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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that my hon. Friend takes great interest in supporting women in work, and working with employers is crucial to ensuring that they can both retain and recruit women and that…06 Mar 2023HANSARDSingle-parent employment levelsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I think we have some amazing childcare out there and some brilliant opportunities for lone parents, as I have described. It is important to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his remarkably insightful idea. Children’s social work is an incredibly brave and diverse job, as we are asking people to go into homes and make…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillThere is so much to say and so much to respond to. I join hon. Members across the House in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillThe hon. Lady should expect it to be early 2024, but I am keen to get on with it. I hope that is a timetable that we can stick to, but we will do our best to bring it about…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillNew clause 1 makes amendments to the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 that correspond to the amendments this Bill makes to the Child Support Act 1991 in respect of…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillMy hon. Friend characteristically highlights what is at the heart of what we see in many of our constituency meetings. As the daughter of a women from Stoke-on-Trent, I absolutely…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point, particularly as we approach International Women’s Day. My hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby spoke about the same issue. The…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support (Enforcement) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that challenge and for making that important point. I was about to say that I am working strongly on the policy and its focus on supporting lone…01 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support (Enforcement) BillThat was very swift; I thank the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I thank hon. Members for…01 Mar 2023HANSARDWork and PensionsOn the points about housing support, I am working with colleagues at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on quality and provision. My party strongly continues…01 Mar 2023HANSARDWork and PensionsOn the points about housing support, I am working with colleagues at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on quality and provision. My party strongly continues…01 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillI understand the hon. Lady’s point, but it is not necessarily this Bill that will answer the challenges that some of our constituents face. It deals with issues that they face in…21 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillI begin by thanking all those who have contributed to this debate, which has been, as the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) said, short but important. As my right hon.…21 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillI thank my hon. Friend, who is standing up as ever for his constituents. There is a cost of living website, there will be details on gov.uk and of course there is the benefits…21 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillI will come onto the point about sanctions shortly. I know there is confusion among those on the Opposition Benches about whether they support sanctions, but this is about a…21 Feb 2023HANSARDBereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023My noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (The Viscount Younger of Leckie) has made the following written statement. I am pleased to inform…08 Feb 2023HANSARDDecommissioning of Temporary JobcentresThis Department continues its commitment to provide local personalised support for customers and families to help them into employment and progress their careers, while delivering…08 Feb 2023HANSARDHealth and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) Regulations 2022I undertake to learn from the lessons that the hon. Lady pointed to. I have a lot of work to scrutinise in this area. The hon. Member for Bradford East laid down the gauntlet to…30 Jan 2023