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HANSARDLegal Aid ReformThe role of families at inquests is one of the most distressing that they come across. In February the Government said they would look into further options for the funding of…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case. Does he agree that that access is even more important when individual workers are undergoing disciplinary or grievance procedures, and…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesAbsolutely. My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. People often spend the majority of their waking lives at work, and the relationships in the workplace are some of the most…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesI think the Minister will find that in practice individual workers do not have the ability to organise themselves and to join trade unions, as all the evidence presented by…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesOn that point, the member might have the right to be accompanied but the trade union representative does not have the right to speak in the meeting, so their presence is…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesI am pleased to hear that my hon. Friend had a positive experience of the USDAW official. Unfortunately, I have met too many people, young and old, who started their first job in…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesIt is a great pleasure to follow the previous speakers in this important debate. Having worked for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers—USDAW, the shop workers’…04 Jun 2019HANSARDFinancial Exclusion: Access to CashMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that the change in the post office contracts, particularly in the local and local plus contracts, meaning that post…21 May 2019HANSARDFinancial Exclusion: Access to CashThis is not a minor issue, particularly in constituencies such as mine with a large rural area and market towns. The LINK Access to Cash Review found that cash is an economic…21 May 2019HANSARDWork and PensionsWhen the changes were debated back in 2012 as part of the Welfare Reform Act, universal credit was still a similar level of benefit to tax credits. Since then, following the 2015…16 May 2019HANSARDPovertyA constituent of mine who is a single mother with three children was persuaded to apply for a loan to replace her cooker. The loan company took her details and made an application…13 May 2019HANSARDBird Nesting Sites: ProtectionThe right hon. Lady is making an excellent point. In my constituency I have seen where the habitat of ground-nesting birds—lapwings in particular—has been destroyed by herbicides…13 May 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Low-income Families4. What assessment he has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.08 May 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Low-income FamiliesThe Scottish choices do not help people to be paid differently if they are receiving less, and Citizens Advice Scotland has raised numerous concerns about the process of migrating…08 May 2019HANSARD Universal Credit HelplineMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case. The universal credit helpline is even more important because it is being used as back-up for journal entries, which are supposed to be…07 May 2019HANSARD Universal Credit HelplineThe Minister says that the universal credit helpline is there and that staff are not necessarily trying to direct people on to digital platforms, but the complaints procedure for…07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumThe severe disability premium does what it says on the tin: it goes to those with the most severe disabilities. Why, then, is the Minister claiming that people who most need…07 May 2019HANSARD Environment and Climate ChangeI would like to talk not only about what the national Government can do but about what local councils can do. There will be elections tomorrow in High Peak and in rural districts…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe other week, I was shocked to meet a constituent who had worked in care for nine months solidly without being given a single day off, while on a zero-hours contract. Such…30 Apr 2019HANSARDHealthcare: East MidlandsMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech that sets out the challenges to healthcare in rural areas such as Lincolnshire. Just this week, the wound service in one of our local…30 Apr 2019