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HANSARD Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical InvestmentsThat is a very good point, which I will come on to. Pension schemes should be required to report on their management of climate risks in line with the Task Force on…22 May 2019HANSARD Arthritis and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I thank the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Bill Grant) for securing such a vital debate, which has been…21 May 2019HANSARD Arthritis and EmploymentThe Minister shakes his head, but that is from the Government’s own figures. Will the Minister tell the House what plans are in place to help people with musculoskeletal…21 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceI speak as a former Connexions manager. The Government have cut £880 million from youth support services. Those cuts have consequences. They come on top of the several hundred…15 May 2019HANSARD Shared Prosperity FundThe Employment Related Services Association has highlighted the very point that my hon. Friend makes—that these initiatives and organisations support people furthest away from the…14 May 2019HANSARDUniversal CreditIt is welcome that the Secretary of State has finally responded to pressure and abolished three-year sanctions, but failure to scrap this punishing regime entirely means, as we…13 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sWill the Minister and the Government please honour the pledge on page 66 of their manifesto to stand up for the four in 10 who find this to be a lifeline?08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for securing such a vital debate, and my hon.…08 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeDoes the hon. Lady agree that one of the concrete actions that the Government could take to respond to this emergency is to ban fracking throughout the UK?01 May 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI respect the right hon. Gentleman’s considerable experience in this field. Simon Kidwell, a headteacher in my constituency, has called for a more long-term funding arrangement.…25 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Over recent weeks, we have seen a number of shocking incidents of racism at football matches at both elite and grassroots levels. What action are the Government taking to…11 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting the excellent record of Labour in Scotland, campaigning to change things for people on the ground. Together, SNP and Tory politicians…09 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareIf I may continue, when we have seen SNP and Tory politicians working together, they have done so in an alliance, preventing any significant improvements to social security in…09 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareI know the hon. Gentleman will agree that a million people in poverty in Scotland is still shameful—09 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareYes; it is another failing of fine and warm words but nothing happening in reality. While those agency arrangements are in place, SNP Ministers are blocked from making changes to…09 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. It was almost a “Get the popcorn out” moment there. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk…09 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareThe hon. Gentleman has made his point. Mitigation is essential, and a lack of it is a cause for unnecessary hardship and continuing poverty. It certainly shames both the…09 Apr 2019HANSARDPolitical Declaration: Dynamic Alignment on Rights and Protections8. What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterpart on including dynamic alignment on rights and protections in the political declaration on the framework for the future…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI have a constituent called Jeff, who has lived by the rules and played by the rules, and who submitted tax returns year in, year out, yet he is also suffering this retrospective…04 Apr 2019HANSARDPolitical Declaration: Dynamic Alignment on Rights and ProtectionsDoes the Minister agree with the TUC that the Government’s proposals on workers’ rights after Brexit are nothing but “flimsy procedural tweaks”? How will they be strengthened…04 Apr 2019