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HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI wish to support new clause 8, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy). The “Barriers to Britishness” report was published a year ago this month,…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am listening carefully to the point that the hon. Gentleman is making, but will he take it from me that the alarm about the clause is not because of any stirring from the…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Economic CrimeThat hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. I know that Ministers have been looking into this issue. As I understand it, there is now a very complex infrastructure around…02 Dec 2021HANSARD Economic CrimeMy right hon. Friend is talking about the amount of resource we commit to this, but has she seen the statistic that the National Economic Crime Centre put to the Work and Pensions…02 Dec 2021HANSARD Economic CrimeI am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), and I welcome his collaboration with my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame…02 Dec 2021HANSARD Economic CrimeThe Financial Conduct Authority, which reports to the Minister’s Department, has made the case for the Online Safety Bill to be widened to include online fraud. Does he accept the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Lease-holders in Kingfisher Court, built by Barratt in my constituency, have just been told that, unlike leaseholders in very similar buildings nearby, their application to…29 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsWhat happened a couple of weeks ago was an extraordinary failure of moral leadership and, for the first time, it has given rise in the minds of many to serious questions about the…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillWill the Minister give way?15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillThe Minister did indeed say that in response to my intervention, but that does not answer the question. The question was: do the Government intend the value of the state pension,…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillOf course I understand why the Government have decided not to increase the state pension by 8%, but is it still their intention that the value of the state pension should, over…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillWill the Minister give way?15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Billrose —15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillIn my intervention on the Minister, I asked if it remained the Government’s intention that the value of the state pension should, over time, at least keep track with earnings. He…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillI will gladly give way to the Minister. Hopefully he will clarify the position.15 Nov 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit Standard Allowance: End of UpliftUnemployment support is now at the lowest level in real terms for more than 30 years, even though the economy has grown by more than 50% in real terms over that period. As a…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideI am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. I want to make sure I have understood the point she is making. Is she saying that the constraint is the industry’s capacity to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of tackling the digital divide. I am delighted to be serving under your chairmanship this afternoon, Ms Ali. It strikes…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideIf the industry comes forward with proposals with capacity to deliver this more quickly than achieving 85% coverage by 2025—and the funding could be brought forward, as the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTackling the Digital DivideI am listening with great interest to what the Minister is saying. She has explained a little about why the target was downgraded from, I think, initially 100% fibre by 2025 to…04 Nov 2021