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HANSARD Social Care FundingIndeed. My hon. Friend is right, and he reinforces the central point I am making.01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingMy hon. Friend is right to point out the practicalities of this issue. That links to one of the current difficulties with domiciliary care, which is that providers are often not…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered social care funding. I should like to introduce a discussion on the funding of social care and narrow that to adult social care and…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundIs not the implication of the Minister’s first answer that the authorities would allow the currency to fall indefinitely, without intervention, if that is where the market leads?30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanNow that the Government are no longer using the private finance initiative, what are the terms and conditions for Treasury funding of capital investment in hospitals? Is this all…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)Can the Secretary of State describe the action of British officials in Saudi Arabia in overseeing the use of British weapons by the Saudi forces in a process agreed with her…26 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister’s last major duty will be to recommend her successor. How does she plan to satisfy herself that the next leader of the Conservative party will command a…10 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Ministers are aware of the nervousness about Brexit in the creative industries. What assurances can they give that the copyright protections in the European directive will be…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI thank the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick Boles), my right hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) and others for giving us the opportunity to debate…04 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU InstitutionsThe Prime Minister’s statement says that “the best way to resolve trade disputes is through a reformed and strengthened WTO”. Is it not the case that the dispute settlement…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsReference has already been made to the Prime Minister’s moving speech on burning injustices in education. On a day when her former school, Wheatley Park School, near Oxford, is…03 Jul 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: EmploymentCan the Minister explain the very long delays in the limited work capability assessment to qualify for the working element of universal credit, and why disabled people who are…01 Jul 2019HANSARDUS-UK Special RelationshipPresident Trump made it clear that the special intelligence-sharing arrangements with the UK might be cancelled if the British Government persisted with their compromised…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Child ImprisonmentI congratulate the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) on securing this debate and on the conviction and professional knowledge she brought to bear on it. I am afraid…25 Jun 2019HANSARDApprenticeship LevyCan the Minister explain why very good companies with generous apprenticeships and training schemes are making a net contribution to the Treasury through the levy scheme rather…24 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilWith one of the Prime Minister’s potential successors having likened the European Union to the Soviet Union and the other having likened it to Nazi Germany, did she pick up any…24 Jun 2019HANSARDPlanning Applications: Economic Opportunities and Housing NeedDoes the Minister acknowledge that one unintended consequence of extending permitted development rights to commercial and industrial property is that a significant amount of…17 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseIt is a privilege to speak in this debate as one of the signatories to the motion, but I want to start by paying tribute to the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver…12 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion4. Whether he plans to extend the scope of his policy on refugee family reunion.10 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family ReunionMinisters will recall that last July the other House passed the Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill overwhelmingly but that it was not introduced here because of lack of parliamentary…10 Jun 2019