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HANSARDCost of Living2. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increased cost of living on people in Northern Ireland.06 Sept 2023HANSARDWork Capability Assessment ConsultationI have been supporting a disabled student who has not been able to access universal credit because their work capability assessment was not completed before they started their…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateAll this just confirms that the hostile environment is still alive and well. The Minister talks about reducing the backlog; how are cases within that backlog being prioritised? I…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. Although Members may not have used all the time available, all the contributions have been substantial and this has…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageYes, that is a hugely important concept. We think of all the work done around the Jubilee 2000 campaign, 23 years ago, and the huge global effort and consensus about the need to…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageYes, the hon. Lady is exactly right. Rather than housing people in barges or hotels, or chasing them back into the sea, it would be considerably cheaper if we helped to build…05 Sept 2023HANSARDFood Security: Developing CountriesIt is all good and well that the UK is hosting events, but the reality is that the amount of money it has to invest in food security is declining, because of cuts to the aid…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipEven if the world was flat—for the benefit of the Minister’s Back Benchers, it is not—the Pacific would still be very far away compared to Europe, so how does the deal benefit…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillA constituent contacted me recently and said that I seemed to be speaking an awful lot in the Chamber about immigration and asylum issues. I suppose that that is correct, but then…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillWill the Minister give way?17 Jul 2023HANSARDUN High-level Meetings in 2023With the greatest respect to the hon. Member, I think that that is a point more usefully directed at the Minister, because it is the Government who represent the United Kingdom at…11 Jul 2023HANSARDUN High-level Meetings in 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on securing the debate. I recognise his…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Government are going about this exactly the wrong way, as my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry said earlier in one of her…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWhen the Minister was first appointed, I thought that he was largely going along with the Home Secretary’s language and policy on refugees and asylum seekers out of a sense of…11 Jul 2023HANSARDStrength of the Union11. What assessment he has made of the strength of the Union.10 Jul 2023HANSARDStrength of the UnionThat is a very interesting definition of “plummeting”, when that support consistently remains higher than it was in the independence referendum of 2014. We were told during that…10 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State says that the Scottish Government are not using the powers that they have, but it is his Government who keep vetoing Scottish Government policies and…10 Jul 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords]I echo the thanks that have been paid to the Bill teams—the civil servants, both here and in Scotland, who have worked to bring the Bill through. When it was in Committee, a…10 Jul 2023HANSARDFood Production Costs11. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increases in the cost of food production.06 Jul 2023HANSARDFood Production CostsThe war in Ukraine has not caused the labour shortages that are causing Scottish crops to be ploughed back into the fields. The war in Ukraine has not caused customs barriers and…06 Jul 2023