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HANSARDBaby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity CareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Jill Mortimer) on securing the debate, and on the candour and bravery…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Billrose—25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI have listened carefully to what the Chancellor has said. Our public services are on their knees after 12 years of Tory misrule; they really cannot cope with any further cuts. In…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI of course welcome the Leader of the House to her place. Just 80,000 Conservative party members put the Prime Minister and her dangerous ideas into government, so can we be given…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationLike many others, I have listened with disbelief to much of what the Chief Secretary has said. While we have been in the Chamber, the Bank of England has again linked the economic…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI want to focus my remarks on my new clause 2. I thank the 25 right hon. and hon. Members who added their signature to mine on the amendment paper, and I am pleased that it has…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAre not tax cuts for the richest and bigger bonuses for bankers the classic trickle-down con trick? The wealth will not trickle down. In fact, it will be sucked up into fewer and…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseA 1993 rule introduced by the then Government said that inheritance tax does not have to be paid on the transfer of assets from one sovereign to another. At the time, the then…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionThe Secretary of State talks about fracking being in the national interest, but the truth is that fracking is in the corporate interest, which is why this Government are pursuing…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsSix months ago, households faced energy bills of £1,300. Today, we are told that doubling that and fixing prices at £2,500 is the best we can do to help. It is not. People were…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsJust six months ago, households faced energy bills of £1,300. We are today being told that fixing prices at £2,500 is the best the Government can do. It is not, so why is the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDWindfall TaxI rise to present a petition alongside a corresponding online petition signed by over 65,000 people. They are appalled that, at this time of crisis, the Government are choosing to…07 Sept 2022HANSARDBrazil: Presidential ElectionsOn the importance of defending democracy, I want to express, as I am sure many others do, my best wishes to the Argentinian Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, on whom…06 Sept 2022HANSARDBrazil: Presidential Elections10. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of election observation arrangements for presidential elections in Brazil in October 2022.06 Sept 2022HANSARD Net Zero Strategy: High Court RulingOil and gas giants have driven the climate crisis, yet one Cabinet Minister banked £1.3 million from an oil company while a Back-Bench MP, and another has accepted £100,000 from a…21 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThree minutes is not enough to sum up or express the misery, suffering and hardship caused to people in my constituency and across this country by this rotten Government. Of…18 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI wish to speak in favour of my new clause 1, new clauses 8 to 10, which I have signed, and of course the amendments from the Labour Front Benchers. Away from the drama among…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillThat is an important point well made by my hon. Friend. That is what this is really about. It is a political choice that we are discussing. On the Government’s major loophole that…11 Jul 2022HANSARDWorld Press Freedom DayIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) on securing this crucial debate. It…21 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwayIt is disgusting how the Secretary of State and the Government have smeared and continue to smear ordinary, hard-working, decent people such as railway cleaners, safety operatives…20 Jun 2022