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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Does the Secretary of State recognise that if the Prime Minister returns with an amended version of her deal, there is a very strong case that parliamentary approval being…28 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI want to raise one topic, which has already been touched on by my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Ruth George) in her excellent speech opening the debate: namely, the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. On JSA, people could not be sanctioned for that and on universal credit they can. I agree with him that that is wrong. That was revealed in…26 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsWhat is the Minister’s current estimate for how long it is going to take to complete this exercise and to correct all these very serious mistakes?25 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsThe hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford) asked the Secretary of State for an assurance that the wording he read out from the agreement with Canada will be included in these…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsDoes the Secretary of State expect the beneficial arrangements that the European Union has made with developing countries to be maintained in the deals that his Department will…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed DealThe Department’s assessment is that any form of Brexit will leave us worse off than if we stayed in the European Union. Will the Minister simply confirm that that is his…20 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The Central and East London breast screening service was performing well until last April, when it was transferred from Barts Health NHS Trust to the Royal Free London NHS…19 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Trade Agreements: ReplicationThe Secretary of State has managed to reach agreement with the Faroe Islands, but not with Japan or Canada. Why has this crucial exercise proved so much harder than he said it…13 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food InsecurityThe Secretary of State is, no doubt, right that delays in payment were part of the problem, but does she recognise that the fact that people are not entitled to any money for the…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. Does she agree that it is pretty shocking that nursery schools are having to decide now about admissions in September without knowing…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) on leading this debate, and I am pleased to be following…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsWill my hon. Friend give way?31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI think that that research will be useful, but can the Minister at least give an assurance today that maintained nursery schools will know by the end of the current financial year…31 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No Deal5. What assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumer prices of new non-tariff barriers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealThe British Retail Consortium estimates that if we leave the EU without a deal, new non-tariff barriers will add on average 29% to the cost of food imports from the EU, on top of…29 Jan 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeI very much agree with what my hon. Friend is saying. Does he agree that in looking at the supply of knives, we need to consider the ready availability of some pretty horrendous…24 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman RightsI am grateful to the Minister for that answer. There has been a surge of attacks against and repression of human rights defenders around the world. In Saudi Arabia, for example,…22 Jan 2019HANSARDHuman Rights1. What recent assessment he has made of the safety and security of human rights defenders throughout the world.22 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI do not doubt that the Prime Minister has tried her level best to secure an acceptable agreement, but she has clearly failed—the scale of her defeat last week was…21 Jan 2019