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HANSARDTax wealthI rise to present a petition alongside a corresponding online petition, signed by more than 38,000 people, demanding action on wealth taxes. It is totally wrong that the wealthy…14 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 8 March.08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsOver 100 days ago, the Prime Minister promised to publish his tax returns. He still hasn’t. People want transparency in our politics, especially because the Prime Minister is the…08 Mar 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsI thank the Minister for responding in such a serious and considered way on this issue. I get the impression that he will not be supporting my Bill to ban MPs’ second jobs. He…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate and making such a powerful case. On the subject of privatisation, does she share my concern that, as we have heard…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsMy hon. Friend is correct. It is even worse that this racket is taking place during a cost of living crisis, when we have seen a proliferation of food banks—we see Tory MPs raking…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsI believe that it was provided anonymously to the press when this Conservative MP was pleading poverty on £84,000 a year but did not want their constituents to know they were…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsI have secured this debate to consider the urgent need to put an end to the ongoing scandal of MPs using their positions to enrich themselves through second jobs. Being a Member…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsMy right hon. Friend makes a fantastic suggestion. Why does the former Prime Minister not donate that £5 million to these important causes in his constituency? Let us invite him…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsI will set out the exceptions that my Bill outlines. I am disappointed that the Minister does not know the detail of my Bill, since his Government repeatedly blocked it. I thought…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationA total of 505 people over 75 years of age have applied for the Government’s voter ID document in the past month—that is fewer than the number of MPs in this House. Young people,…21 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Company PerformanceThe same greedy water companies that are dumping sewage into our rivers and increasing people’s bills, ripping the public off, have handed out more than £50 billion to…21 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas) on opening the debate in the way he did,…07 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt would cost around £1 billion to give nurses an inflation-matching pay rise. Scrapping the non-dom tax avoidance scheme used by the super-rich would raise more than £3 billion.…07 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThat is a very helpful intervention, because it illuminates the fact that I am afraid the hon. Member, and other Conservative Members, do not believe in individual liberty. We…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI rise to speak in support of new clause 1, which I tabled and which I am delighted has been signed by more than 30 MPs. It would mean that if the Bill passes, which it should…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe hon. Lady is making a very interesting contribution. She and the Government are making out that the International Labour Organisation somehow supports this measure. However,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Minister give way?30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State for Health—today, on the record—condemn the call from his predecessor to impose charges on visits to the GP or to A&E?24 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestThe Prime Minister stood on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street and promised the nation that he would act with integrity, yet here we are again. Is this whole affair not yet more…23 Jan 2023