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HANSARDHomelessness and Rough SleepingAnyone who has visited a food bank or has met homeless people on their streets will know that welfare policy is the No.1 reason for the appalling rate of homelessness in our…27 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Gentleman and I have voted in the same way on many parts of this Bill. He is right to say that all the forecasts suggest that Brexit will make people in Britain poorer,…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is a great pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy Speaker. You recently enjoyed a landslide victory of your own, so huge congratulations to you on your…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillLet me make a little progress and then I will give way. At least in the UK there was a majority, albeit a very narrow one, for leaving the EU. It is a tremendous failure that the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillWe had a referendum. I went up to Scotland, as many other people did, during that referendum. It was very interesting that a few moments ago one of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillWill the Minister give way?09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo, I am going to make some progress. The hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) claimed that it was the uncertainty that we had in the last Parliament that undermined…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Gentleman has made his point. I have already responded to that, and it does not take us any further to go on now. I voted for the amendments that my colleagues tabled,…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat matter is settled and I am going to deal with the matter that we are dealing with today. However, I would just say this on Scotland. When people hear Scottish National party…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe Minister might have said in his answer to the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) that if he thinks the other place is unrepresentative, there is a way that we…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMay I take this opportunity to congratulate my hon. Friend as we approach the end of this Bill on the incredibly gallant and diligent work he and his colleagues have done in…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThree years.09 Jan 2020HANSARDDebate on the AddressThe Prime Minister was just saying how his Government back the armed services. He will be aware that our Army is almost 40,000 fewer than it was when the Conservatives came to…14 Oct 2019HANSARD HMRC Impact Analysis: CustomsPeople watching this will be amazed. The Minister appears not to be aware of what is being said out there. He is still speaking as though there is a deal to be done, when the…08 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. There is literally nothing else to say about Conservative welfare policy. The truth is that anyone who has met people who work in a food bank, or people who work with the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ12. I recently met a victim of domestic violence who continues to live in isolation and terror, even now that the abusive relationship is over. This Parliament has a duty to her,…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)It is important that the standards are maintained as we head towards 31 October, and many of my constituents will be concerned about not only the maintenance of those standards…01 Oct 2019HANSARD YemenWhat the Minister says about the UK calling on all sides to cease the fighting would be more convincing if he was able to tell us whether the Prime Minister mentioned Yemen in his…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. We are aware that the Government’s major attention at the moment appears to be a couple of hundred miles to the north of where we are, but I do…01 Oct 2019HANSARD IranI agree with much of what the Foreign Secretary has said about the appalling role of the Iranians, not just in their own country but across the middle east region. Do not the…25 Sept 2019