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HANSARD Personal Independence Payments: MerseysideThe case that I mentioned, which has now been fixed, involved a woman who should really just have had another appointment at home. That was not picked up on a mandatory…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Personal Independence Payments: MerseysideI am grateful to the Minister for his constructive approach to the points that have been raised, and I am glad that he and the Department seek to improve the administration of the…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Personal Independence Payments: MerseysideI beg to move, That this House has considered the administration of personal independence payments on Merseyside. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Personal Independence Payments: MerseysideThe hon. Gentleman is correct. One would have thought that the reconsideration would introduce an element of plain good sense, but it does not seem to be working in that way at…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Personal Independence Payments: MerseysideI agree with both those points. A lack of understanding and basic common decency sometimes seems to creep into these assessments. I also have vulnerable constituents who are being…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House undertake this evening to use her best endeavours to ensure that, at the end of this process, the Government facilitate and enact the will of the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am interested to hear the Minister refer to stakeholders and these reading rooms. It is all very well referring to business, but there are other interests—what about consumers?…12 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I thank both Front Benchers for the way in which they set out the points they made, and the SNP spokesman for his…12 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister is being generous in giving way. I accept that the regulations are all in one place, but does she accept my point that if a fictional local businessman from a…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House said in answer to an earlier question that she always seeks to assist the House. It is difficult with all the drama going on in the Government at present,…12 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I cannot but agree with the hon. Lady. The scope and range of the legislation subject to amendment by this one SI are extensive and startling. Many of those pieces of legislation…12 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingOne of my primary school headteachers, who has been a teacher for 30 years and a headteacher for 15 years, tells me: “I’ve never experienced a time when the range of needs has…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI would like to begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Ruth George) on the way in which she opened the debate. The context set out for us by the Chair of…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationThe hon. Gentleman is correct. For people waiting, it may as well be never. The Courts and Tribunals Service tells me that on Merseyside the average waiting time for an appeal is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI know this is a small point in the overall scheme of universal credit, but I mentioned my constituent Antony Hamilton and the issue he has in doing his A-levels while being a bit…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg), whom I congratulate on securing…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingWill the Minister explain why this settlement gives Merseyside police the lowest increase apart from Cleveland? If she is aware of Merseyside’s difficulties, why do we have the…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingI did actually say that as a consequence of the meetings—the repeated meetings—that we have had with Ministers, and despite having been given many promises, not a penny-piece…19 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyMy constituent Frances Molloy lost her 19-year-old son Michael in a coach crash caused by a 20-year-old tyre bursting on the coach that he was travelling on. Two other people lost…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Police Grant ReportI welcome what the Home Secretary says about supporting the police. Can he therefore explain why, since 2010, the Government have cut Merseyside police’s funding by over £90…05 Feb 2019