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HANSARDWaiting Times: Online ServicesWhatever the impact of these new online services, the Opposition Front-Bench team have drawn attention to the fact that waiting lists in England have risen for the last three…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but what he is describing is not quite the same thing. Many asylum seekers have valuable skills and are keen to contribute to society…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I acknowledge the petitioners and their call for “a cessation of financial and other support” but I rise to…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationWill the hon. Member give way?20 Oct 2025HANSARD Remote Coastal CommunitiesI thank the hon. Member for giving way and for securing this important debate. He is focusing on tourism and housing, but in my coastal constituency, there are many…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Mrs Hobhouse, and I thank the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this important debate and for his excellent…03 Sept 2025HANSARDClean Power: JobsTempted as I am to wax lyrical about the beauties of Aberdeenshire, I will instead ask the Secretary of State a very simple question. By this time next year, how many jobs will GB…15 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI rise not to call the Secretary of State an eco-warrior, as Members of this House are so keen on doing from time to time; in fact, I agree with him on the scale of the climate…14 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewThank you for allowing my question, Madam Deputy Speaker. I must apologise to the House and the Front Bench for being a little late. I appreciate the high-wire nature of the act…10 Jul 2025HANSARDPrison Officers: Terms and Conditions of Service5. What progress she has made on reviewing terms and conditions of service for prison officers.08 Jul 2025HANSARDPrison Officers: Terms and Conditions of ServiceI was in correspondence with the Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending last October, but he sits in the other place. In January, I was advised by the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTemporary Worker Visas: Fish Processing SectorMay I begin by acknowledging the passing of a giant of our movement, Mr Alex Sim from Peterhead, whose funeral is taking place at the moment? On Wednesday 5 March the Prime…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTemporary Worker Visas: Fish Processing Sector9. If she will review the temporary worker visa regulations for the fish processing sector.07 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI thank the Secretary of State for his statement on his plan. I note the comments on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the Medicines and Healthcare…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressEarlier, the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) warned us that we might simply see the Government Front Bencher regurgitation the Government’s views…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI congratulate the hon. Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) on securing this debate and on her tremendously eloquent speech, which removed much of what I had to say. In all…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Refugee Citizenship RightsForgive me for interrupting the hon. Member’s excellent speech, but he will note the complete absence of Members from the official Opposition party, apart from the shadow…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBarnett Formula: ScotlandWe know that if the Government today pass their disgraceful, discriminatory and, some say, illegal cuts to disability support, that will almost certainly lead to a reduction in…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBarnett Formula: Scotland1. Whether she plans to review the Barnett formula for Scotland.01 Jul 2025HANSARD Department of Health and Social CareI rise to set the record straight in Scotland when it comes to the much-vaunted but false largesse of this spin-doctoring Labour Government. After the autumn statement, the…24 Jun 2025