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HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceIf I understand this correctly, the consultation is happening and guidance will be provided more comprehensively for all longer-term illnesses. The issue particularly with long…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You will no doubt be aware that journalists often call the day before a recess the “taking out the trash day”. This morning, we found…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Homes for Ukraine SchemeWe are all so proud of our constituents who have stepped up to be hosts. We should equally be proud of the council officers who are scrambling yet again and will absolutely…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of long covid on the UK workforce. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing us to hold this updated debate on…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasI have an urgent case that I need to raise on this last day before we rise for recess. The mother has a five-year-old. She is in Italy. She is eight months pregnant. If she does…31 Mar 2022HANSARDRape as a Weapon of War in UkraineI congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on bringing this deeply emotional question to the House. The use of rape as a weapon of war is reprehensible, it is…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceThe hon. Member hits the nail on the head. People can recover, and very often do, but the way to help them do that is very badly explained to employers right now. Indeed, I will…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. The caring responsibilities are greatly increased, as is the prevalence in children. I was alerted by my hon. Friend the Member for St…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceI am glad that the hon. Member has brought up that point. He will have heard about the difficulties that people have in accessing benefits and proving that they have long covid.…31 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord Lebedevrose—29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI have attended almost every debate we have had on an economic crime Bill up until this point. In my role as my party’s spokesperson on foreign affairs when the Navalny list first…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI am grateful to the Minister for giving way to a Liberal Democrat, few as we are. Nevertheless, I draw his attention to another tweet from Lord Lebedev: “Openness and…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI absolutely agree: now is the time. It is worth saying that that would not just apply to Russian oligarchs, because we know that other countries have sought to do the same thing.…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for giving way. All those things are very laudable, but will he enlighten the House on how many of the recommendations to the…29 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineAll of us cannot help but be moved by the scenes that are still going on, not least with the 300 killed in the theatre just last week. Some 3.8 million people have now crossed…28 Mar 2022HANSARDSchools White PaperEducation is the joint top sector affected by long covid—joint with social care, and above healthcare—but I have not yet seen anything from the Department on how MATs will help…28 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the nearly five years I have been an MP, four cyclists have died on Oxfordshire’s roads: Ling this month; Ellen last month; Samantha in 2020; and John in 2019. Speaking after…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am glad it wasn’t me you were referring to, Mr Speaker—I am sure I was here. On Wednesday at 5 pm, Thames Water began releasing sewage into Colwell brook at Witney, and that…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI welcome the statement and especially the Justice Secretary’s words about it being the tip of the iceberg. I was caught up in the issue when Navalny released his list and I named…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Commission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesThe Sewell report states that when we include more minority ethnic history in our curriculum, children from those backgrounds identify themselves as part of British history. I…17 Mar 2022