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HANSARDDraft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022Can the Minister tell us what the current level of take-up of this benefit is and what the take-up is expected to be after the change comes into force?24 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyOn the workforce, existing nurses are underpaid, but the serious number of vacancies that existed in September—47,000, as reported by Nursing Times —must also be addressed…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Services in his region are delivered through Leeds mail centre, among others, which is one of the biggest in the region that he serves,…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI want to respond forcefully on the issue of union-busting tactics. Within days of members taking industrial action, Royal Mail announced that it was taking 10,000 jobs away from…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. If a post office operates as a franchise, it can close shop and go at any time. When someone is providing a public service, they have…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He is always keen to visit the local mail centre. Under the boundary changes, that mail centre will fall in his constituency, so we…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI could not agree more with my right hon. Friend, who is a neighbouring MP from my region. This will turn Royal Mail into a badly performing company. CEOs and management move on,…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I could not agree more. I have highlighted a glimpse of the bleak future that the management at Royal Mail want: poorer pay,…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesMy hon. Friend makes a very important point, which has been echoed in previous interventions. We will be calling on the Minister to go back to the Royal Mail board and stress the…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI will make a bit of progress before I give way, otherwise interventions are going to take over. Staff were given a derisory pay offer, and faced an assault on working conditions…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention; that is a very pertinent point. I stressed that £576 million, which she also referred to. This is not about affordability; this is…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI agree with my hon. Friend. Where a chief executive does not have the interest of the workforce at heart, they need to consider their position.10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI agree with the hon. Member’s comments and I hope to cover that specific issue later in my speech. The longer interventions are, the less time other Members will get. All Royal…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of postal services. It is indeed a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, and I refer you to my entry in the…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesMy hon. Friend makes an important point: we should not just look at the Post Office board; the Government have a role to play. I am sure that the Minister will respond to that.…10 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I have some questions for the Minister. The first concerns the resubmission rate of 70%. What are the actual numbers? If this instrument is to be extended for five years, what are…23 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI was quite alarmed by some of the comments from Conservative Members about why we are discussing this issue—some even described this debate as theoretical, while others said it…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockDoes my right hon. Friend agree that it is outrageous that we now have more branches of food banks than of McDonald’s?08 Nov 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresIn the words of the Home Secretary, “The system is broken.” After 12 years of Tory Government, the asylum system is broken. If she is saying that we have no solutions, she can…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresThe recent revelations of conditions at Manston processing centre highlight the complete and utter failure of leadership at the Home Office. Will the Home Secretary do the decent…31 Oct 2022