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Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent and heartfelt speech, which I am sure the whole House is listening to intently. Does she agree that part of the problem is that many of our poorest...

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent point. I have been given the same feedback by small businesses. Does he agree that there is also a serious connection between the rising cost of food...

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Making Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow Old

Commons debates

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Ukraine

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Like many colleagues, I have been approached by British people trying to help refugees. They are desperately trying to get them into this...

Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

Commons debates

I appreciate the point made by the Father of the House, but surely the issue here is the persistent breaches of the rules that seem to have taken place, the fact that that contrasts in such an...

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Families

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Government will amend the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme so that people who have already arrived in the UK but meet the...

Online Safety Bill

Commons debates

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

Visas: Ukraine

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is being provided to severely disabled individuals applying to the Ukraine Family Scheme, who meet the eligibility requirements...

Pension Rights: Age

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish further details of the protection regime allowing people with existing unqualified rights to take their pension before the age of 57.

Mental Health Services: Berkshire

Department of Health and Social Care

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support healthcare providers in Berkshire to meet proposed new mental health access standards.

Clause 35 - Report on assessing and meeting workforce needs

Health and Care Bill

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend’s speech; he is addressing absolutely the issues that the sector faces. All of us support the NHS and want to see it thriving. Does he agree,...

Clause 1 - Increase of primary threshold for primary Class 1 contributions

National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Bill

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate this afternoon. I would also like to thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) and my...

National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful for the work that my hon. Friend is carrying out on this important matter, because it seems fundamental to look at the impact on families. In my constituency of Reading East there...

National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Bill

Commons debates

I thank the Chief Secretary to the Treasury for giving way and for his reassurance to people contributing towards the state pension. The Chancellor did not actually mention the word...

Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

Commons debates

I am afraid that I am out of time. Every Member of the House will have constituents for whom the next few months will be filled with worry about bills. We owe so much to our pensioners. They have...

Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to sum up in today’s important debate on behalf of the official Opposition. I would like to start by thanking Members from across the House who have spoken in today’s...

Cost of Living: Pensioners

Work and Pensions

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

Pensioners who have worked hard and paid in all their lives face an absolutely enormous increase in the cost of living. Food prices are up, the cost of heating is going up and the cost of living...

Bank Branch Closures

Commons debates

Does the hon. Lady agree that this is a national issue? We have experienced exactly the same problems in Reading and Woodley. Again, it is elderly and disabled people who are put under enormous...

Cost of Living Increases

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent point because surely the point is that, with the super-profits for these very wealthy companies, senior leaders of a number of them have been quoted as...

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

Does the Minister think it was right for more than £4 billion to already have been written off as unrecoverable fraud? Does he also think that the Minister who resigned at that point in...

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake). This marks my fifth Queen’s Speech in this House. In that relatively short time, we have had two Prime...

Taxation: Fraud

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure efficient and clear communication between HMRC and Child Maintenance Service regarding tax fraud claims and...

National Curriculum Tests

Department for Education

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of SATs on primary children’s mental health.

National Curriculum Tests

Department for Education

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of SATs in measuring children’s learning and attainment.

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

I am glad that the right hon. Gentleman is saying that the Chancellor and his Ministers are moving heaven and earth to help the good British people, but would he agree that certain individuals...

Railways: Mental Health

Department for Transport

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that rail workers have access to mental health support.

Mental Health: Research

Department of Health and Social Care

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has been made of the level of funding into mental health research; and what assessment he has made of the...

Northern Ireland Protocol

Commons debates

With a cost of living crisis and rising tension in Northern Ireland, the last thing our country needs is a poisonous stand-off with the EU and the prospect of a trade war with our largest trading...

Sotrovimab

Department of Health and Social Care

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of Sotrovimab in (i) Slough and (ii) England.

Asylum: Rwanda

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guarantees her Department has had from her counterparts in the Rwandan Government regarding the fair treatment and suitable conditions...

Asylum: Rwanda

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to help safeguard the (a) mental and (b) physical wellbeing of asylum seekers and migrants relocated...

Railways: Concessions

Department for Transport

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of rail journeys eligible for discounts through the Great British Rail Sale.

Railways: Concessions

Department for Transport

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the Great British Rail Sale.

HM Passport Office Backlogs

Commons debates

In response to the Post Office fiasco, the Prime Minister said yesterday during an interview on TalkTV’s “The News Desk” that he does not care whether an institution such as the...

Great British Railways Headquarters: Derby’s Bid - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Efford. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) on securing this important debate and on the passion she...

Prime Minister’s Visit to India

Commons debates

It is incredibly important that we increase co-operation, ties and trade with allies across the globe, including India, but it is extremely discourteous that the Prime Minister could not even...

Topical Questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tan Dhesi made a speech in the House of Commons

According to Human Rights Watch’s “World Report 2020”, the Rwandan regime is active in “Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial...

Future of Rail - [Sir Charles Walker in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Oh, it’s coming—only 900 days late, severely hindering industry players’ investment in their skills and technology and making future infrastructure programmes even more...

Points of Order

Commons debates

indicated assent.

Points of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I humbly beg your advice on a matter of significant importance. On 25 February 2019, my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) wrote to...

Safe to Be Me Conference: Expenditure

Women and Equalities

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what are the total costs incurred to date by her Department in preparation towards the Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference.

Long Covid: Health Services

Department of Health and Social Care

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current average wait time for (a) assessment and (b) treatment for Long Covid in (i) Oxfordshire and (ii) England.

Cataracts: Surgery

Department of Health and Social Care

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current average wait time for a cataract operation in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England.

Hip Replacements: Waiting Lists

Department of Health and Social Care

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current average wait time for a hip replacement operation in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England.

Severe Disability Premium: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

Department for Work and Pensions

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person will continue to be treated as living alone under the qualifying conditions for the severe disability premium in the event...

Housing Benefit: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

Department for Work and Pensions

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the under occupancy charge will be removed in the event that a previously unoccupied room is occupied by Ukrainian refugees hosted...

Public Finance: Disability

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what specific measures for disabled people are included in the Spring Statement 2022.

Fuels: Excise Duties

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has undertaken on the impact of the reduction in fuel duty announced in the Spring Statement 2022.

Public Finance

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) impact of the (i) Spring Statement 2022 and (ii) October Budget 2021 and (b) combined impact of those...

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department undertook in advance of the Spring Statement 2022 of the impact of the policy of uprating by September 2021 consumer price...

Public Finance

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department's distributional analysis accompanying the Spring Statement 2022 combined all tax, welfare and public service spending...

Protective Clothing: Females

Department of Health and Social Care

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 116035 on Protective Clothing: Females and with reference to finding of Women in...

Supply Teachers

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of agencies which provide supply teachers to schools in the UK are assessed as being regulated by the...

Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the cap for the childcare element of universal credit reflects rising costs of childcare.

Flexible Support Fund: Parents

Department for Work and Pensions

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Work Coaches are routinely offering Flexible Support Fund payments to help parents who may...

Flexible Support Fund: Lone Parents

Department for Work and Pensions

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Flexible Support Fund payments are offered to single parents for the purposes of enabling...

Schools: Agency Workers

Department for Education

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the Government's arrangement with the Crown Commercial Service on levels of (a) fees...

Schools: Agency Workers

Department for Education

Anneliese Dodds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of low Ofsted ratings on levels of schools’ reliance on agency-provided staff.