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HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into Work19. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that disabled people are supported in work.21 Mar 2022HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into WorkThis Thursday, the all-party parliamentary group for multiple sclerosis is launching a report on the support that people with MS receive to get into and remain in employment, and…21 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI truly wish that it were a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman). May I ask him to look at Hansard ? I have already congratulated the staff in…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineWill the hon. Gentleman give way?16 Mar 2022HANSARD Bank Branch ClosuresWill the Minister give way?16 Mar 2022HANSARD Bank Branch ClosuresWill the Minister give way?16 Mar 2022HANSARD Bank Branch ClosuresAs the granny of the House, I have to say that I have an electronic wallet on my phone. However, does my hon. Friend agree that it is about time the Government brought forward…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesI could not agree more. I also agree that we are dealing with refugees here and not immigrants. This Government need to get a grip. One of the new schemes states that Ukrainian…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and I thank everyone who has spoken so movingly. I want to reiterate a point I have made in the Chamber: I have a UK…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesI congratulate the Minister on dancing on the head of a pin so well. Could I also point out to him that my own area, North Lanarkshire, has taken refugees from the Democratic…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineI spoke this week in this place about a constituent of mine. Yesterday he made it to Warsaw with his Ukrainian wife and their daughters, to be told that he might get an…10 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is always a privilege to speak in this debate, and I thank the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) for bringing it forward year on year. Despite the great progress…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsI have a list here of everything my constituent has done to get his Ukrainian wife into this country. He started with an application on 12 February. They lost his family in the…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI am speaking in a dual role as I am also chair of the all-party parliamentary group on post offices. The Minister, the APPG and I meet regularly. He has described the Horizon…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseA desperate—truly desperate—constituent has just contacted my constituency office as his wife and daughters are still in Ukraine. They have no visas, but the consulate has now…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesI totally agree with the hon. Member. That is one of the reasons I wanted this debate. I want the Government to commit. The FCDO’s new disability inclusion strategy said that it…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesI congratulate the Minister on her robust defence of what I will not refer to as the indefensible, though that is there in my thoughts. She has done a grand job—she has a job, and…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillIt truly is a delight to serve under your chairmanship on this important Bill, Mrs Miller. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for West Lancashire and, surprisingly for me, the…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Endometriosis Workplace SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. We always thank hon. Members for bringing debates to the Floor—it is a format we use all the time—but I really want…09 Feb 2022