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HANSARDPoverty Levels: April 202317. If she will make an estimate of projected poverty levels in April 2023.11 Jul 2022HANSARDMiners Strike 1984-85: UK-wide InquiryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey, and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery). I congratulate the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen…29 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackDoes my hon. Friend agree that community payback schemes should provide fitting punishment as well as rehabilitation, so that they are meaningful for the offender and the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackThe Minister talked about the number of hours completed and has spoken a lot about the impact of the covid pandemic but the fall in the number of hours completed began in 2017;…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackIt is disingenuous of the Minister to call me unfair. He clearly misheard my intervention; I was talking about 2017 but he is talking about 2020. Will he answer the question about…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackWill the Minister give way?28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity Paybackrose —28 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Funds: Criteria14. What recent assessment he has made of the impartiality of criteria used to award levelling-up funds.27 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Funds: CriteriaI thank the Secretary of State for visiting Barnsley East to meet the Coalfields Regeneration Trust to discuss its regeneration proposals. He will have seen from his visit how, by…27 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesThe Chair of the Select Committee has talked about engaging with the trade unions, which I know he has done positively. Does he agree that his Government should get around the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSupport for VeteransOne veteran who served as a Royal Engineer for 38 years told me that he has been fighting for almost nine years to receive the compensation that he is entitled to. Currently,…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Address to Her Majesty: Platinum JubileeIt is an honour to be here today to pay tribute to her Majesty the Queen. The Queen truly defines our modern history. Through the 70 years she has reigned, huge changes have…26 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I ask the Leader of the House again if he will back an independent inquiry into why allegations of child sexual abuse were ignored?26 May 2022HANSARDFly-tipping and Illegal DumpingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark, and a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore). I congratulate the hon. Member for Meriden…24 May 2022HANSARDVictims of CrimeFour years ago, Jackie Wileman was tragically killed on her daily walk by four men joyriding a stolen HGV around Barnsley. The men responsible had 100 convictions between them. I…24 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAn MOT centre in Wombwell has told me that it is fearful for its future after hearing of plans for MOTs to be required only every two years. It says that after the previous…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a Government statement on what checks were made on an individual’s background, including allegations made against them, before they were put on to the Home Office…19 May 2022HANSARD Food Price InflationThe Governor of the Bank of England has described food inflation as “apocalyptic”. Instead of telling people to work harder, buy cheaper or cook better, why do the Government not…19 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith). People across Barnsley East are really worried about the cost of living. The biggest…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne mother from Barnsley submitted her daughter’s passport application in January, five months in advance of their holiday next week, but she is yet to receive it. My office has…25 Apr 2022