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Points of Order — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
Ian Colin Lucas (Labour, Centre-left): Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am particularly grateful that you pointed out that this appalling procedure is not your procedure, but one that, unfortunately, the House authorised you to implement, and one subject to Standing Orders, which you are, of course, acting upon I think the difficulty is that the notification and notice are very late for those of us, such as me, who have constituents in Glyndwr University who are directly affected by this measure. In a spirit of being helpful, I would like to point out that the Procedure Committee, of which I am a member, is undertaking an inquiry into this appalling procedure and will be reporting on it. May I suggest that those who are motivated, such as my very good hon. Friend the Member for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), who actually attended Glyndwr university and can vote today in a way that other MPs from Wales cannot, should make representations to the Procedure Committee?
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Civil Rights
David Lindon Lammy (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend refers to the impact statement. Does he agree that, in 2016, it is a scandal that the impact statement, which the NUS had to drag out of the Government and which confirms that the measures will disproportionately affect black and minority ethnic students, women and disabled people, does not merit a proper debate and vote in this House?
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
Gordon Marsden (Labour, Centre-left): I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman is so looking forward to the arrival of a Labour Government that he is already asking us detailed questions on this matter. I would remind him, however, that today is a day for the Government to be held to account for their failures.
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
Gordon Marsden (Labour, Centre-left): No, I will not give way until I have finished dealing with the intervention. On my hon. Friend’s point about hypocrisy, it is not for me to judge, but I would recall that fine old English proverb, "Fine words butter no parsnips."
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Mixed Topics
Peter John Kyle (Labour, Centre-left): Brighton and Hove City Council has set up a fairness commission to make sure that it delivers fairness and social mobility in its public policy making. With 3,700 students out of 10,000 at Sussex University and 6,700 out of 16,000 at Brighton University on maintenance grants, has not their job just got an awful lot more difficult because of the Government’s policy?
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Before I call the Scottish National party Front-Bench spokesperson, I remind Members that there are 18 people who want to catch my eye and the winding-up speeches will start in just over an hour, so we will have a time limit of three or four minutes by the time we reach the Back-Bench speeches. If everyone is as concise as possible, we will hopefully be able to get everyone in.
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Mixed Topics
Clive Anthony Lewis (Labour, Centre-left): I could not agree more with the hon. Lady on that point. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that the debt of the poorest 40% of students will increase by £12,500 to £53,500. I do not know where Government Members are coming from, but from my point of view, as someone who came from a working-class background, that would have put me off going to university and it will put off many thousands of other students. The policy is not about social mobility. There is no social justice in it. It is about social cleansing and keeping such students out of university, and it is wrong.
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): It says it all about the Government policy that we are debating that so few of their Back Benchers have turned up to read the poor script they have been given by the Whips, and it says everything about how they conduct themselves that instead of having a proper debate on the Floor of the House, with a full vote involving all Members, they sought to have a debate down the corridor and up the stairs, hoping that nobody would notice, in a Committee that nobody has ever heard of.
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Five Members are seeking to catch my eye. If no interventions are taken, we should be able to get everybody in, but if interventions are taken, I am afraid that people will have to be dropped off the list.
Student Maintenance Grants — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Other
James McMahon (Labour, Centre-left): Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. If it is any consolation to the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell), my name was not on the list either. However, I have been assured by the Teller that the vote was recorded.
Cost of Public Transport — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Immigration
James Dolan Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): I am sure my hon. Friend will be aware that senior citizens, who might have business in London working for charities, are finding it very difficult to afford to come here unless it is outside peak times, and they are often unable to arrange meetings at times that would suit the off-peak periods. Does she understand that and have a view on it?
Business without Debate — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Civil Rights
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): With the leave of the House, we will take motions 3 and 4 together Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure (HC 722), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Diocesan Stipends Fund (Amendment) Measure (HC 723), be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Charlie Elphicke .)
Post-SSI Support Package: Redcar — House of Commons, 2016-01-19
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alexander Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on the sterling work she is doing for people across Teesside and elsewhere. My surgeries have been full of people who are contracted employees and who are not getting the same level of support as direct employees. Does she agree that barriers need to be broken down so that they can get help similar to that for direct employees?
Economic Development — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: Does the Minister agree with the CBI and the trade union movement that the UK’s exit from the European Union would be damaging to economic development in Northern Ireland? Will he encourage his colleague the Secretary of State to argue for a yes vote?
Vernon Coaker (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister will know that there is very real concern in Northern Ireland about the impact of withdrawal from the EU on trade, investment and funding for various projects, as other Members have already mentioned. An Economic and Social Research Institute report at the end of 2015 said that a Brexit would have "very serious consequences" for the Northern Ireland economy. Has he discussed this matter with the Northern Ireland Executive?
Legacy Issues — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen Pelham Pound (Labour, Centre-left): Referring to the Secretary of State’s earlier answer, I have to say that it is all very well—I do not for a minute doubt her good intentions; nor would any other Member—but when will we actually hear some dates and some details? When will the legislation she mentions be brought to the Floor of the House, particularly in respect of those aspects of fresh start where there is agreement? How long must the victims continue to wait?
Sexual Health and Family Planning — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: What recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the adequacy of women’s access to sexual health and family planning services.
Catherine Jane Smith (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister will be aware that women in Northern Ireland can, and do, travel to England for abortions on the NHS. However, they cannot access NHS abortions; they have to pay to go privately. Does he agree that this is an inequality issue between women in Northern Ireland and women who live in, say, England?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Gareth Thomas (Labour, Centre-left): If you have worked hard for a company and helped it succeed, surely you should be allowed to benefit a little from the profits that the company makes. Does the Prime Minister therefore think it is now time for companies such as Sports Direct to follow the example of the best British businesses and allow people to benefit from a small percentage of the profits?
Asylum Seekers: Middlesbrough — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Immigration
David Julian Winnick (Labour, Centre-left): It is a good job that we have journalists such as Andrew Norfolk, who also helped, of course, to expose the Rotherham abuse scandal. Is it not a matter of concern that whenever some abuse is known about and comes into the public arena, the Minister makes a statement and somehow or other G4S seems to be involved? I would have thought that that would be a source of some concern to the Home Secretary and her Ministers. I do not question for a moment the Minister’s objections, just like those of the rest of us, to any form of discrimination, but should not those responsible for what occurred—the painting of doors in red where asylum seekers are concerned—be told in the clearest possible language that certain aspects of 1936 Berlin are not to be repeated in Britain in 2016?
Asylum Seekers: Middlesbrough — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Housing
Alexander Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): Jomast has a major base in my constituency, and this is not the first time that it has come under national media scrutiny for the wrong reasons. I have visited some of the hovels that have apparently passed the test as "decent homes", driving huge profits directly from Government contracts. While the Minister inquires further into this latest scandal, will he also order a further review in real detail of the standards of Teesside accommodation, including houses of multiple occupation in my Stockton North constituency, and get a better deal and better value for money for both tenants and the Government?
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Lyn Carol Brown (Labour, Centre-left): I agree that there is much we can do to prevent the supply of, and demand for, these substances. This set of amendments is dealing with demand, and I feel that, unless we get across the message that these so-called legal highs are neither legal nor safe, the demand on the internet will become even greater. We need to get across the core message that the Government are sending through this Bill: these drugs are not legal and not safe. The demand on the internet needs to be curbed as well, which is why we need to make sure that we have proper education and information out there Teachers, parents and the Government’s own inspectors think we should have more and better drugs education, but it appears that the Government do not agree. In Wales, a Labour Government show us how successful an alternative approach can be. A £2 million investment in the all-Wales school liaison programme has made substance misuse education a core subject in 98% of Welsh primary and secondary schools. Almost all Welsh schoolchildren receive accurate, consistent and credible information about the potential harms of drugs, rather than having to rely on friends, myths, the internet and guesswork. The school programme is complemented by the Welsh emerging drugs and novel substance project, a new psychoactive substances information and harm reduction programme, as well as measures to educate parents. These are all part of a £50 million investment in reducing drugs harms There are signs that the Welsh approach is working. Drug deaths in Wales are down by 30% since 2010. By contrast, drug-related deaths have been creeping up in England. There was a 17% increase in the last year, and the Office for National Statistics states that they are now at the highest level since records began in 1993. Too much of the drugs education in our schools is focused on providing information. Evidence suggests that to get drugs education right, it has to be taught alongside a focus on the life skills which empower young people to resist peer pressure and make informed decisions.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Lyn Carol Brown (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and, yes, I do agree with him. Despite this seemingly welcome movement by the Home Secretary, I am still minded to vote this afternoon to place poppers on the exempt list. I will do so, because I am fearful that placing a ban on such substances will push their use underground and away from the regulatory controls that currently exist. In short, we may do more harm by that action. If, after a review and further evidence, it is proven that poppers are harmful and that, on balance, a ban would be appropriate, Labour Members will willingly review and test the evidence and, if the case is proven, support a ban on these substances.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Civil Rights
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): I agree with my hon. Friend’s approach to this matter, as it makes a lot of sense. The Government’s approach could create uncertainty and send out mixed messages not just to the gay community, but to the population at large.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Lyn Carol Brown (Labour, Centre-left): I absolutely agree with the right hon. Gentleman In giving evidence to the Home Affairs Committee Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, head clinician for the Club Drug Clinic, stated that "as far as I can speak as a clinician, I do not think I have ever seen anybody come through"— our clinic "with harms related to poppers." Professor Iversen of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs said that he had not seen sufficient scientific evidence of harm in the case of poppers to justify a recommendation under the Misuse of Drugs Act, and that he was not aware of any growth in the use of poppers in the UK.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): The situation is worse than that set out by my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn). What is likely to happen if we make poppers illegal is that a gay man who uses poppers to enhance sexual pleasure may well be tempted to go on the black market and use a Class A or Class B drug, which would increase the risk of unprotected sex and, as a consequence, sexually transmitted infections.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Before calling the next Member to speak, I point out that we have about two hours remaining, which means another hour and a half on this group of amendments, with a large number of Members wishing to speak. I would be grateful if Members kept their remarks as short as possible so that we can get everyone in.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Paul Phillip Flynn (Labour, Centre-left): My right hon. Friend says that the name "legal highs" attracts people to the drugs. Does he not think that if we change their name to "illegal highs", they will become even more attractive to adolescents?
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Other
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): Having served on the Bill Committee alongside my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown), my recollection is that Ernest Bevin of the post-war Labour Government had a bit of a heart murmur and was prescribed amyl nitrate by his doctor. It is alleged that he sniffed poppers around the Cabinet table.
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): There are no time limits in this debate but many Members want to speak and the list is getting longer and longer, so the longer the hon. Lady speaks, the less others will have a chance to do so.
Domestic Politically Exposed Persons: Money Laundering Rules — House of Commons, 2016-01-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (Labour, Centre-left): The regulations have affected me, as a Back-Bench Opposition MP. I have been involved in family charitable trusts where my fellow trustees have said, "Please Fiona, you can’t play a role in this philanthropic enterprise. Setting it up would be too complicated because you’re a politically exposed person."
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Public Lands
Questions: Given the revisions to the feed-in tariffs that will shortly come into force, has the Minister made any assessment of the likely effects on the solar industry, particularly in the south-west, where the sun nearly always shines?
Lisa Eva Nandy (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the Secretary of State’s update to the House on the actions taken in response to the floods. I particularly welcome the Prime Minister’s decision to set up a cross-Whitehall review of the Government’s approach to flood defences, which will consider the rising flood risk that climate change poses. We know now that the last review in 2014, which was also led by the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Mr Letwin), met just three times and did not publish a single finding. Will the Secretary of State confirm that she personally attends this committee? Will she tell us whether it has met yet, how often it plans to meet, which independent experts are on it, and what, this time, she expects it to achieve?
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Mixed Topics
Helen Catherine Goodman (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Lady makes an important point about people not being aware. It would seem that Government Front Benchers are not aware: there is no Equalities Minister here and there is no Department for Work and Pensions Minister here. That is greatly concerning.
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Civil Rights
Alison McGovern (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman is making an important speech. I would like to ask him, while he talks about fairness, whether he realises how this feels for women of my generation who owe everything to those women who were born in the ’50s and who fought for the Equal Pay Act 1970 and for all the advantages that have given us any chance. Does he feel that unfairness to those women, as I do?
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Civil Rights
James Dolan Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): I am sure my right hon. Friend has, like me, had a number of women make representations to him. I met some women on Monday for whom this has changed their life for the worse. I am sure my right hon. Friend will agree that this is discriminatory against women.
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Order, Mr Johnson; come on, you are in the next debate as well. In the interests of fairness, we have a very tight time limit and must have short interventions so nobody drops off the list—and I know you would not want to do that to anybody.
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Other
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): I cannot give way again This matter has to be addressed, and I hope that the Minister will understand the strength of feeling that exists not only among those out there who are affected but in this House. We feel that this is an injustice, and all injustices have to be put right, as this one should be.
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Civil Rights
Justin Piers Richard Madders (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend is making an excellent point about the fact that we need to reach a level of equality on this issue, but she is absolutely right that it is the pace of change and the transitional arrangements that are so unfair. Does she not agree that the continual changing of the goalposts goes against the sense of fair play, justice and fairness on which this country should be based?
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Mixed Topics
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck (Labour, Centre-left): First, I apologise for not having been present at the beginning of the debate There is no doubt that this Government’s treatment of women in general has been abysmal: more women are in part-time, low-paid work and women are being hit harder than men by tax and benefit changes. It therefore comes as no surprise that the Government are resolute in refusing to redress the financial disadvantage that they have forced on women born in the 1950s. The Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011 have resulted in millions of women’s pensions being delayed. That is of concern in itself, but given that most of those women have not been notified of those changes, it becomes more than a concern. It becomes a situation in which some people who are already struggling to get by are pushed into poverty Of course, I am in favour of equalisation, as are all the women I have spoken to. I accept that increases in life expectancy mean that any Government need to consider carefully the state pension age and the extension of working lives. However, if such changes are to be implemented, is it not the mark of any responsible Government who care about the people whom their legislation affects that they ensure that they let those affected know and do not introduce legislation that directly disadvantages millions of people As other Members have said, many of the women affected simply were not notified. Those who have been notified since the 2011 acceleration have received only two years’ notice, yet as we all know, the appropriate minimum notification period for a state pension age increase is generally agreed to be 10 years.
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Civil Rights
Caroline Louise Flint (Labour, Centre-left): My grandma taught me that two wrongs do not make a right, and the women affected have been wronged time and time again. Given that there has been a successful legal action in the Dutch courts, is it not better that we form transitional arrangements rather than end up in the law courts?
State Pension Age (Women) — House of Commons, 2016-01-07
Topic: Mixed Topics
Catherine Jane Smith (Labour, Centre-left): Does my hon. Friend agree that women such as her constituent face a double barrier? There is discrimination in the workplace as women are being forced to work longer, and the Government have also put barriers in the way of their access to employment tribunals.