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HANSARDState PensionCould the Minister explore the issue of pensioners who do not have English as their first language and other hard-to-reach groups whom Government information often struggles to…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for her work on this important issue. I also…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Child Support (Enforcement) Billrose—09 Dec 2022HANSARD Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. This is clearly a huge issue across the country, including in my constituency in Reading. Does she also believe that more action…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Child Support (Enforcement) BillWe wholeheartedly support the principle that non-resident parents should pay child maintenance, and that there should be enforcement when absent parents fail to pay. I thank the…09 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that new clause 3, on access to banking, is particularly important? For many disabled and elderly people and others…07 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. A boy called Olly Stephens in my constituency was just 13 years old when he was stabbed and brutally murdered in an attack linked to online…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersPensioners who have worked hard and saved all their lives face an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Meanwhile, the Government dithered and delayed, but after considerable…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI am grateful to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. I commend the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) on her work in this important area. I would like…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Olly Stephens was just 13 years old when he was stabbed and brutally murdered. Legal but harmful pictures and videos were repeatedly watched by the boy who stabbed…01 Dec 2022HANSARD Finance BillCan the Minister update the Committee on what research is being carried out by her colleagues in Government on the future impact of this measure? There has been a healthy take-up…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Finance BillI thank the Minister for her extensive description of the current policy, but it still appears that the Government are not yet planning to assess the likely decline in the take-up…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I just want to draw out some detail in relation to that final point from my constituency. It is a tragedy that the Government have…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) for securing today’s important debate, and I…30 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Is he, like me, thinking about all the people who wrongly profited from selling personal protective equipment to the Government and…28 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThe hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech, and I wholeheartedly support his Bill. I have had a number of pieces of correspondence from constituents supporting this work,…25 Nov 2022HANSARDFertility Treatment (Employment Rights) BillThe hon. Lady is making an excellent speech on an important issue that means so much to so many of our constituents. I commend her for her work with employers and for bringing the…25 Nov 2022HANSARDService Personnel and Veterans: RehabilitationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing today’s debate; I commend what she says. In my constituency, there are many retired Gurkha soldiers. Unfortunately, those who retired…22 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27Despite some progress being made at COP27, we did not see the transformation that the world so urgently needs. Will the Minister set out what the Government will do in the next…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Murray. These important regulations potentially affect not only everybody in this room, but everybody in the country, so it is…15 Nov 2022