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HANSARDPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend pensions automatic enrolment to all jobholders aged at least 18; to remove the lower qualifying earnings threshold…05 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagements7. Later today, I will present a Bill to extend auto-enrolment in pensions to everyone aged over 18, including part-time workers. That would see trillions of pounds in long-term…05 Jan 2022HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. I apologise to the hon. Member for Gordon, who has the honour of sharing with me a great first name; I could not…05 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Large numbers of my North West Durham constituents work at HMP Frankland, HMP Low Newton, HMP Durham and the young offenders institution at Deerbolt. One issue that they face…14 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm Arwen: Power OutagesI congratulate the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) on securing this urgent question, and I thank the Minister and the Secretary of State for visiting my constituency…06 Dec 2021HANSARDSchool Building Condition: Effect on Learning14. What steps he is taking to help ensure the school building programme takes account of the effect of building condition on learning.06 Dec 2021HANSARDSchool Building Condition: Effect on LearningI have unusual schools in my constituency, given the size of the rural population. I would like the Minister to meet me to discuss Witton-le-Wear Primary School, a small primary…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsStorm Arwen has killed a load of the electricity supplies not only to homes across my constituency but to schools. Will the Minister ask the Department to feed into the Ofgem…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceMy hon. Friend is making an important point about international diplomacy. Does she agree that obviously we need to put pressure on our allies in America, but we also need to…02 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. Storm Arwen has left thousands of my constituents without power for several days. It has been heartening to see how people in my…01 Dec 2021HANSARDWalsall ArboretumOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have given notice to the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) ahead of this point of order. What I understood yesterday in my point…01 Dec 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Five days following Storm Arwen, thousands of my constituents—as well as those of my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison),…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillI thank the Minister for that intervention. Some of the changes, particularly the lowering of the earnings threshold, could be introduced in secondary legislation, but primary…26 Nov 2021HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillThat is an incredibly important point. Both sexes can lose out and that is another element with auto-enrolment. There will be men in part-time work, maybe with caring…26 Nov 2021HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillThe Minister is being generous with his time and in his remarks about me too. The Government have said that they will bring forward legislation to make sure that that happens.…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillIt is interesting that my hon. Friend mentioned the financial savings for the taxpayer and the new system of registration by phone or electronically. Are there also environmental…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillMany parents love the birth certificate they get for their child. Will my hon. Friend reassure me by clarifying that he proposes to do away with not that but just the duplication…26 Nov 2021HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillI pay tribute to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) for bringing this Bill to the House. As she mentioned, it will introduce a well overdue…26 Nov 2021HANSARDCivil Service Jobs outside London17. What progress the Government have made in delivering civil service jobs outside London.25 Nov 2021HANSARDEnglish Channel Small Boats IncidentLives are tragically being lost in the channel, and the British people want the gangs to be smashed, the crossings to be stopped and people to be processed in the nearest country.…25 Nov 2021