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HANSARDDisability Action PlanI thank the Minister for prior sight of her statement. This disability action plan is not a plan; it is a mishmash of short-term policies. Some of the proposals are welcome and…05 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Ltd(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if she will make a statement on the removal of Henry Staunton as Post Office Ltd chair and wider governance…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the Minister for his response. It is concerning that the Secretary of State’s move towards clarity and better governance at Post Office Ltd begins with the Government…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydI want to send our sincere condolences to Tony’s family from the SNP Benches. I also want to say a few words personally about Tony. I did not know him very well, but I have one…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I almost want to repeat the speech that I have given on steel for the past eight and a half years, but I will resist that temptation. The biggest…23 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Energy TariffsQ14. If he will launch a consultation on the potential merits of introducing social energy tariffs for disabled people and low-income households.10 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalI thank the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Sir David Davis) for securing this very important urgent question. I am sorry that it was not a statement, because then I…10 Jan 2024HANSARDMusculoskeletal Conditions and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Caroline. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on securing this really important…10 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Energy TariffsLast month, Marie Curie told me that terminally ill people who want to die at home have been forced into hospitals to die because they cannot afford to heat their homes…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Cost of Living in ScotlandMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he feel, as I do, that the Tory Government here in Westminster have absolutely forgotten disabled people? They announced a social…09 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsMr Deputy Speaker, you were in the Chair when we last discussed the Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Bill on 19 December. I do not think any of us who knew about the TV…08 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully). In no way do I want the speech I am about to give to seem mean-spirited, but things have to be said,…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter the UK Government appallingly downgraded the dedicated role of disabilities Minister, Scope’s executive director, James Taylor, wrote to the Prime Minister saying that “the…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTransport DecarbonisationI welcome the Minister to his place. This financial year, active travel spending is £1.91 per head in England and £30.10 per head in Scotland—a 1,400% difference between Scottish…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation14. What steps his Department plans to take following COP28 to support transport decarbonisation.14 Dec 2023HANSARDAuditory Verbal TherapyIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dame Maria. I will give the view from Scotland, which is probably what most people in the room expect me to do, because…12 Dec 2023HANSARDAuditory Verbal TherapyI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman, because the issue is really important. We are discovering new ways of helping deaf children. We need not just to have the technology…12 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. A successful healthy and sustainable food system requires a number of factors, including a consumer base that can afford it. Recent surveys show that 25% of people have…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.05 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsPeople with disabilities and serious health conditions already have higher living costs, and the proposals in the work capability assessment activities and descriptors…05 Dec 2023