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HANSARDPoverty: Food CostsOrder. I am sorry, but there is a Division. We will be back here in 35 minutes, at seven minutes past five.01 Mar 2023HANSARDAuthorised Push Payment FraudI will call Kirsten Oswald to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. As is conventional in 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryOrder. At the risk of being pedantic, there are a lot of “you”s going on here. Can we address points through the Chair, if Members do not mind?01 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesIt is interesting that a Government publication said: “Value to the taxpayer should lie at the heart of our procurement decisions.” Does my hon. Friend believe that there was…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesI am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend in mid flow. He has dealt with some specifics, but one of my concerns is that there does not appear to be any real assessment of how the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesOne of the issues that I am trying to tease out is that even when we were in the European Union—I know this, the Minister knows this, and so does everybody in this Chamber—those…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesWill the Minister give way?25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesOne definition of contract monitoring is the process of tracking the performance and status of contracts, to ensure that the obligations within them are being fulfilled as…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Crawley on his Bill and my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley, who has been working on the issue for a long time. I completely support what…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMay I pick up on the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East? I have had information today that came from Dilys Roe, a member of the UK Government Darwin unit,…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesDoes the hon. Lady agree that the Bill is taking back control to Westminster, not to the places that actually need it?25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesIs my hon. Friend aware that in the other House, Members expressed concern that the Procurement Bill falls short of the Green Paper, in that there is no exact definition of key…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI understand that every year there are about 1,200 disqualifications of unfit directors. Does the Minister have any indication of how that number may expand? We have the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillNo. There are about 1,200 disqualifications a year. How many more does the Minister believe may arise from this new legislation?24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the hon. Lady for giving way and wish many happy returns to her mother. The hon. Lady may recall the passage of the Criminal Finances Act 2017, during which we talked…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe disease of not listening troubles me. I am not saying that the Government are not listening, but they are not listening enough. On my right hon. Friend’s point, there are…24 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestA person is 23 times more likely to be prosecuted for benefit irregularities than to be prosecuted for tax irregularities, but tax irregularities lose the economy nine times more.…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Impact on People with Parkinson’s DiseaseI thank the Minister for his answer. According to a Parkinson’s UK survey, people with Parkinson’s disease will pay an extra £1,196 in heating costs to manage symptoms. Those…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Impact on People with Parkinson’s Disease7. What steps he is taking to help tackle the disproportionate impact of the cost of living crisis on people with Parkinson’s disease.23 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillAs far as I can tell, the Government have ruled out voluntary options 1 and 2 in their assessment, on the basis that they will be ineffective, particularly where unions and…16 Jan 2023