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HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureI thank the Minister for an advance copy of the statement, but we know that a draft of this report has been floating around the Department since November, so why has it only…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wanted to ask you to confirm that Members are still entitled to speak out on matters that they believe are correct. Is it…29 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsPostal workers are the bedrock of our communities, but they are being forced to work at unsustainable levels—something that, sadly, has not been recognised in Ofcom’s report on…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI was recently contacted by a constituent who had been unfortunately caught out by an online scam involving Google gift cards. Fortunately, they got their money back, but Action…25 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportThis is not just an education crisis; it is a health crisis and a crisis of equality, too. The number of children who are not getting the education they are entitled to has, as we…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareWe know of the challenge that many parents face in trying to find an appropriate nursery for their children, but it is even harder when a child has special educational needs.…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, Mr Speaker, may I echo the comments made by the Secretary of State in relation to the late Tony Lloyd, who will be greatly missed in all parts of the House? As we have…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Defined-Benefit Pension SchemesI am grateful to the Minister for giving way; I will just pick up on the point made by the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael). This issue is about good…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Defined-Benefit Pension SchemesThe right hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to learn that there are many Shell pensioners in my constituency. I have been in correspondence with Shell about its decision last…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Online Filter Bubbles: Misinformation and DisinformationIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Sir Mark. I am very sorry to hear about the abuse that the hon. Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy) has received. It…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemNo, I have not got time, sorry. It is £400 million at least, and there may be other costs that we do not know about, and that is why our motion is so important. I thought that…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe Minister says that hotels are closing, but in my constituency people are moving from hotels to houses in multiple occupation. How is that dealing with the issue rather than…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe unworkability and cost of the Rwanda scheme are representative of this Government’s dysfunctional approach to asylum applications as a whole. Faced with an election this year,…09 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms Harris. Prynhawn da, and a happy new year to the rest of the Committee. I will say from the outset that we fully…09 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023I have a suggestion that might help the Minister. Is it worth talking to the Home Office about information that goes through when visas are processed?09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateI remember a former Conservative Prime Minister promising to fix social care, yet I am still hearing of too many patients who are medically fit for discharge being stuck in…08 Jan 2024HANSARDLiving Standards: OBR Growth ForecastsAccording to the Low Pay Commission, one in five people who should be receiving the national minimum wage do not even get that. This is a huge failure of enforcement. How can we…19 Dec 2023HANSARD UkraineIt is clearly Putin’s strategy to sit this out as long as is necessary in the hope that Ukraine’s allies lose the political will to provide the support that has been there so far.…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLiving Standards: OBR Growth Forecasts14. What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the OBR’s growth forecasts on living standards.19 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipI want to know how much this shambles has cost the British taxpayer so far and how much it will continue to cost us. The treaty means that we would be obliged to support someone…06 Dec 2023