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HANSARDEngagementsWe can be proud of the Prime Minister’s driving the global agenda on climate change, but what discussions has she had with her counterparts about how they can follow Britain’s…03 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU InstitutionsWe are used to statements from European institutions that their decisions are not reviewable, including the European Parliament insisting it would block any nominee for European…03 Jul 2019HANSARDCounter-Daesh UpdateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I quite understand that it must be my svelte figure that hides me from view. Following large territorial losses in 2017 and 2018, Daesh declared a…03 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundRebalancing the economy is not just about north and south or the different nations of the United Kingdom. Will the Minister ensure that the shared prosperity fund is distributed…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for adding me to your list of speakers. I begin by declaring my interests, as the husband of a higher-level teaching assistant currently working…01 Jul 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI apologise to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller), for not being able to be present at the start of her speech. I was…18 Jun 2019HANSARDElectoral Registration: Non-UK EU CitizensWill the Minister confirm that the UC1 form is not some arbitrary requirement, as has been suggested, but a core requirement of European law that is required of all European…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIncome TaxHow many people in the west midlands are benefiting from recent increases to the personal allowance and the higher-rate threshold?21 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)rose —14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)On the example that I think the hon. Lady was starting to give, until fairly recently Reading football club had a tradition that anybody who had played for the club for 10 years…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the maximum statutory redundancy pay, even for an employee who has worked for 25 years, is barely half of the threshold amount in the Bill, so…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for giving way. His point is entirely bogus, because as the Minister made clear, and as he knows, the Bill concerns purely employers’, and not…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)Understandably, several concerns have been expressed about the impact that any changes might have, particularly on people on lower incomes who might have served in a job for many…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)I apologise, Ms McDonagh, but in my earlier declaration, I should have drawn the Committee’s attention to the part of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)Q A lot of sporting testimonials at all levels are used to raise money for charities and good causes, with either all or some of the proceeds going to local or national charities.…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)I declare an interest as vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on football.14 May 2019HANSARD Social Media and HealthThree million of the four million videos taken down by YouTube in the last six months were identified and removed by artificial intelligence. What greater role does the Secretary…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Overseas Students: English Language TestsWhat happened to some members of the Windrush generation, through no fault of their own, was simply inexcusable, but at the root of these cases is a fraud that was conducted on a…30 Apr 2019HANSARDRenewable Energy SourcesEliminating net carbon emissions by 2050 is both ambitious and achievable. Does my hon. Friend agree that the progress made over the past decade demonstrates that, where there is…30 Apr 2019HANSARDRenewable Energy Sources16. What progress he has made on promoting renewable energy generation.30 Apr 2019