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HANSARD Disabled People on Benefits: EHRC Investigation(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the Equality and Human Rights Commission investigation into the treatment of…23 May 2024HANSARD Disabled People on Benefits: EHRC InvestigationI thank the Minister for her answer. I have great respect for her, but if she is telling the House that the Government have been in negotiations with the EHRC for three years and…23 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I feel it is incumbent on me to say, “There’s nothing like a Dame.” I am very grateful to both of you in a personal regard. You have…23 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI would be remiss if I did not thank members of the all-party group on post offices for the huge support that they have given me in my time as chair. I thank especially the right…23 May 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI had decided that I would not speak, but I feel compelled to do so. I am very pleased that the Bill has passed. I am very pleased that all the victims who have been exonerated by…23 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the last 12 months, one in five households, or one in four young households, in energy debt have turned to illegal money lenders to help pay for bills and everyday essentials.…21 May 2024HANSARD Global Intergenerational Week 2024I beg to move, That this House has considered Global Intergenerational Week 2024. For accuracy, I should point out that Global Intergenerational Week was in April, but it does…09 May 2024HANSARD Global Intergenerational Week 2024I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his useful intervention. I absolutely agree. I have met my MSYPs frequently. They bring a breath of fresh air to arguments and discussions,…09 May 2024HANSARD Global Intergenerational Week 2024There has been quality, if not quantity, in this wide-ranging debate. We have covered many different areas and I am grateful to everyone who has spoken. I have learned more, and…09 May 2024HANSARDCost of Living19. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on households in 2024.07 May 2024HANSARDCost of LivingThe Warm this Winter campaign has found that households will have to pay an additional £1.3 billion to help energy companies to cover bad energy debt. What assurance can the…07 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Yes. I was appalled, upset and disturbed by the fact that the Scottish Government had been trying to contact Westminster Ministers to get this Bill to cover Scotland as well, and…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I beg to move, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill that it have leave to make provision relating to Scotland. At the outset, let me say that if I cry this…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)“Utterly shameful” does not even begin to describe it. Right up until quite recently, the Government said that they would include Scotland in the Bill, but they have decided not…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Does the hon. Lady agree with me that many people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have vociferously opposed the Bill, but actually understand, as people do in Scotland,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)My hon. Friend is right: I am passionate about this. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on post offices, I have deliberately worked on this issue, across parties, for…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I do not think that was an edifying intervention.29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Yes.29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I thank my hon. and learned Friend for making that point. The body responsible for bringing miscarriages of justice before the court of appeal in Scotland is the Scottish Criminal…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Yes, I am very aware that the regius professor of law at the University of Glasgow made that very point to the Justice Committee.…29 Apr 2024