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HANSARD Council Tax and Stamp Duty AlternativesThank you for calling me, Mrs Harris, but I was intending only to intervene in the debate, so I will leave the time for the other speakers.17 May 2023HANSARDChild Poverty in the NorthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. It is also a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck), with whom I am pleased to…03 May 2023HANSARD SudanI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the statement. As he says, though, the situation on the ground remains extremely dangerous. I have been contacted by my constituent Dr…02 May 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We know that when people do not speak out, it is because of the culture. We have seen that this week with the report on the Metropolitan…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekIt has been a pleasure to be here today. I thank everybody for taking part and joining me today during Whistleblowing Awareness Week. It was a particular pleasure to me when, at…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekMy right hon. Friend has got right to the heart of this matter. If people do not know that they can come forward, or if they are in an organisation with a culture of fear and…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, which gets to the heart of the matter. Our existing law only looks at whether there is an employer-employee relationship,…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that; we have seen it across various police forces. We are now further examining how the cultures are working, and that need for reform is…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right in making that point. In the context of employment law, the existing legislation relates only to people in an employer-employee…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekThat is at the heart of the problem. If people see that nothing is going to happen, why would they come forward? If they see that somebody is going to be bullied out of their job,…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekOn NDAs being used to prevent a worker from blowing the whistle, the Minister is quite right to make that point, but of course another point to consider is when a person blows the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekI beg to move, That this House has considered Whistleblowing Awareness Week. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. I am pleased to be here today to…23 Mar 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewBaroness Casey’s report makes harrowing reading. We see a police force riddled with misogyny, racism and homophobia; and a place where complainants or whistleblowers, rather than…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationI welcome today’s Budget, and the Government’s continued support for the areas that need it most. I listened intently to what was said by the right hon. Member for East Antrim…15 Mar 2023HANSARD SEND and Alternative ProvisionI welcome the announcement of the SEND improvement plan. I was also delighted when, in August 2020, the Government announced £17 million of funding for a new SEND school in my…06 Mar 2023HANSARDManchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 3 ReportI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for this statement. With 22 people murdered and more than 1,000 people injured, the impact of this attack on families will go on…06 Mar 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI have indeed had a meeting with the Under-Secretary to discuss this. There is a long way to go on it and I am steadfast about setting up the office for whistleblowers. However,…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI rise to speak to new clause 7, which is in my name, and the names of Members across the House. It would require the Secretary of State to set up an office for whistleblowers…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing this Bill forward and welcome him to his place. He knows of my concern that whistleblowing is not mentioned in the Bill, yet…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I share his eagerness for the dashboards to be put in place. The regulations are there and the building of the digital ecosystem has been…20 Jan 2023