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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Does the hon. Lady share my concern that the post-legislative review scrutiny that is supposed to take place in Government Departments does not always take place—and does not…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Alcohol hand sanitiser is obviously not for human consumption, but is it considered to be a medical item and so exempt under clause 76(2), or to be not fit for human consumption…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)As I said both in the Committee of the whole House and earlier today, I have a number of questions about clause 87, which relates to the post-duty point dilution of alcoholic…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)I appreciate the logic behind the original measure and behind the change. Had I been the Minister, I would have been talking positively about the change and about the fact that we…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)I will follow up with several similar questions about dates, so that people have a level of certainty about when they will be expected to comply and when transitional provision…16 May 2023HANSARDSpeakers at Government Events: Social Media HistoryIn the response to my written question last week, I was told that the due diligence and impartiality guidelines “avoid invitations being issued to individuals and/or organisations…11 May 2023HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate and the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) for setting out such a great foundation on which to…11 May 2023HANSARDSpeakers at Government Events: Social Media HistoryOn 25 April, I put in a written parliamentary question asking the Minister to publish the guidance. He did not publish it in response to my question. I came here today convinced…11 May 2023HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsMay I check whether the Minister is making a commitment from the Dispatch Box to have a look at the guidance and ensure that it is as clear as it can be and applied consistently…11 May 2023HANSARD Voter IDI am sure the Minister did not intend to give inaccurate information when she said that all Conservative candidates and campaigns have been giving out correct information. A…27 Apr 2023HANSARDList of Ministers’ Interests and Ministerial CodeWe have ministerial declarations—interests list—that are updated not timeously, if they are updated at all. Will the Minister ensure that all ministerial declarations are…24 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI beg to move amendment 21, page 12, line 31, at beginning insert— “(A1) This section applies to any person who it employed for an average of more than 15 hours per week by an NHS…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a delight to speak first in Committee of the whole House this afternoon. I had a few extra minutes to tweak my speech during the ten-minute rule Bill, as it is unusual for…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillNot just now. A significant number of doctors live and work in Aberdeen, and a number of them have come to me with concerns about the pension regime. One of them did not realise…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillGiven how much we have relied on our public sector, and given how unwilling this Government are to come to the table on pay negotiations, it would be totally reasonable for this…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillAn awful lot of people work hard. The specific issue that many of our constituents have raised is in the NHS. I have not been approached with this concern by senior police…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI fear that, if I was to talk about the names of all the distilleries in my constituency, the debate would be much shorter than if the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe Government have been battling manfully to attempt to retrofit a justification to a policy that was unveiled like a rabbit out of a hat on Budget day. We have been speaking…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillWhile the Minister is talking about all the public sector individuals who will benefit as a result of these changes, he has not made the case for why this should apply to bankers.…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThat is one reason why our amendment 23 would allow the Secretary of State to make those specifications, so that all the people considered to be working for NHS bodies—GPs are…19 Apr 2023