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HANSARDCovid-19: Effect of School ClosuresWhat assessment she has made of the effect of school closures in response to the covid-19 outbreak on the life chances of children from working-class backgrounds.06 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Effect of School ClosuresI am grateful to the Minister for that answer, but there is anecdotal evidence that school closures bear down more heavily on those from already disadvantaged backgrounds. As the…06 May 2020HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Robert Courts), my relatively close geographic neighbour, because what I want to stay chimes with the…04 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: DWP UpdateIt is clear from the Secretary of State’s statement and her answers to questions from Members that universal credit has been much more effective at scaling up to deal with the…04 May 2020HANSARD Public ServicesThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will know how important it will be, as we move into the next phase of dealing with coronavirus, to maintain the high levels of public…28 Apr 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe Financial Secretary, who opened the debate and is my constituency neighbour, made the point that the Budget seems like a very long time ago. It does to me too, having spoken…27 Apr 2020HANSARD Self-employed Persons: Financial SupportI listened carefully to what my right hon. Friend said. He acknowledged that the vast majority of self-employed people were being impacted. If he makes sure that whatever help is…24 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State will know that, following the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday, all tourism and leisure providers have closed. I commend those in my constituency that…24 Mar 2020HANSARD British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return HomeI have a number of constituents abroad in difficulties, and that number is increasing as the travel situation gets worse. May I also place on record my thanks to the Foreign…24 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMr Speaker, I welcome your statement and the steps you have set out to enable this House to continue to fulfil its democratic role, but in a way that is safe and consistent with…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Educational SettingsOn the issue of key workers, I think it is going to be a little more complex than the Secretary of State says. For example, what about those who work in our food distribution…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Economic UpdateI welcome the scale of what the Chancellor has announced. It is up to the mark. Some of his specific measures will be welcomed by constituents who have contacted me, but may I…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsFollowing on from what the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne) said, that was a very sophisticated intervention from my right hon. Friend, and I thank him…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne), because I did not spot in his remarks his declaration of interest as the opponent…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI fundamentally do not agree with the right hon. Gentleman on that, and I will come on to say a little about tax in my remarks. I do not agree with him because the tax burden is…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI do not agree with that either. We had to make some difficult decisions when the crash happened and they were the right decisions. As the Chancellor set out today, because we…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI was teasing. It is also a great pleasure because one would not know from listening to the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks and criticism of our economic record that he was, of…11 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusThe Secretary of State will know there are two confirmed cases in Gloucestershire, and I put on record my thanks to the public health professionals who have dealt with those cases…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Gibraltar) Order 2020Does my hon. Friend find it an interesting coincidence, as I do, that at the moment when, in the main Chamber, the Opposition are trying to persuade the House that this Government…25 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThe hon. Gentleman is right that much of the enforcement of our immigration system are the in-country rules, but I have read his paper carefully and he is proposing a Scottish…11 Feb 2020