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HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI want to thank the whole range of colleagues who have spoken today. It has been a fantastic collegiate debate that has shown the House at its best. For those outside of the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI beg to move, That this House notes the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) report on Women’s State Pension Age, HC 638, published in March 2024, which found that…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe hon. Lady has been a fantastic campaigner for her constituents during her time in this House. I say in response that this issue unites the House; we are all angry about the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI thank the hon. Member for his suggestion. He is a fantastic campaigner for 1950s women in Scotland and has done an enormous amount of work in this House to support their cause.…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe right hon. Gentleman has been a formidable campaigner for the women affected and an ally in the campaign in this House. He is correct. I will explain in a moment how…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe right hon. Gentleman is right; it is not. That is why I place so much hope in the Minister to take action on this. To conclude, there were two statements made by colleagues…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe hon. Gentleman is a powerful advocate for women in Northern Ireland. He is right: what has happened is wrong, plain and simple. We need to see action today. I promise I am…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressThe hon. Lady has been a formidable campaigner for these women. In answer to her question, no, I have not had any joyous information from the Government as of yet, which is why we…03 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWe all know the famous quote: “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” It is a litmus test for the morality and integrity of…01 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Last night, “Newsnight” covered the Daily Mirror’s three-year investigation into the nuked blood scandal, in which thousands of troops had blood and urine monitored and even…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Water Safety Educationindicated assent .19 Jun 2025HANSARD Water Safety EducationI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) and the Backbench Business Committee for securing this important debate. I also thank Michael Wardle, who…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Disabled People in PovertyIn my constituency, 10,000 people are in receipt of PIP or the health element of universal credit, and they are frankly terrified. Already more than 6.3 million people with a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme: Capital DisregardI thank my hon. Friend for his tireless campaigning on this important issue alongside Irish community groups here in the UK. As he will know, thousands of survivors left Ireland…10 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Housing SupplyI very much welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to social and affordable housing. I know that she will be concerned by the new analysis by the National Housing Federation,…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Supply9. If she will take steps through the spending review to increase social housing supply.09 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentI very much welcome the Minister’s statement today—it is the right thing to do to lift pensioners out of poverty. I am sure that both he and the Chancellor also agree that it is…09 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Mrs Brackenridge) for her impassioned speech, which I very much associate myself with. Salford is the 18th most…04 Jun 2025HANSARDGroceries Code AdjudicatorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) for securing today’s debate and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterI note the Secretary of State’s reluctance to entertain public ownership, but I draw his attention to research from the University of Greenwich that shows that bringing water into…03 Jun 2025