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HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipDespite all the Government fanfare, the CPTPP trade deal will contribute merely 0.08% to our country’s GDP over the next decade. Laughably, the Secretary of State is now disputing…18 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesIn March, the RAC revealed that retailers are making a three times bigger margin on diesel than they were at the beginning of last year, and motorists are seeing absolutely no…03 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanWe know a Government are out of ideas when they copy the Opposition’s plan to train the doctors and nurses that the NHS so desperately needs. The majority of those policies will…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillWill the Secretary of State give way?03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThis ill-drafted Bill has multiple contradictions, as excellent legal advice has highlighted, and it may actually contravene international law. Although the Secretary of State may…03 Jul 2023HANSARDMarket Access to US19. What progress she has made on improving market access to the US.29 Jun 2023HANSARDMarket Access to USIn their 2019 election manifesto, the Conservatives declared to the British people: “Our goals for British trade are… ambitious. We aim to have 80 per cent of UK trade covered by…29 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyMy hon. Friend has eloquently explained what the experts across our country are explaining: this is happening before our very eyes and we should not allow the situation to…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. We may disagree about certain things, but hard-hitting facts are hard to ignore, especially when the truth hits us. I agree that the…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI could not agree more. I remember standing in this very place after I had managed to secure a debate on the Taylor review of modern working practices. In fact, some of the same…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI defer to my hon. Friend’s expertise. I am sure that the Minister is listening and will be looking at why that is so important. We need a Government who will focus on breaking…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Today I am not on the Labour Front Bench, but I am sure that the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI beg to move, That this House has considered in-work poverty. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir George. I am grateful to have secured this…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for free school meals. She is known as the all-party parliamentary group queen and has organised various events, including on free school…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyThank you, Sir George, for chairing today’s important debate on in-work poverty. I thank the Minister, the Labour shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North…28 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage CharterDue to the disastrous policies of Conservative Governments, including eventually crashing the economy, hard-working Brits, including people in my Slough constituency, are having…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaMedia reports over the weekend suggested that President Putin decided to flee Moscow and relocate to St Petersburg when he learned of Prigozhin’s and Wagner’s advance towards…26 Jun 2023HANSARDCivil Service: External Consultants11. What recent assessment he has made of the reasons for which external consultants are used by the civil service.22 Jun 2023HANSARDCivil Service: External ConsultantsInstead of increasing the resilience of our civil service, this Conservative Government rely increasingly on expensive external contracts to fill gaps. The UK public sector…22 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe continuous briefing against our civil servants by Ministers and Conservative MPs is having a disastrous impact on morale in our civil service. Do the Government not realise…22 Jun 2023