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HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI have never seen the right hon. Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride) do a comic turn quite like that. Opposition clearly suits him, but if he wants to lead his party out of its…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Women’s State Pension AgeI thank the Secretary of State for giving me advance sight of his statement, and thank the ombudsman and his staff for all their hard work. This is a serious report that requires…25 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the Budget, the Chancellor said that he wants to end national insurance contributions because the “double taxation of work is unfair.” —[ Official Report , 6 March 2024; Vol.…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State can bluster and deny all he likes, but the Prime Minister told The Sunday Times : “We want to end this double taxation on work”. It is there in black and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, the Conservative Government’s seventh Chancellor gave his second Budget—thankfully, the last before the general election. Ministers have…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will willingly take an intervention.07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will not take any lessons from a Government who are overseeing economic inactivity at record levels. The number of people out of work due to sickness is at a record level,…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe OBR says that there will be 600,000 more people on those benefits, and the total cost will be £33 billion. The Secretary of State tries to deny that the schemes are rehashed.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis morning the Office for National Statistics published the long-awaited updated figures from the labour market survey. Can the Secretary of State now confirm that our…05 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe former health Minister Lord Bethell says that he is “gobsmacked” by the figures, and that “the economic hit will be hard”. The Minister would do well to listen to his words.…05 Feb 2024HANSARDChild PovertyThe Minister is completely out of touch with the reality facing families in Britain today: 3.8 million people face severe hardship this year, including 1 million children. Quite…18 Dec 2023HANSARDChild PovertyOn Friday, pupils at Shaftesbury Junior School in my constituency gave me the lovely Christmas earrings that I am wearing, which they made themselves using computer-aided design.…18 Dec 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI look forward to the Secretary of State’s intervention.27 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsMy constituent David has a 30-year-old son with autism and severe obsessive compulsive disorder. David says that despite all the challenges his son faces, he has recently moved…27 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI do not support a plan that leads to £33 billion more spending at the end of the forecast period and 600,000 more people on sickness and disability benefits because the…27 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State have a word with the current occupant of No. 10, and ask him to put as much effort into saving other people’s jobs and livelihoods as he does…13 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe health of our nation is critical to the health of our economy, but after 13 years of this Government, both are in a dire state. The Secretary of State should know that the…13 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to make the Secretary of State an offer. If he is serious about getting Britain working, why does he not swallow his pride, do the right thing and adopt Labour’s back…13 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that the Secretary of State is living in cloud cuckoo land. Record numbers of people are out of work due to long-term sickness. We are the only country in the G7 whose…13 Nov 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the FutureIt is a real pleasure to close this important debate and to follow my hon. Friends the Members for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon) and for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) who spoke…13 Nov 2023