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Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Mixed Topics
Robert Charles Douglas Flello (Labour, Centre-left): Six My right hon. Friend highlighted the fact that the Prime Minister for 12 months dithered over whether she wanted an election, and all the time said that she did not want one, but is not the reality that her mind was focused by the fact that she may well lose some of her Back Benchers if the Crown Prosecution Service has its way?
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): I was elected leader of my party by 300,000 votes. I do not know how many people voted for the Prime Minister to be leader of her party. I suspect it was none whatsoever To the 6 million people working in jobs that pay less than the living wage, I simply say this: it does not have to be like this. Labour believes that every job should pay a wage people can live on, and that every worker should have decent rights at work. To the millions of people who cannot afford a home of their own, or who have spent years waiting for a council home, I say that this is their chance to vote for the home their family deserves. Labour Members believe that a housing policy should provide homes for all, and not investment opportunities for a few. To the millions of small businesses fed up with the red tape of quarterly reporting, hikes in business rates and broken promises on national insurance, I say that this is their chance to vote for a Government who invest and who support wealth creators, not just the wealth extractors The Prime Minister says that she has called the election so that the Government can negotiate Brexit. We had a referendum that established that mandate. Parliament has voted to accept that result. There is no obstacle to the Government negotiating, but instead of getting on with the job, she is painting herself as the prisoner of the Lib Dems, who have apparently threatened to grind government to a standstill. There are nine of them and they managed to vote three different ways on article 50, so it is obviously a very serious threat. The Tories want to use Brexit to turn us into a low-wage tax haven. Labour will use Brexit to invest in every part of this country to create a high-wage, high-skill economy in which everyone shares the rewards The Prime Minister says this campaign will be about leadership, so let us have a head-to-head TV debate about the future of our country. Why has she rejected that request? Labour offers a better future. We want richer lives for all, not a country run for the rich.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Civil Rights
David Julian Winnick (Labour, Centre-left): I will not, due to the lack of time. The reason given by the Prime Minister for the general election—Brexit—is a feeble, flimsy excuse that is taking in no one My hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West (Rob Marris) said that the Government should not be complacent about getting a large majority. Indeed, hopefully they will not get a large majority. When we consider the harm done to people in need—the disabled, the vulnerable, the low-paid—by this Government with a small majority, just imagine what will happen if there is a large Tory majority. It would be an absolute nightmare for the people we represent and for the millions of people in this country who need the Government to protect them, not harm them, but that protection will not come from a Tory Government with a small or large majority. I was here during the Tory Government of the 1980s and saw the harm that was done to my constituents and so many others The motion before us is murky, completely opportunistic, and certainly reflects badly on the Prime Minister. Many people are cynical about politics in this country, and that trend has unfortunately increased, for which perhaps all of us in the political class are responsible. The motion and the coming general election, which is happening purely for opportunistic reasons, will increase that cynical feeling, which is damaging to the democratic process.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Housing
Roger Duncan Godsiff (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Under the Labour Government, we had the Building Schools for the Future programme and Sure Start centres. Under this Government, that programme was stopped and Sure Start centres are being closed left, right and centre My constituents will ask other questions. Why is it that more and more hard-working families are being forced into the humiliation of having to use food banks? They just do not have enough money at the end of the week to feed and clothe their families. Why are energy consumers paying ever-increasing prices? Utility firms are ripping them off in the sacred name of competition. Why are young people, married and unmarried, unable to acquire proper housing, often having to stay with in-laws and parents? Those views will be echoed throughout the country. There is no justification for this election, and I will certainly oppose it.
Technical and Further Education Bill — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gordon Marsden (Labour, Centre-left): As I say, those issues would be taken forward over a five-year period. The £200 million figure that the Minister quoted has not been recognised, and I do not intend to engage with it any further because no further detail has been given to us on this point.
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Public Lands
Peter Christopher Dowd (Labour, Centre-left): I am sure we will have that debate during the general election process As I mentioned, this Government have pledged to take back control from Brussels, but what about control for the millions of people who live outside the M25? How can this Government square their desire for less interference from Brussels with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government not batting an eyelid when banning local councils all over the country from charging £1 for fun runs in local parks? Is it really the job of the Secretary of State to micro-manage park budgets? Have we come to that? Have we come to a British Secretary of State telling local authorities, "You can’t charge these people £1, you can’t charge them 50p"? That is ludicrous, which is we why have to take back control, so that when control comes back to this country it is pushed down It is all the more bizarre that the Secretary of State has taken that position, given that both he and his predecessors have cut local government support by as much as 60% in some areas. Authorities have had not only huge cuts in their budgets, but interference on piddling amounts of money, such as £1 for park runs. It is pretty pathetic.
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — House of Commons, 2017-04-19
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): I think the hon. Lady has very successfully done so herself. As she can see, on the Treasury Bench is the Leader of the House, who will, I am sure, take up the matter with her. I thank her for the point of order and for giving me notice of it.
Leaving the EU: Justice System — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Secretary of State share my concern that leaving the EU will weaken our power on extradition? She will know that I have been dealing with a case of someone who fled to Pakistan after killing 11 members of a family, and we have been working across Europe to try to bring this man back. He is now in prison in Pakistan. Will our getting out of the European Union hamper extradition in the future?
Leaving the EU: Justice System — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Immigration
Questions: Brexit will, in a new, deregulated environment, provide a great opportunity for legal services, but what plans do the Government have to support our legal services abroad after Brexit?
Louise Margaret Haigh (Labour, Centre-left): My Bulgarian constituent murdered his wife by stabbing her to death 25 times in broad daylight. The Home Office has finally agreed to have him deported. Will the Secretary of State assure me that he will serve his full sentence in Bulgaria, both pre and post-Brexit?
Finance (No. 2) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Clauses 2 to 6, 16 to 47, and 52 to 56 stand part Government amendments 13 to 29 That schedule 3 be the Third schedule to the Bill Government amendments 30 to 56 That schedules 4 to 15 be schedules to the Bill.
Finance (No. 2) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Stephen Pelham Pound (Labour, Centre-left): I am so sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but I speak on behalf of the 4th Perivale scout group, which is most concerned about the impact that insurance premium tax increases are having on not just scout groups but other charities. Has she considered this matter since my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) raised it, and does she have any good news if not for the whole charity sector, at least for the 4th Perivale scout group?
Finance (No. 2) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): With this it will be convenient to consider the following: Clauses 61 to 64 stand part Amendment 1, in clause 65, page 73, line 4, leave out subsection (2) Clauses 65 to 70 stand part New clause 3—Review of oil and gas corporation tax rates and investment allowances— "(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must, within two months of the passing of this Act, commission a review of the corporation tax rates and investment allowances applicable to companies producing oil and gas in the UK or on the UK continental shelf (2) A report of the review under subsection (1) must be laid before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act." New clause 4—Review of tax regime relating to decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure— "(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must, within two months of the passing of this Act, commission a review of the ways in which the tax regime could be changed to increase the competitiveness of UK-registered companies in bidding for supply chain contracts associated with the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure or the development of new fields in the UK continental shelf (2) In undertaking the review under subsection (1), the Chancellor of the Exchequer must consult— (a) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; (b) the Oil and Gas Authority; (c) Scottish Ministers; and (d) such other stakeholders as the Chancellor of the Exchequer thinks appropriate (3) A report of the review under subsection (1) must be laid before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act."
Finance (No. 2) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Clauses 72 to 75 stand part Amendment 2, in clause 76, page 81, line 15, leave out paragraph (a) Amendment 3, page 81, line 20, leave out subsection (2) Clauses 76 to 107 stand part That schedules 20 to 23 be schedules to the Bill.
Contaminated Blood — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): My right hon. Friend is making a powerful case that there was a systematic cover-up. By joining together the dots in the way that he has, a picture seems to emerge that needs to be examined further. Even if he is wrong and what we are confronted with is systemic administrative and medical failures, the argument for immediate compensation for all the people affected is so powerful that the Government need to look at it urgently and, if possible, say something sensible about it today.
Contaminated Blood — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
Diana Ruth Johnson (Labour, Centre-left): I really do not think it is acceptable to rely on Penrose. The inquiry could not compel witnesses to give evidence if they were outside Scotland, because of the jurisdictional issues, so it seems that there was not a complete picture in Penrose either, despite the picture of full disclosure that the Minister is trying to paint.
Contaminated Blood — House of Commons, 2017-04-25
Topic: Mixed Topics
James McMahon (Labour, Centre-left): Thank you for your courtesy in allowing us to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. I fully accept that we ought to have spoken before the Minister responded. I have to say that I expected her response to go on for longer, and that I would have had an opportunity to make a short intervention on her I feel compelled to speak because one of my constituents, Alex Smith, has been so badly affected by this. It is not just me who is affected when I see the Government refusing, time after time, to do the right thing. It genuinely haunts me. None of us comes into politics to do the wrong thing. We come here to try to make the country a better place and to give a voice to people who have been ignored. These people have been ignored for such a long time, and it just feels as though the abuse is going on and on. Fear went through my body when the Minister stood to read from her folder and it became clear that she was determined to go down the cul de sac of denial and deferral. Mark my words, while there is breath in my body and in those of the people on this side of the Chamber, this issue will not go away. More than that, if this issue is not resolved, it will haunt the Minister Question put and agreed to.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Immigration
Ruth Margaret Cadbury (Labour, Centre-left): A simple yes or no will suffice: does the Education Secretary agree with the International Trade Secretary who said when he was in front of the Lords International Relations Committee, and with the Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary, that students should not be included in official immigration statistics?
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments/Ministerial Code — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Other
Questions: To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the operation of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and the ministerial code in the light of the appointment of the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) to the editorship of the Evening Standard.
Helen Catherine Goodman (Labour, Centre-left): In 1523, Cardinal Wolsey become the Bishop of Durham. He never visited his diocese. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that hon. Members do not start behaving like medieval clerics instead of modern politicians?
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments/Ministerial Code — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the operation of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and the ministerial code in the light of the appointment of the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) to the editorship of the Evening Standard.
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): At the risk of upsetting the new editor of my city’s newspaper, may I point out that there is an air of complete unreality around some of this afternoon’s exchanges. The public’s trust in both politicians and the media has never been so low, so what does it do to that trust if there is the idea that politicians can have a number of roles, including editing a newspaper? In an era of fake news, what does it do for the reputation of the media to have someone editing a newspaper who has no qualifications to do so? My hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) asked about apprenticeship funding during Question Time. As a London MP, I want apprenticeship funding in London, as would the editor of my local newspaper, but what would the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) think?
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments/Ministerial Code — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the operation of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and the ministerial code in the light of the appointment of the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) to the editorship of the Evening Standard.
Clive Anthony Lewis (Labour, Centre-left): Let me declare an interest as a former NCTJ—National Council for the Training of Journalists—qualified journalist and a member of the National Union of Journalists, which I hope the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) will be joining in short course. Much has been made of possible political conflicts of interest, but will the Minister also address potential commercial conflicts of interest, especially given that the Treasury is one of the biggest spenders on newspaper advertising—the sum is about £2.5 million? Will he commit to publish details of that expenditure?
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments/Ministerial Code — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Other
Questions: To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the operation of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and the ministerial code in the light of the appointment of the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) to the editorship of the Evening Standard.
Louise Margaret Haigh (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister said earlier that the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) had not actually received the advice from ACOBA. Will he confirm that right hon. and hon. Members are not in breach of the rules by announcing positions before they have received advice, and that ACOBA has absolutely no teeth to enforce rules when they have been breached?
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Michael Leslie (Labour, Centre-left): Should not the Lord Chancellor use the Bill to put in place a fairer and more balanced framework for calculating personal injury compensation lump sum insurance payments, following her seismic decision on the discount rate a few weeks ago? That decision has the potential to raise our constituents’ insurance premiums, and the Treasury has said that it could add £2 billion next year and £1 billion thereafter to NHS litigation costs, which will affect the taxpayer. Surely the Bill could introduce a better balance.
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard Burgon (Labour, Centre-left): The number of whiplash claims in recent years has reduced—[Interruption.] In recent years it has. I should also point out that there is a duty upon insurers to defend claims and not to pay out when claims are fraudulent.
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard Burgon (Labour, Centre-left): Of course we have considered the White Paper but, as I said, we will be returning to these practical proposals in Committee as we attempt to improve the Bill Did Ministers consider that the resettlement of prisoners might be a worthy aim to set out in the Bill? Too many prisoners leave prison without a home to go to, and that is a barrier to many things, including getting a job. It hampers rehabilitation and increases—
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Madeleine Moon (Labour, Centre-left): Is my hon. Friend aware of the Emmaus project? It will offer a prisoner who is ready to take the step of moving away from drugs and offending and into work the chance to become a companion. People will prepare goods for sale in the Emmaus shop, and restore and repair other goods. Those people claim no benefits other than housing benefit, so there is no real cost for the state, but they are supported in changing their lives absolutely and getting back into work. Should we not encourage that?
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Civil Rights
Richard Burgon (Labour, Centre-left): That is a very useful intervention because it makes clear the Conservative view of access to justice. Something for nothing? If somebody has not been paid the national minimum wage, why should they be charged to get the money back? If someone has not been paid their proper wage or has experienced disability, maternity or pregnancy-related discrimination, it is outrageous to say that they are seeking something for nothing That intervention takes me back to when I was an employment lawyer acting for the people the hon. Gentleman dismisses in such a cavalier fashion. I remember the first time I lodged a case after the coalition Government introduced employment tribunal fees. On the Employment Tribunal Service website, it said, "Customer, please enter your credit card details." Is that not shameful? When we regard citizens who are attempting to assert their statutory rights—rights made in this place, such as the right to the minimum wage and the right not to be discriminated against at work—primarily as consumers, it shows that the priorities of our society and our justice system have been warped by the Government.
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Order. To be helpful to Members, let me say that 19 Members wish to speak. We have roughly worked out that if you restrict yourselves to about 10 minutes, it should not be necessary to put on any time limit.
Prisons and Courts Bill — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
David George Hanson (Labour, Centre-left): I appreciate that. I have said to the Minister that the other aspects are not in the Bill. However, I sense that they are linked in that the Government’s approach to whiplash will be linked with their approach to tariff levels.
Businesses (Support) — House of Commons, 2017-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): This Front-Bench team must know that a silly attack on the BBC cannot be used as an excuse for policy. This is a Secretary of State who has refused to meet the all-party parliamentary manufacturing group. The manufacturers I know have no confidence in this Secretary of State. They think he is living in cloud cuckoo land and is not competent, and they want his resignation.
Food and Drink Sector — House of Commons, 2017-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: York has a food manufacturing sector, and it has real concerns over the increases in import and production costs and over labour; we are all, of course, concerned about the environment. Can the Minister tell the food manufacturing sector what new trade opportunities he has secured for it, and what their value will be to the economy?
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (Labour, Centre-left): More than 80% of the fish caught around the south-west coast and 30% of our lamb is exported straight to the rest of the EU, yet under World Trade Organisation rules, that produce would face very high tariffs. What guarantees can the Minister give that our fishermen and our agricultural industry will not face tariffs or any other barriers if we leave the European Union?
Equality and Women’s Rights: DUP Discussions — House of Commons, 2017-07-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Anna Rhiannon McMorrin (Labour, Centre-left): Equality and tolerance are important British values that we should all be proud of, so will the Minister work to overturn the ongoing ban on equal marriage in Northern Ireland? Does she believe that £1 billion is a fair price to pay for selling off such fundamental values?
Equality and Women’s Rights: DUP Discussions — House of Commons, 2017-07-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Paula Michelle Sherriff (Labour, Centre-left): DUP representatives have described homosexuality as repulsive, wrong, vile, immoral, offensive and obnoxious. Does the Minister agree that it is those hateful remarks themselves that are repulsive, wrong, vile, immoral, offensive and obnoxious and that they should have no place in our politics let alone in Government? The DUP once ran a campaign called, "Save Ulster from Sodomy". Is it not time to save Ulster from bigotry?