Contributions
792 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Social Security and Employment Support for Disabled PeopleI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) on securing this urgent question. As we saw yesterday, the Secretary of State announced…06 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. This morning, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions published a written statement outlining changes to social security, health and…05 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingMy hon. Friend mentions children who have special educational needs or are disabled. In many instances, children with higher needs have actually been removed from mainstream…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Care HomesI congratulate my hon. Friend not only on securing this debate, but on sharing her personal experience. By doing so, I hope that we will see some change. Where Wandsworth Council…26 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryMy right hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Does she agree that there are still problems in the Metropolitan police force, and that it is probably accurate to say that more…25 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will make a statement on the employment and support allowance underpayments.25 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. On 21 February, the Department for Work and Pensions published a statement saying that 210,000 ill and disabled people…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris) on securing this important debate…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed DealIt is no secret that the Government’s deal will hit people’s livelihoods and jobs, along with economic growth. All credible economic analysis says that a no-deal Brexit would have…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAt lunchtime today the Battersea and Wandsworth trade union group will be calling on Wandsworth Council to end its two-tier pay and conditions system, under which outsourced…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Disabled PeopleUnder schedule 2 to the Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018, the compensation for severely disabled people who have moved on to universal credit for the loss of…11 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Disabled PeopleUnder universal credit, for working disabled people to qualify for in-work support, such as the work allowance, one must be found unfit for work under the work capability…11 Feb 2019HANSARDRough SleepingMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic opening speech. He talks about some of the inherent problems with universal credit. Does he agree that the fact that it is digital by default…07 Feb 2019HANSARDRough SleepingThe hon. Gentleman is making an incredibly long speech. It is not about throwing money at homelessness. It is the policy of austerity that has led to the rise in homelessness.…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOn Tuesday evening, a 19-year-old was fatally stabbed on the Surrey Lane estate in Battersea. That was another life lost, and another tragic example of how our young people are…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Police Grant ReportIt is a pleasure to follow the fantastic speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Anna Turley). Police funding is a major issue in my constituency, as it is across London,…05 Feb 2019HANSARD[P002354]I would like to present a petition—signed by parents from Somerset Nursery School, along with teachers and governors—in the same terms. The petition of the parents, carers and…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Windrush SchemeI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) on securing the urgent question. Will the Home Secretary confirm that 13 of the detainees who are scheduled…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Police Grant ReportI ask that the Minister show me some respect when I am making my speech. I did not interrupt him, and he should not interrupt me. In 2014, there were 1,000 incidents of moped…05 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Yesterday evening, MPs from across the House voted against a no deal. The TUC has warned that no deal would be devastating for jobs and it is an outcome which the CBI has…30 Jan 2019