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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State will be aware that in recent years, there has been increased understanding of neurodivergent people and the issues that neurodivergence presents in the…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham, and to speak to new clause 2, which was tabled by Labour’s Front Benchers. This new clause seeks to put common…15 Sept 2020HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsA report last year by the Foreign Affairs Committee, of which the Home Secretary was a member at the time, said: “In the absence of robust and accessible legal routes for seeking…02 Sept 2020HANSARDTransgender People: DiscriminationWhat steps the Government are taking to tackle discrimination against transgender people.22 Jul 2020HANSARDTransgender People: DiscriminationSuccessive Conservative Equalities Ministers have repeatedly stalled on publishing the results of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 consultation. Leaked reports of a potential…22 Jul 2020HANSARDThe EconomyMy hon. Friend may have been about to make the point that analysis from the Women’s Budget Group shows that over 2 million jobs could be created in the care sector, which is more…08 Jul 2020HANSARD Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental SpendingJust as the UK was not prepared for the covid-19 pandemic, so the Government are failing adequately to prepare and protect people from the effects of climate change. What are the…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price). I wholeheartedly support the sensible and necessary amendments to this Bill brought forward by several…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI will not be taking any interventions; I need to make progress. The hostile environment, from right-to-rent checks to the immigration health surcharge, is built on the premise…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillWe must not forget that this Bill arrives before us today in the context of the Conservatives’ hostile environment—a hostile environment conjured as a pernicious smokescreen to…30 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI am afraid there is no time.24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentZoe McKendree, 33, told the BBC that she spends more than a third of her pay on rent for her shared flat. She dreams of having the keys to a home of her own, but for her and most…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentThe Secretary of State is shaking his head, but those are the facts. With that increase, and with a generation of people trapped in precarious and poorly regulated rented housing,…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemePeople of the Windrush generation were deported as a result of the Government’s hostile environment policies, including the healthcare surcharge, no recourse to public funds, the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysThe idea that children should not go hungry is one that most people would consider an issue of basic morality. I am glad that the Government have now conceded that the free school…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Public OrderAll lives can’t matter until black lives matter.08 Jun 2020HANSARD Public OrderWe will try again. Does the Home Secretary agree that the Government should remove statues of British figures involved in the slave trade? Further, does she agree that the lives…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicWhen the advice to the country was, “Continue working from home if at all possible,” this Government decided that MPs should all return to this place for what we might call a mass…08 Jun 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsOur relationship with the European Union will have significant economic effects on our country. The Minister will have done modelling of the impacts; how many people in the…19 May 2020HANSARD Public ServicesMy question is straightforward. Can the Minister tell me—no generalities, no kicking the can down the road—on what specific date all care workers can expect to receive PPE?28 Apr 2020