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HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogI thank the Minister for giving way. Will he please tell us how big the backlog at the Passport Office is at the moment?14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogWill the Minister give way?14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogWill the Minister give way?14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogThe Government are letting down thousands of families across our country. The Passport Office is in chaos because record applications are not being processed in good time. The…14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewI agree with the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) on NHS reorganisations. I once met a very senior and very able NHS manager who said they had been through 14…08 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You will remember that I recently challenged the relevant Minister with an urgent question about the poor performance of the Passport Office. A…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Prime Minister’s credibility is like a tyre with a slow puncture. He reinflates it occasionally, but is it not the truth that his party needs a new front wheel?25 May 2022HANSARD Food Price InflationThe Government are at sixes and sevens on how to respond to the cost of living crisis. No. 10 is saying that Labour’s windfall tax idea is ideologically unconservative, although,…19 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office Backlogs(Urgent Question) : To ask the Home Secretary if she will make a statement on backlogs at Her Majesty’s Passport Office.12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I thank the staff working on the passport backlog, but many people across our country will not be satisfied with the…12 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe Home Secretary talked about passports. Constituents are telling me that the long delays at the Passport Office could both badly affect the travel industry and ruin family…11 May 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast year, Ministers said they would “reset the dial on women’s health”, but we still have no date for the hormone replacement therapy prescription changes in England. May we have…21 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Every week, examples emerge of Government waste during covid, and last year the former Health Secretary told me that there had been no profiteering and no cronyism. Does the…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateLord Denning said, “No matter how high you are, the law is above you.” Isn’t it time to go, Prime Minister?19 Apr 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the Financial Conduct Authority’s redress scheme proposed this morning. It goes a fair way towards putting things right for the thousands of British Steel workers who…31 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022I thank the Minister for giving way again. She is being generous with her time and her efforts, but she did not answer the question of my colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for…28 Mar 2022HANSARDFuture Soldier ProgrammeThe infantry are the core of our Army, so why will most of the cuts in the Department’s plans fall on the infantry?28 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesThe P&O pension pot has a shortfall of £147 million. P&O’s parent company, DP World, has previously sponsored a golf tournament to the tune of £150 million. Does the Minister…28 Mar 2022