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HANSARDSocial Security Payments: Cost of LivingA crucial way to help people in the benefits system is to get inflation down, so can I urge the Government to ensure that they deliver the reduction in inflation that we…23 Jan 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills2. What steps he is taking to support households with energy bills.17 Jan 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsWill the Government take action to decouple the cost of gas supplies from renewables, because that is a way to get the cost of renewable energy down, helping households and also…17 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickThis is an utterly shameful and appalling case. I have seldom seen such a palpable sense of shock in this Chamber as we have witnessed today. In responding to these terrible…17 Jan 2023HANSARDMaintained Nursery Schools8. What steps she is taking to support maintained nursery schools.16 Jan 2023HANSARDMaintained Nursery SchoolsI warmly welcome that extra funding, because it means for the first time that maintained nursery schools in Barnet will get a share of the supplementary funding. Will the Minister…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Skills and Labour ShortagesI certainly agree that investing in adult education, apprenticeships and skills is crucial for giving people opportunities in life and the skills that they need. That is why I…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Skills and Labour ShortagesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for this important debate, Sir Graham. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Skills and Labour ShortagesI am sure that the hon. Member will have noted that the most recent figures for net migration are around half a million, which demonstrates that this country still has a pretty…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Skills and Labour ShortagesThere is scope to review the apprenticeship levy and make it more flexible; I will come on to that. We also have to recognise the success in recent years in delivering…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Skills and Labour ShortagesA great deal has been achieved so far—not least more than half a million apprenticeships—but of course we can always do more. We need to ensure that schemes such as kickstart, and…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI really welcome the fact that businesses in my constituency will get another 12 months of support, but none of us can be in any doubt that the global energy price shock will…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Convention on Biodiversity COP15: OutcomesWill this landmark agreement open the way for larger-scale uptake of solutions such as mangrove and seagrass as a means of capturing carbon and helping to tackle global heating?19 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers: SupportNo one would deny that France is a safe country, so should not those genuinely fleeing persecution be claiming asylum in France, rather than paying people traffickers to bring…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillExcessively high housing targets have been making it harder and harder for elected local councillors to turn down bad development proposals, even where these might be wholly…13 Dec 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI rise to speak in support of new clause 34, which I and my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) and others have tabled in this group of amendments. It forms part…23 Nov 2022HANSARDDeposit Return Schemes: Drinks ContainersThis is a really important scheme that will help tackle plastic waste and litter. People want it to be introduced, and it will be much more successful if it is co-ordinated…23 Nov 2022HANSARDDeposit Return Schemes: Drinks Containers10. Whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on co-ordinating work to set up deposit return schemes for drinks containers.23 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI thank the Chancellor for the announcement on schools funding, which, as he knows, is something that I raised with him as being crucial. Can he also confirm that, if current…17 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersPCSOs play a vital role in London wards’ safer neighbourhoods teams, which perform a vital function. Will the Minister ask the Mayor of London why he is starving boroughs such as…14 Nov 2022