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HANSARDStatutory Sick Pay and Protection for WorkersIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) and my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), the Chair of the Select…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Educational SettingsNo one doubts the scale of the challenge facing the Secretary of State. Frankly, his job would have been made much easier had the Chancellor come forward last night with…18 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsDavid Miliband and David Cameron demonstrated the importance of leadership from the top in the context of human rights in Sri Lanka. In that spirit, would the Foreign Secretary be…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Economic UpdateThe reality is that universal credit and statutory sick pay were not generous enough in the best of times, and they certainly are not enough to live on in these worst of times.…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19Professor Costello of University College London says that the virus is particularly contagious at the early stages before symptoms present. Given the prevalence of this virus in…16 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?11 Mar 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Economic and Social EffectThe Prime Minister got the majority he asked for to deliver the Brexit that he wanted, but is it really possible for him to deliver on his promise that there would be no forms and…05 Feb 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Economic and Social Effect1. What recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic and (b) social effect on Northern Ireland of the UK leaving the EU.05 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle East Peace PlanA peace plan without Palestinian participation is not a peace plan—it is an annexation plan. Can the Secretary of State assure us that the Government will not accept either this…04 Feb 2020HANSARDMiddle East Peace Plan11. What representations he has made to his counterpart in the US Administration on the proposed peace deal for the middle east.04 Feb 2020HANSARD Netflix: Tax AffairsI thank the Minister for giving way. He is right to emphasise the importance of international co-operation, but the passage of time since many of these arrangements were agreed…03 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Given that nearly three years have passed since the all-party parliamentary group on taxis laid out the case for reform of legislation governing the taxi and private hire…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformMy hon. Friend has anticipated the point that I was about to make. Clearly, capping the number of private hire vehicles would not be appropriate in every town or city in the UK.…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformAs a member of the all-party group on taxis, I am delighted to see you in the Chair for this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that many of the themes and issues that I…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformI am grateful for that intervention, because it speaks to the generous hearts of taxi drivers and minicab drivers. We will see that reflected again when licensed London taxi…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformI strongly endorse what the right hon. Gentleman has said. There is a real need to act, whether on the introduction of new rules to govern cross-border hiring so that people…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI warmly welcome the investment in Whipps Cross University Hospital, which is one of the six projects that have actually been committed to, as opposed to the 40-odd that have been…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Hacker HouseProbity and ethics seem to have gone out the window with this Government, so can the Minister assure us that the Prime Minister will co-operate fully with the Department’s inquiry…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIn relation to tomorrow’s general debate on the principles of democracy, one of the unfortunate consequences of the unlawful Prorogation is that it has dragged the Crown into a…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThe Prime Minister’s political hero, Sir Winston Churchill, when threatened with deselection by Chamberlainites in his Epping constituency in the 1930s, said: “What is the use of…25 Sept 2019