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HANSARDChild Food PovertyI welcome this opportunity to highlight rising food insecurity among children. Relative child poverty has risen sharply. The Resolution Foundation found that nearly half of…24 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireLarge numbers of people gather at the al-Aqsa mosque to pray. Does the Minister agree that the attacks that we saw on people praying there, and the large number of civilian…19 May 2021HANSARDSafe Streets for AllI first want to deplore the loss of the employment Bill. It was announced in the December 2019 Queen’s Speech but entirely omitted this time. The Work and Pensions Committee…17 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support with Essential Living CostsHard-working, law-abiding families without indefinite leave to remain have not had as much support as others during the covid-19 outbreak because of the effect of the no recourse…17 May 2021HANSARD Online Scams: Consumer ProtectionI congratulate the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (Ruth Edwards) on securing the debate and on the powerful case she made. The Pensions Scams Industry Group estimates that 40,000…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. Ministers have repeatedly said that leaseholders should not bear the costs of the fire cladding scandal. Why is he…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI also warmly welcome the further concession that the Minister has announced. The Bill will now exclude all the offences for which service personnel could be summoned before the…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI agree with what my hon. Friend says. I wonder whether he has visited claddingscandalmap.co.uk, which maps 450 buildings with 60,000 homes affected by this scandal. It also shows…27 Apr 2021HANSARDSocial HousingI thank the hon. Member for that answer. He announced a new commission earlier. I welcome very much the bold vision for addressing the housing crisis in the archbishops’ housing…22 Apr 2021HANSARDSocial HousingWhat future plans the Church of England has to work with social housing providers.22 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillBy accepting that change is necessary in the case of torture, the Minister is surely accepting that there is a problem here and that war crimes need to be excluded in the same…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI congratulate the Minister on his appointment. I very much welcome the concession he has just announced, but why are the Government retaining the presumption against prosecution…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillClause 31 relates to the decision to cut the £20 a week uplift in universal credit and working tax credit in six months. I want to focus my brief remarks on that decision,…19 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI add my tribute to our late colleague Dame Cheryl Gillan. I agree very much with what the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds) said about the importance…15 Apr 2021HANSARDSri LankaI warmly welcome this debate. The resolution to be voted on next week comes at a crucial time. It should make a reference to the International Criminal Court, as my hon. Friend…18 Mar 2021HANSARD Household Overcrowding: Covid-19I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) made a characteristically powerful contribution, as did…10 Mar 2021HANSARD Household Overcrowding: Covid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered household overcrowding and the covid-19 outbreak. Eleven years ago, I was contacted by a family who were very overcrowded. The…10 Mar 2021HANSARD Household Overcrowding: Covid-19I thank the Minister for the points that he is making. Can he tell us whether the Government will accept the recommendation of the Women and Equalities Committee and bring forward…10 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow are the crucial EU negotiations on the memorandum of understanding on financial services progressing? Given its importance to the UK economy—by comparison, for example, with…09 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.09 Mar 2021