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HANSARD Covid-19I want to pick up a point about the app. It is telling people to self-isolate, but it does not give them the code that they need for the process, so they cannot claim their £500.…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Restrictions: South YorkshireI note the agreement reached in South Yorkshire, and I fear that York is rapidly heading in the same direction, with a sharp increase in infection. Does the Minister recognise…21 Oct 2020HANSARD Right to Food in LegislationI really appreciate what the Minister is saying. We are on the cusp of seeing mass job losses, which is terrifying. The demand for food security will escalate sharply, so what…21 Oct 2020HANSARDAdditional Covid-19 Restrictions: Fair Economic SupportThe reality is that whether in Lancashire, Liverpool, South Yorkshire or Manchester, there are insufficiencies in the package that the Government are putting on the table. I know…21 Oct 2020HANSARD Right to Food in LegislationI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing forward today’s debate. Since the start of the lockdown, the use of food banks in York has increased by 300%. I agree with and…21 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger) for bringing forward today’s debate. There are significant…20 Oct 2020HANSARD Local Clean Air TargetsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Charles. I have spoken many times in this place about the poor air quality we experience in York. That is due not only to the…20 Oct 2020HANSARD Colleges and Skills: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) for bringing forward the debate and enabling us all to put on the…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateTo prevent further restrictions being placed on York, we have to lock down this virus, not lock down people and the economy. We know that the key to this is local contact tracing,…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome the Secretary of State’s greater attention on York, as announced today, but although we are in tier 1, I am concerned that there are areas of the country in tier 3 with…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Economic Support PackageThe Chancellor will know from York’s economic base and the complexity of our economy that unemployment may rise to 27% in our city. What additional measures will he put in place…14 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Contact TracingAs my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) set out, the system is not working. The statistics speak for themselves and, while the system in Wales is delivering,…14 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Economic Support PackageWill the Chancellor give way?14 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Contact TracingIt is nearly nine months since the first case of covid came to my constituency and, in that first instance, we had an effective test and trace system. But my goodness, what has…14 Oct 2020HANSARDUniversal Basic IncomeThat brings to mind another aspect of this issue, which is sickness absence from the workplace. We obviously know the impact that has, but if people have the underpinning of a…13 Oct 2020HANSARDUniversal Basic IncomeThe Minister is shaking his head. I talked to my constituents who were offered a loan, to be paid back. I am telling the Minister about cases in my constituency where people…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe reputation and effectiveness of DFID was built on strong scrutiny within Parliament. What progress has been made on establishing a Select Committee on official development…13 Oct 2020HANSARDUniversal Basic IncomeIt is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Mr Davies. I start by saying to both contributors so far that I wholeheartedly agree with the thesis that they set out while also…13 Oct 2020HANSARDExams: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I thank the 551 petitioners from my constituency who have signed the petitions. Our young people have shown…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have had five years of horrific humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and over that period the Government have traded and made profit from £6.5 billion-worth of licensed arms. At the…08 Oct 2020