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HANSARDCovid-19Food banks will be under unprecedented pressure in this period, so what measures will be put in place to provide volunteers with protective equipment? Will the Secretary of State…16 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I wonder whether we could consider the language that we are using around the at-risk groups of people. Very few people will self-define as vulnerable or elderly, and, in fact,…16 Mar 2020HANSARDRecruitment and RetentionLocal authorities, the Ministry of Justice, the police and the Department of Health and Social Care all have the military mentioned in their contingency plans for tackling…16 Mar 2020HANSARDImmigration (Citizens' Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I would be grateful if the Minister could be a little more definite on the timing. Those organisations are laying off people as we speak, which is hindering their ability to reach…03 Mar 2020HANSARDImmigration (Citizens' Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. The Labour party welcomes the regulations, as we have been calling for some time for the right of appeal to be put in…03 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. According to the Department’s own statistics, Sheffield Music Hub is one of the best in the country, and— alongside Sheffield Music Academy—the only one of its kind not to…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Child ProtectionThis report is utterly damning and should shame us. It finds that the current system of protecting the most vulnerable children in our country is unsustainable, that the approach…27 Feb 2020HANSARDDomestic AbuseGiven the recent well-publicised judgment in the Court of Appeal on consent and the family courts, does the Secretary of State agree with the President of the Family Court when he…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareLast year, the hon. Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan), the right hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green) and I set up the all-party group on social care. We produced a report…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)It is a pleasure to follow the three excellent maiden speeches that have been made today, on the centenary of Nancy Astor’s maiden speech, and to hear such strong new female MPs…24 Feb 2020HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleLast year, Labour attempted to amend the Offensive Weapons Bill to ban the open sale of knives and require shops to lock them behind cabinets, as we currently require them to do…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseLast month, it was reported that Justice Tolson, the senior family judge in London’s central family court, found that a woman had not been raped because she had not taken…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Release Under InvestigationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David, and to respond to the debate from the shadow Front Bench. This has been an excellent debate, with Members with vested…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Release Under InvestigationIt contributes to the delays in the system. Clearly it has had a role, alongside these reforms and issues around capacity and resources across the whole system. It is shocking…05 Feb 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeThis has been a fantastic debate, featuring some very experienced and well-rounded views and speeches from Members in all parts of the House. We have been blessed with two…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Economy and Society: Contribution of MusicI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) on securing this important debate. Growing up in Sheffield in the 1990s, I took access to live music…21 Jan 2020HANSARDVictims of Domestic AbuseThe previous Government implemented an independent review of the family courts’ treatment of domestic abuse survivors. Domestic abuse survivors across the country will be watching…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEndometriosis Workplace SupportLast year, during a round of crucial Brexit votes, I collapsed in the Opposition Whips Office and was taken to A&E over the road. I ended up staying in St Thomas’s for almost a…29 Oct 2019HANSARDEndometriosis Workplace SupportThe point about taboos has been raised by many people, and the fact that this condition is so under-researched and given so little airtime because it relates specifically and only…29 Oct 2019HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersIn July on the steps of Downing Street, and again in his heavily criticised speech in front of new police recruits in West Yorkshire, the Prime Minister promised 20,000 new police…28 Oct 2019