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HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2This has been another kick in the teeth for the people of Leeds from this Conservative Government. After cuts totalling £2 billion to Leeds City Council’s funding since 2010, a…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillI have listened with interest to all the powerful speeches that have been made today. As legislation moves through Parliament, it is meant to be improved, but the great pity with…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I was also a trade union lawyer for 10 years before being elected to Parliament. This Bill comes in…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank the Secretary of State for giving way. Last week, Human Rights Watch warned that “fundamental and hard-won rights are being systematically dismantled” in the UK. Is this…16 Jan 2023HANSARDIranI thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) and the Backbench Business Committee for giving the House the opportunity to debate and speak at length on this vital issue.…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesThe Minister rejects my allegation that the bosses of Royal Mail are engaged in union busting, but does he not think it is rather strange that over 100 trade union representatives…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionI have listened carefully to what the Secretary of State has had to say, and however he tries to dress it up, this is part of an alarming authoritarian drift. We have an attack on…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI have been speaking to local posties on the Harehills and Seacroft picket lines in my Leeds East constituency. It is clear that our posties care deeply about this service, but…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]Public procurement is one key way in which the Government can set a framework whereby employers’ standards can be driven up and a good example can be given to other employers. So…09 Jan 2023HANSARDVoter ID: May 2023 Local Elections12. What assessment he has made of the feasibility of bringing in voter ID for local elections in May 2023.09 Jan 2023HANSARDVoter ID: May 2023 Local ElectionsI thank the Minister for his answer, but the Government’s imposition of voter ID, despite there being hardly any instances of voter fraud, is a crass attempt at vote rigging, and…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresWe will not solve the NHS crisis without solving the NHS staffing crisis, which means sorting out pay. However, in talks with the unions today, the Government refused to make a…09 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I have listened to all the contributions with great interest. There is clearly a consensus developing that, although this Bill is a step in the right direction, it is completely…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]We do not seek to oppose the Bill. We seek to strengthen it and improve it, but I do have a question for the hon. Member. She has repeatedly referred in her speech to “trade union…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]Can the Secretary of State explain to the House clearly why, in the Bill’s original draft, frequent visits to UK ports was defined as 52 times a year and now it is 120 times a…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Cost of FoodI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) on his work on the right to food. He certainly stands in the traditions of the greatest MPs from the…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI did not expect the Chamber to come to life, but when it comes to attempting to ban MPs’ second jobs, everybody gets energetic. I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Council TaxI have listened with great interest to the Minister’s assurances to the House and the country, but it will not surprise Conservative Members to learn that I am not assured, nor…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI have listened carefully to all the contributions in the debate. I congratulate in particular my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) on the assiduous way in which…12 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic ProcurementI thank the Minister for his answer. Billions of pounds in covid contracts were handed to those with links to top Tories through the so-called VIP lanes, and much of it was for…08 Dec 2022