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HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]I thank all hon. Members for their contributions to this debate, which were small in number but high in quality. I also thank those who contributed in the other place, or by…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreen Infrastructure InvestmentToo many parts of the country and too many families have felt the devastating effects of flooding in recent months, not least in South Wales and in the hon. Member’s constituency.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDGreen Infrastructure InvestmentWe take very seriously the need to protect communities from flooding and to deliver on our commitments on climate in the years ahead. It is important that we consider both…21 Jan 2025HANSARDAutomatic Enrolment: Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band Review 2025-26Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions has transformed workplace pension saving for millions of workers. The Government are committed to looking at long-term steps we can…21 Jan 2025HANSARDGreen Infrastructure InvestmentI think that remark was directed at the hon. Member in a previous life. We have committed to 100% first year allowances and to maintaining that going forward, but unless we…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for his constituents, and particularly for those who have suffered in recent weeks, including others across Greater Manchester. As I set out…21 Jan 2025HANSARDGreen Infrastructure InvestmentThe hon. Member will know that specific flood defence schemes will be considered in the normal way. When it comes to funding beyond 2025-26, those will be decisions on overall…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is an important issue, and we have been listening to the plight of those women for many years—and rightly so. Important and powerful cases have been made by many hon. Members,…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI must make some progress. We also do not believe that paying a flat rate to all women would be a fair or proportionate use of taxpayers’ money. I want to address the questions…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI really must make some progress because we are about to run out of time. It would not be a reasonable or fair use of taxpayer money to pay compensation to people whose…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and for his brief congratulations on my appointment prior to his wider comments. I would say gently that he and I both stood on the…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI was not going to go into this detail, but the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings is inviting me to return to some of my past lives with the details of surveys.…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI thank my hon. Friend on two fronts for his intervention. First, because he has reinforced the point that I just made, which was that we are struggling to distinguish between the…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. The Labour party did oppose the acceleration of the state pension age in the early part of the last decade, but he and many other…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI will make some progress and give way later on. There has also been, as has been raised, the opportunity for all parties to call for more time and for votes in the main Chamber.…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationWe have already had a long statement in the main Chamber. The point of debates like this one today is to make sure that the Government are held accountable for their decisions.15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is a pleasure to serve under you today, Dr Murrison. I thank the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) for securing a debate on this important…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI think I should make some progress and give way later. I want to get on to the bit that most Members might not agree with, but at least will explain what we are doing, because we…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIf my hon. Friend will allow me to make some progress, I will come to exactly that point shortly. There was considerable awareness that the state pension age was increasing. I…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationNo, I will not. The biggest betrayal of our older generations is the state of our health service. We will also boost the state pension by up to £1,900 by the end of this…15 Jan 2025