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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will start by welcoming a few of the measures in the Budget. I was contacted yesterday by the Pension Protection Fund about the indexation of pre-1997 pensions. The hon. Member…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCost of Living10. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of her policies on the cost of living in Scotland.26 Nov 2025HANSARDCost of LivingIn the 16 months since the King’s Speech, when Labour MPs were whipped to vote against scrapping the two-child cap, how many children have been pitched into poverty as a result of…26 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranWe are seeing 400 jobs go, and we saw jobs go at Grangemouth. Is the Minister surprised that people in Aberdeen and the north-east of Scotland, who are arguing for a just…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Remembrance Day: Armed ForcesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier today, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Pat McFadden), made a…11 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsThe Secretary of State said that as part of the legal proceedings challenging the Government’s decision, evidence has been cited about research findings from a 2007 report. Who…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Remembrance Day: Armed Forcesindicated assent.11 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsOne of my constituents was domestically abused by someone on a dependant visa. She has been trying to obtain information from UK Visas and Immigration about whether that person is…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillIt is not easy to follow that excellent speech. I really appreciate the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) reading out the names of people who have been failed by the system…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI am still not exactly clear why the Minister disagrees with Lords amendment 84. I understand that he is saying that DWP agents will look at EVM information and everything else,…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Welfare SpendingIt is interesting to hear what is being put forward, considering that this lot on the Conservative Benches created the welfare system that we currently have, and that lot on the…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Welfare SpendingNo, thank you. What we should be doing in the Budget and in the child poverty strategy is talking about how the welfare system should support people and about how the welfare…04 Nov 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas IndustryEvery single one of us has been criticising Government policy, not criticising Petrofac, the expertise and workers at Petrofac, or any of the workers in our oil and gas industry.…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthI absolutely agree. I have met the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers. Unfortunately, I did not realise it was having its conference next week, but I thank the…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthI appreciate that the draft will be published in this Session, but when the Minister has more information on the timeline for its publication—before or, as is more likely, after…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthI was pleased to hear the hon. Member highlight some good practice. As a parent, you get slightly obsessive about your children’s health and tend to google what is going on with…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthIt is quite scary to follow the hon. Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) and the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott), who are both formidable…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthI could not agree more. People have had these racist thoughts and have kept quiet about them, but they are now emboldened to say them out loud because of people like the Reform…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthDoes the Minister agree that not only do we need to be not racist, but we need to be anti-racist, in order to tackle the situation in society right now?23 Oct 2025HANSARD Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a child poverty strategy which includes proposals for removing the limit on the…16 Sept 2025