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HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthMy hon. Friend makes a pivotal point. Local authorities have been cut to the bone. They provide valuable resources and frontline services out in our communities, but they are…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthDoes my hon. Friend agree that when even the CEO of Shell is advocating a windfall tax—we truly have gone through the looking glass—it is time the Tories did the right thing?19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthDoes the hon. Member agree with me that the £2,500 that his constituents will now be paying is not a cap? That is a sort of misnomer.19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthGovernment Members should not think for one second that the Opposition will relent from holding them to account for this dog’s dinner, which is entirely of their own making. Like…19 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up FundHow can the Minister claim to be levelling up when his Government have presided over a net loss in funding for large parts of the country, such as the north-west, which will lose…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateAnyone marking the Secretary of State’s A, B, C, D homework would give her an F—an F for failing—as nothing we have heard today addresses the biggest threat to our NHS: the…22 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeI beg to move, That this House has considered the Seven Principles of Public Life. It is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Twigg. I thank parliamentary colleagues who offered…07 Sept 2022HANSARDAvanti West CoastToday I think we have truly gone through the looking glass. We have heard from those on the Government Benches about unofficial strike action, but it is not unofficial, because…07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeI thank the Minister for allowing me time to sum up, and all colleagues for their excellent speeches. We have heard lots of information today, and I want to touch on a couple of…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Agencies and Trade UnionsCould the hon. Member identify the last time that there was an illegal strike, please?11 Jul 2022HANSARD Employment Agencies and Trade UnionsI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am a proud member of the Unison and Unite trade unions. Many Opposition Members will…11 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryI put on record that my husband is a senior manager in the NHS. Dr Claire Fuller was commissioned by the Government to lead a national review of primary care. In her introduction…21 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaIt is fascinating that the Home Secretary talks endlessly about refugees travelling from France when it is such a safe country. The memorandum of understanding that the Home…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesShall I repeat it?15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is utterly absurd that the governing party of the United Kingdom is so incapable of running this country that it has resorted to petitioning Her…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesMy hon. Friend is making extremely good points— [Interruption.] Thank you. Does she agree that it is utterly absurd that the Government of this country are petitioning the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDChampions League Final: ParisI, too, commend my good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne), for securing this urgent question and for the work he has done, and I commend the…06 Jun 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, Yulia and her daughter Daria fled Ukraine as it was being bombed. They managed to get to Poland and applied for a visa to come to the UK on…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesIt is often said that people are the products of their environment. Where I come from, empathy, tolerance and a sense of decency and fairness are all characteristics that many of…21 Apr 2022HANSARDHuman Rights: ColombiaI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I completely concur with the views she shared. As we have heard, Colombia is the most dangerous place in the world for trade…20 Apr 2022