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HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension SchemeThe Minister refers to his predecessor. In my Adjournment debate back in February, she agreed to a meeting with me, coalfield MPs and the trustees, but unfortunately, despite…10 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Minimum Wage Naming Scheme(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a statement on the suspension of the national minimum wage naming scheme.04 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Minimum Wage Naming SchemeThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, which finally forces a Minister to admit to the House that the Government have quietly dropped one of the few policies…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPost-18 Education and FundingThe Secretary of State has given us warm words about technical education, but does he accept that the reality is frequently a postcode lottery in which towns such Barnsley have…04 Jun 2019HANSARDBritish SteelPeople in Barnsley whose jobs depend on industrial supply chains will be astounded if the Government let the owners of British Steel walk away with tens of millions while they…21 May 2019HANSARDProbation ReformI welcome the news that the Government have finally recognised what I and many others have been telling them for too long—that their decision to part privatise the probation…16 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseSince the campaign by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, I have had several constituents contact me about environmental safeguards and wildlife protection. When do the Government…16 May 2019HANSARDPrisons and ProbationExactly when will the Minister do that? The Government have committed to it previously, but we are still waiting.14 May 2019HANSARDPrisons and ProbationIt is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Justice Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill). This Government’s ideologically driven changes to the…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI welcome the Government’s statement. Some 60% of referrals to a refuge service were declined last year, which I am sure the Secretary of State will agree is a shockingly and…13 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf it is true that work is the best route out of poverty, why did food banks in Barnsley give out more than 1.5 million food parcels last year, many to people in work? Why is it…13 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA recent study of 17,000 police personnel across the UK found that 95% of officers and two thirds of operational police staff have been exposed to traumatic events, with 20%…09 May 2019HANSARDTimpson Review of School ExclusionLast year, an academy in my constituency temporarily excluded nearly a quarter of its pupils. That is over a third of all exclusions across Barnsley. The Minister said that there…07 May 2019HANSARD Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Services: Redcar and ClevelandI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate and the powerful speech she is giving. It can be incredibly difficult for women to come forward. In south…30 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent was made redundant from Carillion last April after 11 years’ service as a cleaner. She has been passed from pillar to post, from PwC to the insolvency services.…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceThe charity that I ran the London marathon for this weekend—Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services—sees at first hand the trauma faced by survivors of rape, and I thank…29 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation Funding: EnglandThank you, Mr Speaker, for your kind words. May I take this opportunity to thank everyone across Barnsley for supporting me yesterday? When the Government announced their new…29 Apr 2019HANSARDWomen’s Life ExpectancyLife expectancy has fallen for the poorest women over the past nine years. What is the Minister’s analysis of why that has happened?25 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThree of the four men convicted of killing my constituent Jacqueline Wileman were on probation at the time of her death. Does the Minister recognise that that demonstrates the…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseLast September my constituent Jacqueline Wileman was hit and killed by a lorry that had been stolen by four men in Barnsley. Three of them were on probation, all four had nearly…11 Apr 2019