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HANSARDLow-paid Workers: Take-home Pay18. Last month, Nottingham Trent University released a report mapping Nottingham’s employment trends. It found that, in the 10 years from 2008 to 2018, earnings in our city rose…09 Apr 2019HANSARDRwandan Genocide: Alleged PerpetratorsIn a few weeks’ time, I will join Nottingham’s Rwandan community to commemorate 25 years since the genocide. Further to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford…09 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Last week in Transport questions, the Minister of State, Department for Transport, the hon. Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire (Jesse Norman), told me that the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDSupporting Disabled People to WorkI was proud to speak at the Disability Confident conference in Nottingham last Friday and I pay tribute to the work of local DWP staff and local employers such as Nottingham Trent…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week, in the midst of this Brexit mess, the University of Nottingham held an event to celebrate their European staff. The vice-chancellor told colleagues that the university…28 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsElectrification is clearly the optimal solution for intensively used rail lines, and the Railway Industry Association has shown that it can be delivered at costs that are 33% to…21 Mar 2019HANSARDTransport EmissionsFurther to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Emma Dent Coad), 4.5 million children are growing up in areas with unsafe levels of particulate matter. Over…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it is absolutely outrageous for the Government to bring back the same deal, just a week later, to see whether MPs have changed…20 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food BanksRent arrears are deducted from jobseeker’s allowance at £3.70 a week, but for universal credit the deduction is £31 a month, while overpaid benefits and advance payments are…18 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food Banks18. What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the level of referrals to food banks.18 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Like many WASPI women, my constituents Jane Yates and Glenys Daly have worked hard for 45 years and still cannot get the pensions for which they have paid. They feel robbed of…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseCommercial radio is booming in terms of both ratings and revenue but, as a result of totally unnecessary deregulation of FM licence conditions, Global, which owns Capital, Heart…14 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsDoes the hon. Gentleman accept that our case is not that there should be no contingency planning, but that if the contingency planning had been done in a timely fashion and under…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. We would like to receive further information about the basis on which this settlement was reached and the legal risks that it entails.…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsShortly after the Secretary of State awarded contracts to ferry operators as part of his no-deal contingency planning, the Transport Committee, which I chair, received two…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Privatised Probation SystemThe National Audit Office says there is limited time to procure the new contracts, that persisting with the split between the National Probation Service and the community…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEurotunnel: PaymentThe Secretary of State for Transport may have ducked today’s questions, but I am pretty sure that my Committee will still require his answers. If there is a Brexit deal or,…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and she makes an important point about the way in which individual behaviour needs to be complemented by Government policy. That is…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Relationships and Sex EducationI welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. I strongly support the introduction of compulsory relationships education. It is vital that all young people grow up understanding…25 Feb 2019HANSARDWindrush Generation: Compensation3. What progress his Department has made on providing compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal.25 Feb 2019