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HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentThat sounds like a wonderful model. The more of that kind of initiative around the country, the better. The report makes the point that a line manager in a mainstream business may…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentI am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that intervention. Perhaps he could use his influence with the task group—I do not know whether he is a member of it; I…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentI am very pleased to follow the right hon. and learned Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland); I congratulate him on securing this debate and on the report, which makes a…25 Apr 2024HANSARDPartner and Spousal Visas: Minimum IncomeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) on securing this debate and on the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPartner and Spousal Visas: Minimum IncomeWill the Minister give way?23 Apr 2024HANSARDPartner and Spousal Visas: Minimum IncomeWhy did the Minister not ask the Migration Advisory Committee for its views?23 Apr 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Christina Rees) on the good way in which she opened this important debate on behalf of the Petitions Committee. It is a…22 Apr 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceWill the Minister respond specifically to my point about the Government’s response to the Select Committee report five years ago? Paragraph 20 says: “The VEP Service receives the…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseThe Minister referred to the problem of food security. It does seem very likely that the planting season will be disrupted again this year. What are the implications for food…22 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI welcome the support of the Prime Minister and the Government for the resolution on Gaza adopted recently by the United Nations Security Council. Israel is currently in breach of…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI, too, warmly welcome yesterday’s resolution, and the change in the Government’s position that supported it. As both sides are now in clear conflict, with a clear breach of a…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI thank the Minister for meeting leaseholders from Barrier Point in my constituency last week. During a Zoom call last night, leaseholders from Waterside Park made it clear that…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on securing the debate. There are two points that emerge from the recent work of the Work and Pensions Committee.…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsI am grateful to the Minister for picking up my point about default recording and for her offer to look into it. When she does so, will she bear it in mind that all the companies…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Women’s State Pension AgeDoes the Secretary of State agree with the Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, as I do, that those affected should not have to wait for the outcome of a Select Committee…25 Mar 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Banff and BuchanA large number of people in Banff and Buchan are economically inactive. They are not claiming benefits so they are not eligible for employment support from jobcentres, but the…18 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementThe Secretary of State, in my view very unwisely, recently closed down the Inter Faith Network, which facilitates the kind of dialogue he praised in his statement. He closed it…14 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case on national insurance. Does he agree that the plan to abolish national insurance raises fundamental questions about the future of the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLet me associate myself with what my hon. Friends the Members for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) and for West Ham (Ms Brown) said about the scale of the hardships being faced by so…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Minister is right that I warmly welcome that extension. Is there not a strong case for making the household support fund permanent, not just extending it for another six…07 Mar 2024