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HANSARD Social Security Claimant DeathsWhen I raised the death of one of my constituents shortly after he lost his personal independence payment, I asked for an independent inquiry, which the Secretary of State…04 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsBefore my hon. Friend gets to that spreadsheet, she is making an important point. The budget has been brought more into balance by the cuts in welfare benefits, which have been…02 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I want to ask the Secretary of State about my constituent who hanged himself shortly after losing his personal independence payment. I wrote to her asking whether she would…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Children’s Future Food ReportBefore I make a request of the Minister, I wish, like others, to thank those Members who participated in the debate: the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), my hon. Friends…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Children’s Future Food ReportI beg to move, That this House has considered the Children’s Future Food report. My sentiment differs from that expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Stalybridge and Hyde…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Children’s Future Food ReportI am immensely grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I was not going to mention that matter, because I was not sure how many other people would raise it during the…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Children’s Future Food ReportThe Minister has quickly gone on to the important topic of having free water in schools, but was he also shocked about how poorer children—we do not know how many—lose entitlement…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Children’s Future Food ReportI am glad that my hon. Friend has intervened, because Coventry has the terrific Feeding Coventry project, which not only deals with the issues he set out, but has set up a…27 Jun 2019HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildWhen do the Government expect to announce a national free school dinner scheme for poorer children during the holidays, based on the successful pilots the Department has been…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI do agree with my hon. Friend. The scope and work of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority are clearly important, as he said, in countering modern slavery. The 2015 Act was…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewThank you, Mrs Main, for chairing the debate; you got us through on time and enabled us all to make our contributions. I thank my colleagues who made the review possible. We had…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI beg to move, That this House has considered the independent review of the Modern Slavery Act. It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Main. I thank the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI do indeed. I had the real pleasure of meeting, with my hon. Friend, a delegation that came down from the college, and I saw the work it is doing. Clearly, if we are to get a…19 Jun 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sAs the Government decided to subcontract a key election promise and the subcontractor has failed to deliver on it, might they not take the decision back in-house and fulfil their…11 Jun 2019HANSARDFord in BridgendAlthough the whole House is concentrating on the actions that the Government should take to save jobs at Bridgend, this news sends a chill down the spine of all car workers in…10 Jun 2019HANSARDFord in BridgendTomorrow when business collapses.10 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMost people must be in favour of something happening, but I question the timing. There are many people in all our constituencies who are hungry and face destitution. How dare the…21 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionOn the unsatisfactory position that the right hon. Gentleman has described, with desperate families going to Holland to buy these drugs, could the Home Secretary not say today…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionMay I interrupt the right hon. Gentleman?20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionIt relates to that very point.20 May 2019