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HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeThe shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and I, in my role as shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury, requested a meeting with Companies House to discuss its role in tackling…28 Feb 2022HANSARDFlexible Working9. If he will make it his policy to make flexible working the default.22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I echo all the thanks that the Minister has given, and I thank him for meaningfully engaging with me on this topic. I thank the shadow Treasury team, who helped a lot, all the…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I am grateful that the Minister is answering all the questions that I posed in my speech, but I want to go back to the question that my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]The pandemic has underlined the contribution made by the public sector workforce to this country. Public sector workers do so much to keep us all safe. Our brave doctors and…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the Foreign Office and the Minister for Europe and North America for helping me last week when my constituents Alice Wood and Ben Garratt were stuck in Ukraine and needed…22 Feb 2022HANSARDFlexible WorkingI have listened carefully to what the Minister has said and I am pleased that the Government are talking about making flexible working the default, but their proposal merely makes…22 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ12. I understand that the UK Government signed an agreement with the Iranian authorities last summer that would have resulted in the payment of the £400 million that we owe Iran…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDRAFT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2022It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. A trust can be an entirely legitimate way of managing assets. However, because trusts separate legal and beneficial…07 Feb 2022HANSARDIOPC Report on Metropolitan Police Officers' Conduct: Charing Cross Police StationThe report was chilling. What worried me most was that the horrific cases were referred to the IOPC in 2018, yet the concerns about sexist discrimination and sexual harassment in…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for bringing this important issue to the House. Like other Members, for years I have been receiving heartbreaking stories from…01 Feb 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I will start by talking about our public sector workforce and the service they give to this country. The pandemic has…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Thank you, Sir Graham, for chairing the Committee, and I also thank your co-Chair, my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma). Even though we did not win the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)First, I want to say that my new clause is supported by the Police Superintendents Association. I checked it with the association before I tabled it. I listened to what the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I intend to press new clause 14, which I tabled on behalf of the Opposition Front Bench, to a vote. It would require the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)We support the clause, which raises the retirement age of judges to 75, as we recognise the need to deal with the backlog in the judicial system. However, I wanted to make the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The Government have yet to set out the estimated costs of the provisions for Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock and whether those costs are in addition to the £17 billion…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for that explanation. Is there an impact assessment for each scheme?27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We welcome the proposal in new clause 1 for a reformed scheme only design, which means that the cost of the legacy schemes will no longer be included in the cost control…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am grateful for the explanation given by the Minister. We support the changes to the local government pension scheme and the other technical amendments, in particular those that…27 Jan 2022