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HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThere can be no levelling up in the UK until there is a restoration of funding for the public services on which we all rely. Conservative Governments since 2010 have decimated…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Children’s Education Recovery and Childcare CostsChildren have suffered throughout the pandemic in so many ways. Many have lost loved ones, and all of them have been through the same stresses and tensions as the adult…07 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseAccess to Work provides practical advice and support for disabled people and their employers to help them to overcome work-related obstacles resulting from disability. It can…26 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesThis morning, it was reported that a poll carried out on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians found that more than half of people surveyed had seen their health deteriorate…17 May 2022HANSARDElections BillDoes the Minister share the concern raised by Mencap that the introduction of voter ID could result in another barrier to people with a learning disability participating in…27 Apr 2022HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022The Minister is being very generous. A point was raised in the other place about paragraph 10.1 of the explanatory memorandum and the small group of industry representatives that…26 Apr 2022HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022As the Minister knows, the CITB has said that one of the things it will do to address the barriers to training the current workforce is develop a strategy to influence local…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy hon. Friend is making some good points, particularly around interpretation. In Wirral West, we had a successful campaign against underground coal gasification after the…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillAmendment 29B goes much further than the Bill’s current provisions on workforce reporting, which are extremely weak. It would require the Government, at least once every three…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI rise to speak in support of Lords amendments 51, 11 and 105. With this Bill, the Government are legislating so that a controversial approach known as “discharge to assess” can…30 Mar 2022HANSARD In-work PovertyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Ms Rees. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) on securing this incredibly…16 Mar 2022HANSARD In-work PovertyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We have just listened as my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) came out with all sorts of suggestions, as did my…16 Mar 2022HANSARD In-work PovertyI have given way once and am short of time; I am sorry. The increase in national insurance contributions from next month, opposed by Labour, will increase the pressure on working…16 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionMany Wirral West residents are extremely concerned that petroleum exploration and development licence No. 184 covers Wirral West. The Government’s failure to ban fracking leaves…15 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Service Improvement Plans: North-west EnglandThank you, Ms Nokes. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning. Since the Conservatives deregulated buses outside of London in the 1980s, services have…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Service Improvement Plans: North-west EnglandMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; it is as if he had read the last line of my speech. It is absolutely vital that local authorities get the funding that they need, so that…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Service Improvement Plans: North-west EnglandThe Minister is giving us lots of detail on Government funding but, as I mentioned, analysis by the Confederation of Passenger Transport suggested that over £7 billion was needed…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Service Improvement Plans: North-west EnglandThat is less than half of the £3 billion that is needed. What are the Government going to do to meet the ambition of our authorities, which really want to deliver a modern,…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Service Improvement Plans: North-west EnglandMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that funding for bus services is essential to improve our economy? We have such disparity of income and grotesque…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyMy hon. Friend is being generous with her time and making an excellent speech; I am impressed that it is so wide-ranging. She will be aware that 4.3 million children are living in…02 Mar 2022