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HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I understand that clause 22 permits changes to the existing and traditional pension scheme and allows for the deregistering of these schemes for tax purposes so that a lifetime…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We very much support the clause. Amendment 5 agreed to. Question proposed, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill.27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point about all the different communities that are coming together to support Holocaust Memorial Day and to remember all the people who lost…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank my hon. Friend for giving way—I wanted to speak in the debate but I was in a Bill Committee, which is why I have come in late. I am a trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsI know the hon. Member is a doughty champion for the early years sector. I have heard him mention his wife on several occasions and admire the work that she does. In an ideal…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: International TravelI welcome the announcement by the Secretary of State, but he will know that other countries still have testing requirements for travellers from the UK. I know that that question…24 Jan 2022HANSARDEthiopia: Humanitarian and Political SituationI thank the hon. Member for giving way and for bringing such an important debate to the House. I fully agree with him that we as a country, and as a Parliament, cannot sit back…19 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingMany of my constituents have written to me in praise of the recent BBC investigative documentary about the cladding scandal. One of my constituents who lives in a dangerously clad…17 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI noticed that the Minister conveniently avoided answering the question from the deputy Leader of the Opposition about the Chancellor, so I shall ask it again. The Chancellor was…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Dame Angela. I am standing in today for the shadow Minister, who has other business in the House. I thank the shadow Secretary of State for…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Consular Support for British CitizensI am sorry to interrupt the hon. Member’s powerful speech, but I thank her for securing this debate. She knows very well the case of my constituent, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,…09 Dec 2021HANSARDFinancial Services: UK EconomyI am very grateful to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne), the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), who is not in her place, and…09 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I was born and raised in this country. I do not even need to mention the colour of my skin. I am here representing people who are…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. What I would say to everyone is that I am not trying here to flame tensions or to play politics. I am genuinely saying that ethnic…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillYes, I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, who made a wonderful speech.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI do not feel that I can even respond to the hon. Member’s comments, but I will say that I agree that terrorists are terrorists. Regardless of their skin colour, they should be…07 Dec 2021HANSARDInflation: Living StandardsThere is a cost of living crisis, temperatures are falling and Ministers are ignoring average households, who are struggling to pay enormous bills. Household energy bills have…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillNo, I will not give way. Is this also being done because it means that the appeals process and the decisions that are made will receive less scrutiny? The Government need to think…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. [Interruption.] Let me just say that, being a middle child, I am not intimidated by the braying from the other side of the House, so I will…07 Dec 2021