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HANSARDGov.uk: Effectiveness18. If he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of gov.uk for the public and businesses.29 Feb 2024HANSARDGov.uk: EffectivenessGovernment processes need to work if our democratic system is to have the trust of our constituents. We know that many people who use Government IT systems to manage their tax…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Angiolini Inquiry ReportI associate myself with the comments for the Everard family and with Lady Elish Angiolini. Her report today is a continuation of her reports that have highlighted failures in our…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Security of Elected RepresentativesI thank the Minister for his statement and for the letter he sent to Members. I have been grateful to get clarity from the Dispatch Box in relation to myself as a Scottish MP. It…29 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceThank you, Sir Charles, for calling me to speak; I am very grateful. I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate. There were two aspects of this issue that I wanted to…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaReturning to the recent ICJ ruling, as I understand it one of the problems is that no country has ever responded to a call for pre-emptive steps when the court has made such a…27 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. One of my constituents has been waiting for his asylum substantive interview for well over 18 months. He sat for four hours waiting for an interview to start, but it was then…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Carer's Leave Regulations 2024
Draft Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I am conscious that being present at a delegated legislation Committee is more of a novelty for me than it may be…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Potential ExtensionI am grateful to the hon. Lady for eloquently outlining the schemes. The University of St Andrews in my constituency confirmed to me that it has 21 Ukrainian students currently…06 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. In his opening remarks, the Secretary of State mentioned the assessment period for cost of living payments, but people on four-weekly pay schedules miss out on support…05 Feb 2024HANSARD PensionsVery briefly, the Pensions Minister will know, because there was a Westminster Hall debate on this a couple of weeks ago, about some of the issues experienced with defined-benefit…31 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial SecurityGiven the number of us in the Chamber, I do not think that this will be an afternoon of high drama. I, like others, do not intend to divide the House on the motion before us. The…31 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceAs both the Minister and the shadow Minister, the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden), pointed out, this is the latest in a series of storms that we have…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Defined-Benefit Pension SchemesWith 60,000 BP pensioners impacted, it is unsurprising that I too have been contacted by constituents. There is a wider debate about the fact that if multinational companies such…17 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersOne challenge in my right hon. Friend’s constituency is the number of his constituents who are off grid. We know that there is a lack of regulation in the sector off grid. One…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersThere are 2 million older people living in poverty—that is one in six—and another million are sitting just above the poverty line silently struggling to make ends meet. Together,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI think it is reflected across a number of policy areas that we should look in all our services at sufficiency of income, allowing people to live with dignity and respect and…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI regularly meet Steve Webb, the former Lib Dem Pensions Minister from the coalition, and I know how hard he worked when in government on this policy, so I entirely agree with my…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersStigma is definitely a part of it, but some think they do not qualify as they have a sufficiency of income that would result in their being rejected. I always say to them that…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI am grateful to the hon. Member. I agree that many people feel they are being held hostage by the vagaries of energy prices and systems. Although the cap and other measures have…16 Jan 2024