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HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationAs always, my hon. Friend makes an important point. I will come on to that in the remaining passages of my speech, because people out there are really feeling in their day-to-day…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationThe Minister said he heard very little analysis from Opposition Members other than reference to research by Unite the union. Does he accept, however, that as well as Unite the…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationWill the Minister give way?16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationThat is not true.16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationThat is exactly right. That state of affairs is completely perverse in one of the richest countries on earth. I mentioned that the French Government have secured a deal to place a…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationThat is absolutely right. It is scandalous when workers are not fairly paid, the public are being ripped off, and all this profiteering is causing the price crisis that we see. It…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationI have to say—and this will come as no surprise—that I agree with my hon. Friend’s three policy demands. A £15 an hour minimum wage is more necessary now than ever before. When…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationAs ever, my hon. Friend makes the point about what is really happening out there. She gives a powerful example about baby food. I will come on to food and a policy suggestion for…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationI beg to move, That this House has considered levels of corporate profit and inflation. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Mark. I secured this debate because the…16 May 2023HANSARDTax System: FairnessThe Government recently announced a huge tax giveaway to the very wealthiest, allowing them to stash vast sums in their pensions tax-free. The £1 billion annual cost of that…09 May 2023HANSARDTax System: Fairness20. What recent steps he has taken to ensure fairness in the application of the tax system.09 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsIs it not the case that the arrests of peaceful protestors at the weekend were not an aberration, but exactly what the Public Order Act is designed to do—to clamp down on…09 May 2023HANSARD Business of the Houserose—20 Apr 2023HANSARD Human Rights Protections: PalestiniansAs we have heard today, Israel has elected the most extreme Government in its history. There has recently, rightly, been a huge focus on the threat that this new Government pose…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseA new poll shows that 51% of people think the coronation should not be publicly funded, with just 32% thinking it should. Given today’s report that the King has a personal fortune…20 Apr 2023HANSARDIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Sixth Assessment ReportNew analysis shows that, if the Government allow the Rosebank oilfield off the Shetland Islands to go ahead, it will blow the UK’s climate targets. Rosebank’s developers will get…18 Apr 2023HANSARDIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Sixth Assessment Report7. What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published on 20 March 2023.18 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesWe need to be clear: junior doctors have had a 26% real-terms pay cut. Restoring their pay would cost around £1 billion a year. That is less than half the giveaway handed to the…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainThe way to deliver energy security, tackle the climate crisis and lower bills as quickly as possible is through renewables, yet the Government are hooked on ever more oil and gas…30 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationLast Wednesday, as the Chancellor stood up to deliver his Budget, millions of people around the country will have been hoping for real action on the biggest cost of living crisis…21 Mar 2023