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HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with Disabilitiesrose—24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesThe Work and Pensions Committee visited Glasgow and met senior officers of Social Security Scotland. There is a great deal in the approach for which the hon. Lady is advocating.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesIs the Minister going to come back to the subject of the national disability strategy and tell us what the Government’s intentions are on that?24 Nov 2022HANSARDHotel Asylum Accommodation: Local Authority ConsultationThe Minister is right that communication has been inadequate. When a safeguarding concern arises among asylum seekers staying in a hotel in Newham, the council does not get to…23 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI am glad that it is being raised; it certainly needs to be, and it will need to go further. The right hon. Gentleman would probably agree that if someone is working full time at…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsOn 10 November, a week before the Chancellor stood up to make his statement, the Trussell Trust published its latest figures on the number of emergency food parcels that it has…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI am puzzled by the Chancellor’s position on his predecessor’s mini-Budget. He appeared to acknowledge its foolhardiness but then attempt to defend it. I agree with him about the…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to SocietyIt was the Government’s ambition that the great majority of students in the 16 to 18 range would study maths in some form—mostly core maths. Does that remain the Government’s…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to SocietyI thank the Minister for giving way one final time. I just want to go back to the question of the £300 million. Does he accept that the then Prime Minister, the right hon. Member…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to SocietyI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I do agree with him: maths is a vital enabler of economic growth, and it underpins many technological advancements…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to SocietyI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her well-informed and valid comment. The big problem is the shortage of teachers. In rural schools and elsewhere, getting hold of teachers with…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to SocietyI beg to move, That this House has considered the contribution of the mathematical sciences to society. I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley, and am most…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to SocietyThis commitment of £300 million—£60 million a year over five years—was given in a blaze of publicity by the then Prime Minister in January 2020. Surely the Minister is not telling…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFamilies with Leave to Remain: No Recourse to Public FundsAt present, the Home Office does not know how many people it gives leave to remain with no recourse to public funds attached. For months, Ministers and officials at the Department…14 Nov 2022HANSARDFamilies with Leave to Remain: No Recourse to Public Funds6. When she plans to publish improved data on families with leave to remain but no recourse to public funds.14 Nov 2022HANSARDSri LankaOn those tragic events, the hon. Member for Dundee West (Chris Law) mentioned the case of Shavendra Silva. Does my hon. Friend agree that our Government should be using the powers…09 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster). I thank him for the help he gave me when he was a Minister, and I agree with what he says about pension credit. I…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI welcome the Secretary of State to his first Department for Work and Pensions debate. Surely he is not suggesting that the current Prime Minister was irresponsible when he said…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockIt is a great shame on us all that so many people are dependent on charitable food banks, and the numbers are still rising. We certainly must not fail to uprate social security,…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food InsecurityI congratulate the Secretary of State on his appointment and warmly welcome him. We already have a date in the diary for him to come before the Committee and we look forward to…31 Oct 2022