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HANSARDRestoring Your Railway FundWill the Minister give way?24 Jan 2023HANSARDRestoring Your Railway FundIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship again, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) on securing this important debate on the restoring your…24 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestHere we go once again, having a debate after being angered by the lack of ethics and the alleged serious wrongdoing of Government Ministers. Despite the Prime Minister making big…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Prepayment MetersYou will be aware, Madam Deputy Speaker, that prepayment customers, many of whom are the least well off in society, are charged a higher rate for their energy. Does the Minister…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersAfter the persecution of Sikhs, Hindus, Hazaras, LGBT+ people and other minorities, the ban on women aid workers and on girls’ education is utterly deplorable and is dragging the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDJagtar Singh JohalI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on once more securing a debate on behalf of his constituent Jagtar Singh Johal. This is a matter I have raised on numerous occasions on behalf of…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRail Service ImprovementsNeither passengers nor hard-working staff are happy with the lamentable state of our railways on this Government’s watch. They have bumped up ticket prices twice as fast as wages…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInflation16. What recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of inflation on (a) school budgets and (b) the costs to parents associated with the school day.16 Jan 2023HANSARDInflationIn addition to having grave concerns about recruiting and retaining teachers, schools in Slough and across our country continue to struggle with their budgets, with a quarter of…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is simply unacceptable that drug dealers are able to continue to peddle their trade so easily behind bars. Last year, there were 17,700 cases of drugs being found in prisons,…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionThe Government’s failed industrial relations approach has led to the worst strikes in decades. Sadly, they have often sought to scupper talks by throwing in last-minute spanners.…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsHard-pressed tenants in my constituency have been contacting me, worried about losing their homes and about unaffordable bills and rent. Well over three years after the Government…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityI beg to move, That this House has considered the affordability and availability of childcare. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I am eternally grateful…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityI thank the hon. Member. She has made some excellent points, no doubt based on her experience. Indeed, we know that those early years are incredibly important for the child, but…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityI thank the Minister for the various facts and figures on the amounts that the Government are pledging. Will she commit to reinvesting the £2 billion that her party has already…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityThank you, Mr Hosie, for your expert chairing of today’s debate. I thank all the Members who have participated for their excellent interventions. I particularly want to thank the…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend the Chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, not only for that impressive intervention but for his tireless, persistent work in…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Slough has a low uptake of diphtheria vaccination—not enough to accomplish herd immunity—yet the Home Office has designated a Slough…15 Dec 2022HANSARDWest Coast Main Line: ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for that invaluable point. That is the central point: the Government must work for the people who have elected us, rather than the operators themselves. We…15 Dec 2022HANSARDWest Coast Main Line: ServicesI am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this important debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie) on securing it. Given that…15 Dec 2022