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HANSARD Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) BillDoes the Minister agree that it is important that employers feel that there is loyalty to their companies and loyalty to the work that the employee is doing? It should very much…03 Feb 2023HANSARDProspective Cabinet Members: Financial Affairs8. Whether his Department receives advice on prospective Cabinet members’ financial affairs before they are appointed.02 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The aim of my Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, which is supported by the Government and will have its Report stage and Third Reading tomorrow, is to…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe decision to allow Bristol airport’s expansion flies in the face of local democracy and action on net zero. The expansion will produce an extra 1 million tonnes of carbon…02 Feb 2023HANSARD British Steel: NegotiationsSteel is vital to help us move to net zero by, for example, extending our railways or building net zero homes, but the industry is also a major contributor to carbon emissions,…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProspective Cabinet Members: Financial AffairsI am sure the right hon. Gentleman is aware that I am not satisfied with his answer. It has been reported that the Prime Minister was given an informal warning about the tax…02 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution RatesIt is a well-known national scandal that only 3% of rape cases have led to charges against the perpetrator. Locally, Avon and Somerset police are making big strides towards…01 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: SentencingIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I congratulate the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Cherilyn Mackrory) on securing this debate and leading it in…01 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: SentencingI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. This is a good debate about how we best get justice. I totally understand the trauma that victims face if they have to go through…01 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: SentencingI am grateful to the Minister for clarifying that. I am glad that he corrected the record, because I was obviously going a bit free range. It is absolutely true that these…01 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: SentencingI congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important debate. She is absolutely right that the violence is corrosive, because it leads to childhood trauma, and from that…01 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: SentencingThe hon. Lady points out that it is important that women feel safe when they go out at night. An appalling thing that happens time and again—we are trying to do something about it…01 Feb 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates1. What steps she is taking to increase the proportion of cases relating to violence against women and girls that are prosecuted.01 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Afghan citizens resettlement scheme is heavily backlogged. Just four people have been resettled under pathway 2 and no one under pathway 3. The schemes do not even support…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Prepayment MetersPrepayment meters enforce a poverty premium on some of the most vulnerable in society. My Pre-Payment Meters (Temporary Prohibition) Bill would prevent their installation during…23 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3As I said, I have been employing an Afghan refugee since 2021, and I talk to him a lot. May I suggest that some of the criteria that the British Government require for security…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), on securing the debate, which is incredibly important. We have debated the issue again and again, because…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. I will come on to the three different pathways, but I agree. The Government underestimate the danger that absolutely everybody in…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3Will the Minister give way?19 Jan 2023