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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe recent announcements on fit note reform are just the latest in a long string of attacks on the most vulnerable people in society. Sick and disabled people are being vilified,…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer PatientsThank you for chairing this debate today, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) for bringing the debate to the Chamber, and I thank all…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Dentistry: Access for Cancer Patients95%.17 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI thank the Deputy Prime Minister for his statement, and for advanced sight of it. In the statement, he said: “I have taken steps to reduce the Government’s exposure to Chinese…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCost of Living: Food Bank UseResearch from the Trussell Trust reveals the devastating truth: more than half of people receiving universal credit ran out of food in January and could not afford more, and 2.4…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Resolution Foundation highlights that scrapping the two-child limit would be one of the most efficient ways to drive down child poverty rates, and would lift 490,000 children…18 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the National Insurance Contributions…13 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?13 Mar 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) BillThank you very much, Mr Chair—hopefully that is an acceptable form of address to use. I want to speak about the Bill in general and some of our concerns about it. The reality is…13 Mar 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) BillWe do not support this change. This cut disproportionately benefits those earning the most. We in the SNP recognise the value that the public sector provides. We believe it should…13 Mar 2024HANSARDGibraltar: UK-EU NegotiationsI am delighted to hear the cross-party outbreak of support for nations choosing their own future, as that is unusual in this place. In recent years, the UK has managed to trash…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am beginning to wonder if some people in this place live on the same planet as the rest of us. Are they receiving the same casework? Are their constituents faced with the same…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?11 Mar 2024HANSARD Security of Elected RepresentativesI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. When David Amess was murdered, one of the hardest things I have ever had to do was explain it to my children before they…29 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn response to the question from the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson), the Minister stressed the importance of Ministers being accountable to this House, particularly…29 Feb 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Modelindicated dissent.29 Feb 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating ModelHave the Government made any assessment of the additional cost to SMEs of these changes—the red tape they have had and will have to wrangle with—and how many businesses will go…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Digital ExclusionThank you for your work chairing this debate, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) on bringing forward such a popular and…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Digital ExclusionI agree. On continual access to the internet, a universal credit social tariff is available for people. Every time I meet with my local jobcentre, I make clear how important it is…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Digital ExclusionI am really sorry but I will not; I am just going to finish. As I was saying, it is really important that people can access those things, and like-minded individuals. When my son…28 Feb 2024