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HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas Students(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will announce his decisions on the cases of overseas students falsely accused of cheating in ETS…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationWill the Secretary of State use this pilot to review thoroughly the impact of the catastrophic five-week delay policy in universal credit? It is forcing people to use food banks,…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTelecoms Supply Chain ReviewWill the Secretary of State confirm that the assessment of the National Cyber Security Centre is that the risk posed by Huawei equipment to the security of the 5G network is…22 Jul 2019HANSARDDetaineesIs it not in everybody’s interests to get to the bottom of what went wrong here? Given that the Intelligence and Security Committee said that it could not produce a credible…18 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Bibi Rahima said that “my life is just a prison” after she was accused of cheating in the test of English for international communication. She was overjoyed when…15 Jul 2019HANSARDDetainee Mistreatment: Judge-led InquiryWhen a Minister of the Crown stands at the Dispatch Box and says that something will be brought to the Chamber within 60 days, how should we understand such a commitment? Given…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit FraudMinisters have made one monumental misjudgment after another with universal credit. The five-week delay is forcing people into debt and dependency on food banks, and now we learn…10 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) is absolutely right. The Prime Minister failed in her aim to secure a continuing place for the UK on the European Data Protection…27 Jun 2019HANSARDFuture Relationship: Public Vote1. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on a public vote on the terms of the UK’s future relationship with the EU.27 Jun 2019HANSARDFuture Relationship: Public VoteI am sorry to hear that. Brexit was supposed to deliver frictionless trade, the exact same benefits as the single market and the customs union and an extra £350 million a week for…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty). I rise to put one point to the Minister. I welcome the fact that we are having…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActDoes the Minister agree with the point I made earlier, which was that it could be helpful in quite a number of local areas to include the local SACRE in the discussions he is…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Mr Rishikesh Kardile has been in custody since a business conference in Barcelona in February. Will the Minister’s officials ask the Indian Government to lift their…25 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThe European Parliament is investigating concerns that more than 1 million citizens of other EU countries who live in the UK may have been wrongly prevented from voting in the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeWill the Minister join me in welcoming the London Borough of Newham’s recent decision to appoint 30 additional youth workers? Does she recognise that drastic cuts in youth service…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityThe Secretary of State will know that the number of food parcels distributed by Trussell Trust food banks increased by 19% last year. Does she recognise the close link between the…12 Jun 2019HANSARD International Education StrategySince the Minister has mentioned Universities UK, does he agree with my point that students who get their visas back after losing them because of a TOEIC cheating allegation…22 May 2019HANSARD International Education StrategyMy hon. Friend is making an important case. Has he seen the figures I have seen, which suggest that the number of students coming from India in the last year for which there is…22 May 2019HANSARD International Education StrategyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I very much support the arguments that my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich West (Mr Bailey) made. I share…22 May 2019HANSARDRevoking Article 50: Voter ConfidenceNext month, it will be three years since the referendum. Does the Minister regard the referendum choice as binding for all time? Does he not recognise that at some point it will…16 May 2019