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HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: EmploymentSupport for disabled people in work should be a top priority for this Government, but on several occasions I have raised with Ministers a fundamental flaw under universal credit…01 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe two men competing to be the next Prime Minister have both said they would be willing to push through a catastrophic no deal. That is despite long-running warnings that…01 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseToday is Nystagmus Awareness Day. Nystagmus affects one in every 1,000 babies born in the UK and is a condition that I have. It means that my eyes wobble left and right and up and…20 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI inform the Minister that Opposition Members do not feel anger but passion, upset and worry about the numbers of young people affected, including those who have lost their life…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Local Housing Allowance: Supreme Court Ruling(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make a statement on yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of Samuels v. Birmingham City Council…13 Jun 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyLast summer, I welcomed the Government’s announcement of a moratorium on shared spaces—road designs that remove the physical divides between the road and footways. Those cause…13 Jun 2019HANSARDRoad Safety14. What steps his Department is taking to improve road safety.13 Jun 2019HANSARD Local Housing Allowance: Supreme Court RulingI am grateful to Mr Speaker for granting the urgent question. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on the case of Samuels v. Birmingham City Council, a case in which a single mother…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityWill the Secretary of State give way?12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Jo Platt). This Government have talked up social mobility, but their record is woeful. Last month, the UN special…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityWill my hon. Friend give way?12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityI thank the Secretary of State for giving way. She has mentioned disabled people and the fact that 1 million are better off, but does she agree that the abolition of the severe…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Grenfell: Government ResponseTwo years on from the Grenfell fire, thousands of people are still living in homes wrapped in unsafe, dangerous cladding. My constituents are living with unnecessary stress,…10 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ15. Universal credit was today condemned again by the United Nations special rapporteur, who likened DWP policy to creating modern versions of “the 19th-century workhouse”. A…22 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe housing crisis is hitting Battersea hard, and those most affected are the homeless families who have been placed by Wandsworth Council in temporary accommodation outside the…16 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsIt did!15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) on securing this urgent question and you, Mr Speaker, on granting it. This is a mess. The…15 May 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: EmploymentMay I welcome the Minister to his post? As the National Audit Office recently pointed out, the number of disabled people out of work has stagnated at 3.7 million during the past…13 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sThe TV licence concession is seen as a social security concession, so why should it be outsourced to the BBC?08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sMembers across the House will know all too well that loneliness and social isolation define the lives of many older people. I see that when I am out knocking on doors in my…08 May 2019