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HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsMy hon. Friend gets to the heart of this debate. The process is far too complex, and those who apply for legal aid are forced to run up huge legal bills on their own, represent…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. It is outrageous what is going on. Does she agree that the Government should review the deployment of our troops…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsI thank hon. Members for their powerful contributions. We have heard so many examples of why change is needed, and I want to briefly mention a few. The hon. Member for East…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsI support that call. Not only is that the way to discover the truth that will provide redress to individual families in individual cases, but it is an avenue to expose the…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsI absolutely share my hon. Friend’s concern and suspicion. I hope the Minister will answer that point. For families to fully and effectively participate in the inquest process,…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsMy hon. Friend makes an important point: the system is completely unfair. The Government and their agencies are given a blank cheque, whereas victims are not. It is not just the…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The system is simply unfair. Others have spoken of how the inquisitorial hearings are anything but. Instead, they are adversarial,…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsI give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh).10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsI beg to move, That this House has considered legal aid for inquests. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Main. This debate is about a simple premise: who can…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersI am very grateful to my good friend for giving way and congratulate him on securing the debate and on the powerful case that he is making. In the consultation on the changes,…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Legal Aid for InquestsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. All we are asking for is a level playing field. At the moment, the situation is totally disproportionate—a point I will come to. The families…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate and on his powerful speech. The Black Bull pub in Barnsley East closed last year, and the 250-year-old building is due to…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI congratulate the hon. Lady on her powerful speech. On community engagement, does she recall a former Conservative Minister saying that fracking could take place in the…28 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Seventy per cent. of my voters in Barnsley voted to leave and they would like their point of view put into action. Is this motion really about staying in the European Union, and…27 Mar 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation Victims: Criminal RecordsCan the Minister tell the House what analysis has been done on the impact that police cuts have had on bringing the perpetrators of CSE to justice?19 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseUnder this Government, one in four school support staff and nearly one in three teaching assistants in Barnsley schools have been lost, their national body has been abolished and…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPeriod PovertyI welcome the announcement this week, but has the Minister considered the provision of sanitary products in the workplace, perhaps starting with her Ministry or here in Parliament?14 Mar 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Protection for WorkersThe Prime Minister previously told the House that one step the Government were taking was to abolish the so-called Swedish derogation, but can the Secretary of State confirm that…06 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundMy town of Barnsley has seen its budget cut by 40% over the last nine years—nearly £700 per person. Does the Minister honestly think that today’s announcement makes up for the…04 Mar 2019