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HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThere are ideas in this Bill that devolve powers that we Greens can support. A layer of strategic government with funding and fundraising powers could empower areas of the…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Two major reports—one from Shelter, which is coming, and one last week from Heriot-Watt University—have exposed something that I have observed myself in housing casework for…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI thank the hon. Member for that question. I refer him to Patriotic Millionaires UK. It has done considerable work on this issue, with its considerable resources, and set out…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWhen one in five people receiving universal credit and disability benefits has used a food bank in the last month, and when Scope has found that the disability price tag is £1,095…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI beg to move amendment 39, page 1, line 21, leave out subsection (4) and insert— “(4) The relevant uplift percentage for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 is 4.8%.” This amendment…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI thank the hon. Member greatly for that intervention. When I have gathered together young people in my constituency, I have found that the issues that they face are unique, and…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI thank the hon. Member for giving those examples of the vital things that additional payments are used for. They are so necessary, and it is so necessary not to cut them. My…09 Jul 2025HANSARDFossil Fuel Advertising and SponsorshipBefore the Minister winds up, I want to ensure that he tackles the question of sponsorship, which is a key part of the petition. I think that focusing only on advertising ignores…07 Jul 2025HANSARDFossil Fuel Advertising and SponsorshipI appreciate the work that has gone into the shadow Minister’s speech, but when he will address the petition’s point about advertising? It seems to me that most of the speech so…07 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)On the budgets that the Minister just mentioned, was he clear that the money for retrofitting will come out of active travel funding, rather than bus services funding, or is it a…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I shall do so. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 13 Duty to commission a safety and accessibility review of floating bus stops…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I will be as brief as I can. New clause 10 and the other new clauses in the group are all aimed at the same thing. It is an anomaly in this day and age that older people and…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 10 Review of the English national concessionary travel scheme “(1) The Secretary of State must,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)New clause 9 is about looking again at services for children, particularly their uses of them and the cost of them. The new clause defines a child as “any person under the age of…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 9 Review of the use and costs of bus travel for children “(1) The Secretary of State must,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Following on from my other new clauses, this new clause would simply mandate that those who work in franchising authorities…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 8 Professional qualifications for officials in franchising authorities “In the Transport Act…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)This new clause would set a permitted driving time for bus drivers—drivers of public service vehicles—that matched the permitted driving time for heavy goods vehicle drivers.…03 Jul 2025