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HANSARDHM Prison and Probation Service: Equality Assessment for Fitness TestingThe Minister will be aware of concerns, particularly from the Prison Officers Association, that far more female officers than male officers are failing this test. Will he meet the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI wish to speak to Lords amendment 29 on the workforce. The most important thing I learned during my five years as a shadow Health Minister is that everything comes back to the…30 Mar 2022HANSARDHM Prison and Probation Service: Equality Assessment for Fitness Testing10. If she will undertake an equalities impact assessment of HM Prison and Probation Service’s equality assessment for fitness testing.30 Mar 2022HANSARDForced Labour of Uyghurs: UK Supply ChainsThat was a pretty strong-sounding answer from the Minister, but let us see whether those fine words are put into practice. An audit undertaken two years ago found that 17% of…29 Mar 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewThe success rate for parents at appeal is indicative of a system that is completely broken. Of course, parents should not have to go to appeal to get the education that their…29 Mar 2022HANSARDWar Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme PaymentsI congratulate the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson) on his tenacity in campaigning on this issue for some time. I also congratulate him on securing this debate and on…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Parental Leave and PayIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Miller. I congratulate the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) on securing this important debate and on her…22 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsNo, I do not have time—I am sorry. The memo that the Government issued makes it clear that they are content for companies to ride roughshod over good employment practice. The net…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI am sorry but I do not have time to give way. That means that the Secretary of State should have known that this was not an ordinary redundancy situation. The memo also says that…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has made another excellent point. There really are serious safety concerns. We have to be absolutely crystal clear that the Government are…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsWe have heard some excellent speeches today from my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) and my hon. Friends the Members for Kingston upon Hull…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI thank the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) for securing and leading the debate and the Backbench Business Committee for granting it. I pay tribute to…17 Mar 2022HANSARD DWP Estate: Office ClosuresIt looks as though the Department for Work and Pensions does not believe in levelling up, does not believe in its own rhetoric on jobs, and does not believe in keeping people in…17 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI think that we can all agree that being sacked over Zoom with no notice and no consultation is barbaric. It also shows how broken our employment laws are in this country, because…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI just want to clarify: is the Minister seriously suggesting that someone who has had a miscarriage should make a flexible working application, which could take weeks or months to…17 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ11. On 28 April 2018, when he was Foreign Secretary, the Prime Minister is reported to have attended a party at a castle in Italy, where he met a former KGB officer. That was…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Private Rented Sector HousingIt is a pleasure to see you in the chair, Sir Gary. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) on securing the debate and on his…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionThe Government say that the policy has not changed, but I wonder why it is so hard to make a decision. Ellesmere Port had a public inquiry more than three years ago for a shale…15 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I appreciate that sometimes these things are quite technical, but it has been eight years. What is the reason why it has taken so…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the draft regulations. As he said, their purpose is to amend the National Minimum…10 Mar 2022