stops play—I think it is probably some kind of symbol of how many people view Parliament as broken, but let us return to the…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI am sure that many Cabinet meetings have similar difficulties. My constituent tells me that, having submitted his tax returns each year when he was working, they have never been…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI will carry on. The HMRC statement says: “The government anticipates that some of these individuals will become insolvent as a result.” It also says that the measure “is not…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Veteran SuicideIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Henry. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan) on securing this debate and shining a…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationThere is no doubt that shale gas exploration, or fracking, has caused great concern up and down the country, but what is also of concern is the feeling that this Government are…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI am sorry, but I do not have time. By transferring responsibility for these decisions to a permitted development or centralised system, the Government are, in essence, making it…28 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS Access Standards10. What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the conclusions of the “Clinically-led review of NHS access standards: interim report from the…26 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill (Changed to Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Bill)It is a pleasure to speak in this debate—from the Back Benches on this occasion. Although I would have preferred to contribute from the Front Bench as I did during previous stages…26 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS Access StandardsI thank the Secretary of State for his tribute—although it is not going to change the question I am going to ask. He will be aware that since July 2015 the four-hour A&E target…26 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThe Prime Minister has often said that she considers the withdrawal agreement to be in the national interest. If she concluded that the only way she could get support for her deal…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Leasehold ReformOn behalf of the National Leasehold Campaign, I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee and its members on an excellent, comprehensive report. There is, I think, a sense of…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Paul McDonald suffers from macular degeneration, and was given the opportunity by a private company, the London Eye Hospital, to have a new treatment, which the…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for York Outer (Julian Sturdy) on securing the debate. I declare an interest: my wife…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Wildlife CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson), on his excellent…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Integrated Care RegulationsI am only sorry that I cannot be with my hon. Friend on the Front Bench tonight. I have really enjoyed working with him; he is a fine shadow Secretary of State, and I know that he…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Integrated Care RegulationsI have a simple question and we would like a simple answer. Yes or no: do the Government intend to repeal section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012?18 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth and Care Professions Council: Registration FeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. As have many other hon. Members, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham) on…14 Mar 2019