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HANSARD Access to CashI just want to make this point. To help address the situation, we need to make sure that banks pay their fair share so that their customers can get free access to cash. By cutting…20 Oct 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersHalf a million more people are likely to fall into fuel poverty as a result of this gas crisis. With record increases in inflation, plans to cut universal credit that will hit 37%…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBaby Loss Awareness WeekI am delighted once again to participate in the baby loss awareness debate, which has become such an important feature of the parliamentary calendar. I pay tribute to the hon.…23 Sept 2021HANSARDEU Withdrawal: Opportunities for UK Businesses11. What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on opportunities for UK businesses.23 Sept 2021HANSARDEU Withdrawal: Opportunities for UK BusinessesBack here on planet Earth, rather than a sea of opportunity we are drowning in Brexit despair, as the Scottish food and drink sector is sacrificed on the altar of this hard Tory…23 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ10. The increase in employers’ national insurance payments will place a huge burden on the public sector from local government to police and fire services. Can the Deputy Prime…22 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyThere is no doubt that we are facing a cost of living crisis, with universal credit to be cut by £20 a week, negatively impacting 10,406 of my constituents and 400,000 people…21 Sept 2021HANSARDInternational Terrorism16. What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on tackling international terrorism in (a) Afghanistan, (b) the middle east and (c) north Africa.20 Sept 2021HANSARDInternational TerrorismCan the Secretary of State indicate when an update will be given to the House on the terror threat that the UK faces following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the…20 Sept 2021HANSARD UK Gas MarketThe Secretary of State has just talked about the volatility of the market, but there is no denying that the Prime Minister assured us that energy prices would fall post Brexit. As…20 Sept 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillFinally, in this Bill, it is official: the Government will break their triple-lock promise to pensioners. The state pension will not increase with earnings in 2022-23 after all.…20 Sept 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillWill the Minister give way?20 Sept 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Billrose —20 Sept 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillDoes my hon. Friend share my disappointment with the Minister, who talked earlier about how the Scottish Government should top up the income that pensioners would be deprived of?…20 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit Uplift1. What recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on the effect of the planned removal of the £20 universal credit uplift on…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit UpliftI echo the words of condolence from the Secretary of State. More than a third of all those who receive universal credit are in work and will now have to pay an extra £100 a year…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsThe Secretary of State said a moment ago that we are spreading scare stories. Can I say to her—she may wish to comment on this—that talking about the very real impact of losing…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsMy hon. Friend has set out a powerful series of facts. Given what he has just said, does he agree that it is interesting that the Tories in the Scottish Parliament make great play…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsSome 10,406 of my constituents in North Ayrshire and Arran, where one in three children lives in poverty, will be negatively impacted by the cut. The Government are willing to…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI am delighted to speak in the debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing it. I recall participating in a debate on this very issue…14 Sept 2021