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HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyI am a bit concerned that the Minister has not actually read the motion on the Order Paper. This is about people who are in work. I absolutely agree that people have been kept in…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government Policyrose—21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyWhat would the Minister say to the working parent who is already trying to juggle hours around childcare and who cannot simply pick up another few hours of work a week? How are…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyDoes my hon. Friend feel that, after a decade of austerity, after all the hits from Brexit, and after covid, this is the worst possible time to be taking money away from people?21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyI am going to come on to that, because I am thinking there is a divide across this Chamber: the constituency cases we on the Opposition Benches are seeing do not appear to be…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyOn that point, we got our first mortgage in 2009. People who have had a mortgage for as long as I have had, which is about 12 years, have never really seen interest rate hikes.…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that it is disrespectful of the Secretary of State to say that such people can just pick up another couple of hours of work? A working mother already…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyStories like this belong 100 years ago; stories like this do not belong in the 21st century. We should not have constituents who are in absolute poverty coming into our…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyIt is a delight to follow my Procedure Committee colleague, the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell). It is helpful because we are ideologically opposed on every…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyWorrying—exactly. Worrying and thinking about what on earth they are going to do tomorrow, and what they are going to do the next day. Half of people who go to Trussell Trust food…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I would like to raise a point of order about ministerial correspondence. Over the weekend, I received an email from Lord Tariq Ahmad of…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI served on the Bill Committee, and I tabled various amendments at that stage, a number of which we have carried forward to Report. I was interested in a number of things that…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillAnd what we are doing is just what the hon. Gentleman suggests: pointing scientists in a direction, saying, “Please could you do something about climate change? Please could you…07 Jun 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterAs has been noted, I am one of the people on the Sponsor Body board, so I want to make it clear that I have that interest in what is being discussed. This afternoon is a space for…20 May 2021HANSARD Britain’s RailwaysGiven that 60% of people in Scotland want total control of the railways to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament and only 30% do not want it to be devolved, can the Secretary of…20 May 2021HANSARD Capital Gains TaxThis is the first time I have stood to speak in the House since January 2020. During the past year and a bit, like so many of our constituents, I have been battling with the black…28 Apr 2021HANSARD InsolvencyIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom). To pick up her comments, it is incredibly important that we look at the future of…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Capital Gains TaxWill the Minister give way?28 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Sixth sitting)I want to make a couple of comments. We have talked a lot about transparency and the need for it, but mostly in the context of the scrutiny that we as parliamentarians will levy…22 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his characteristically sensible intervention. However, I feel so strongly about this that I think it is important that ARIA is excluded from doing…22 Apr 2021