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HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I am somewhat concerned by some of the comments made by colleagues who are most affected. I would be grateful if the Minister explained whether the responsibilities could be…06 Mar 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk mentioned Northern Rock, which was a bank, not a building society, when it failed. Does the Minister agree that the provisions being…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veterans Relief) Regulations 2024
Draft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2024The veterans relief that the Minister just mentioned is clearly very welcome, in addition to the other uprating of reliefs. Finding a route back into work for those who are rough…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Employment Equality (Insurance etc) BillMy hon. Friend is exactly right. Age discrimination is absolutely pervasive in our society. It is such a common experience that one in three people report having experienced it.…02 Feb 2024HANSARD Employment Equality (Insurance etc) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. In this place, our nation’s Parliament, change comes in many forms. Sometimes it is the clamour of the picket line, the…02 Feb 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsI am grateful to the Minister for addressing that issue directly, but does he acknowledge that the timeframes for the investment and spending settlements are not within the…01 Feb 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Glasgow South (Stewart Malcolm McDonald) for securing this debate. Indeed, I…01 Feb 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on this important Bill and on its cross-party support. She and I have discussed the issue of indoor pedigree cats, particularly ragdolls, which are…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillI am hugely supportive of the Bill. The pain, upset and grief of losing a pet in these circumstances is terrible, as has been very well illustrated. Not every cat is a roaming…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillI would like to reflect on cats, particularly the enormously precious indoor cat breeds. In relation to the sentencing provisions, how will the distress to the animal be…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillI am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon), who made an excellent case for the importance of both the local aspect of building…19 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024The Minister is very helpfully explaining this product. Will he say whether the change will be to the detriment of Eiswein produced in Germany, which is obviously a more popularly…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I strongly welcome the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill. It is absolutely right that we ban the disgusting practice of live export for slaughter. We have driven it from…15 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe small boats are of particular concern to me, as the Member representing Dover and Deal, because it is in my constituency that they arrive. Dover is, in a very real sense, on…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillI thank my right hon. Friend for giving way, and for the pragmatic approach that the Government have taken in this very complex area. In my constituency of Dover and Deal, we have…11 Dec 2023HANSARDDover FastrackI rise to present a petition submitted by my constituents in Dover and Deal who are concerned by the Dover Fastrack proposals. The petition has attracted about 700 signatures, led…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipThe Prime Minister said that he would not allow a foreign court to block his Rwanda plans—meaning, of course, the European Court of Human Rights—so can my right hon. Friend the…06 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023I wanted to intervene at the opening, specifically in relation to 999 calls and the provisions proposed under regulation 4. Regulation 4(2)(a) says that emergency calls will be…27 Nov 2023HANSARDWomen in Construction10. If the Board will take steps to support the development of skills and creation of opportunities for women in construction through the restoration and renewal programme.16 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) has said, Teagan Appleby, my teenage constituent, is at the moment in intensive care across the road in the Evelina London…16 Nov 2023