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HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI thank my hon. Friend for contributing to my previous statement. The Bill will remove the rights of individuals and families without guaranteeing that sufficient rights are put…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, on which I am about to expand. Staff shortages in our NHS and care sector will leave our loved ones waiting longer in hospital corridors…28 Jan 2019HANSARDHomelessness: Death Rates1. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the death rate among homeless people.28 Jan 2019HANSARDHomelessness: Death RatesOfficial figures released by Office for National Statistics just before Christmas shockingly revealed that 597 people died homeless in England and Wales in 2017—an increase of 24%…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThis Bill is yet another power grab by a Government who are intent on riding roughshod over Parliament, and who view scrutiny as something to fear rather than a fundamental…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Freehold Estate FeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) for securing this debate and for the work…22 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend makes a really important intervention. The figures are harrowing. I hope the Minister is listening carefully and will respond to Members’ interventions at the end…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered local government funding. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I declare an interest as a vice-president of…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Government can do it when they try—instead of wasting that money, which is the kind of money that local government absolutely needs right…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend raises an important point. The NHS spends only about 5% of its funding on preventive measures. That just cannot be right. As she rightly says, social care costs…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. We need to invest more money in public health and not siphon it away from councils, for issues such as sexual health, drug and…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingI thank the Minister for his response and for paying tribute to councils up and down the country. I also thank him for acknowledging the real challenges local government faces.…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend raises an important point, which I will touch on later. Not only was that devastatingly large amount taken across the country, but the spending cuts hit more…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend’s important intervention tells us about the plight of councils as a result of non-statutory services not getting the investment that they need. We will end up with…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I hope that the Government really listen to what Members say today about the devastating impact of cuts to councils in their constituencies.15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend rightly describes the plight of her council, and it is the same for many councils up and down the country. I hope that the Minister will really take stock of hon.…15 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActIn May, I gave a speech in this place calling on the Government to put aside their differences and their rigid ideologies, overcome their stubbornness and focus on what matters: a…14 Jan 2019HANSARDHIV/AIDSAnalysis from the STOPAIDS coalition shows that, despite increased funding to multilaterals, overall DFID funding for HIV programmes has been falling, with bilateral funding for…09 Jan 2019