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HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersTwo weeks ago, during my absence with covid, a private Member’s Bill was presented which called specifically for divorced women to no longer be excluded and receive more than an…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Long CovidWe were told this week by the Prime Minister that the worst of covid was over and that we are moving from responding to covid as a crisis to it being something we will be living…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, the all-party parliamentary group on ending the need for food banks, which I co-chair, and the APPG on debt and personal finance, chaired by the hon. Member for…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Long CovidI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I would accept either testing, but I am asking that proof of a positive test does not need to be a requirement for a diagnosis of…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineUp until May 2021, Valentyna Yakovleva was my constituent. She resided in Scotland for 20 years with her daughter and her family, but due to an initial error in application, she…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House, whom I welcome to his place, will be aware that, this week, a Mauritian delegation set sail on a planned expedition to the Chagos islands with a number of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityOn that issue of feeding ourselves, in North East Fife I am seeing problems in attracting agricultural workers. Migrant agricultural workers are vital and, without them, we will…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Security and PensionsIt is important that the debate covers both orders—social security and pensions—because the issues, and the circumstances facing our constituents, are the same. As the hon. Member…07 Feb 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Chief of Staff AppointmentMy constituents are rightly concerned to see the Prime Minister pursue a departmental merger, the cost of which is likely to surpass £10 million in taxpayers’ money, at a time…07 Feb 2022HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewI place on record my thanks to the Chair of the Committee on Standards, the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), members of the Committee, some of whom are here today, and the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On 31 January, during the Sue Gray update statement, the Prime Minister said the Government “have been cutting crime by 14%”. —[…03 Feb 2022HANSARDIOPC Report on Metropolitan Police Officers' Conduct: Charing Cross Police StationI am the only female former police officer currently serving in this place. Although I served with dedicated officers, I would be lying if I said that I did not recognise an…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I thank the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for securing this important debate. One of my constituents…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsLast year, we were told by the Prime Minister that there were no Downing Street parties. Then it turned out that there were parties, but we were assured that no rules were broken.…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 19 January.19 Jan 2022HANSARD Coronavirus Grant Schemes: FraudThe Government say time and again that support during the pandemic for the people who fell through the gap between the job retention scheme and the self-employed scheme would be…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsMy hon. Friend has talked eloquently about the hardship of fuel poverty experienced in rural Scotland, and particularly in the highlands. I want to talk about disabled people, who…18 Jan 2022HANSARDPrayersOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Many Members will have been shocked to see the newspaper headlines this morning, not just because of the terrible revelation that there were not…14 Jan 2022HANSARDUnderpayment of Benefits: CompensationI think all hon. Members here know this is not the first time the ombudsman has found maladministration in relation to the Department for Work and Pensions. Before Christmas I…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Given the damage that the self-styled Minister for the Union has done to public trust in recent days and the decision of some Cabinet colleagues to diminish the role of the…13 Jan 2022