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Employment: Young People — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Labor
Katherine Anne Green (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister may be aware of the talent match programme that was run in Greater Manchester in order to reach young people not in education, employment or training. We have learnt a great deal about how to ally industrial education and skills, and employment strategies, for that group as a result of that programme. Will the Minister look at devolving some of the initiatives that she has described to Greater Manchester, along with providing funding, so that we can do more to work at a sub-regional and city-regional level to support our young people effectively into employment?
Employment: Young People — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Labor
Michael Lee Amesbury (Labour, Centre-left): Well-paid, secure work is a good route out of poverty, yet far too many young people—11%—are not in education, employment and training under this Government; or they are in low-paid jobs and on zero-hours contracts. Will the Minister press the Chancellor to set the national living wage at the same rate for all young people in work, as Labour has committed to do—£10 an hour in 2020?
State Pension: Women — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Labor
Yvette Cooper (Labour, Centre-left): I have been contacted by my constituent, who said: "I have to work as a cleaner and it is hard physical work. I am nearly 63 and getting health problems. Our retirement age has been changed and we have had little time to plan for this so have little alternative but to keep working." Does the Minister not get that the real injustice here is that so many women have had no time to plan their pensions, no time to plan their savings and no time to plan for their families, and were told in their late 50s that they would have to work for so much longer? The WASPI women are not going to go away, so when will the Minister give them a fair deal?
State Pension: Women — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Labor
John Eugene Joseph Dromey (Labour, Centre-left): Some 3.8 million women born in the 1950s who built Britain face hardship as a consequence of pension changes by this Government. Before the Court, they were told with cavalier disregard that they had no right to be consulted on the change of retirement age. Labour has already committed to some preliminary measures—early retirement and pension credit—and we will now consult with the women concerned about how much further we can go to bring justice to them. Thus far, the Government have committed to nothing. However, the Prime Minister said during the Conservative leadership contest that he is committed to doing "everything" he can to bring justice to the 1950s women. Can the Minister update the House on progress, or will this be another cynical broken promise on the part of the Prime Minister?
Disabled People — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Social Welfare
Marsha Chantol De Cordova (Labour, Centre-left): The catalogue of the Department for Work and Pensions’ own failings has created a hostile environment for disabled people. Figures released this year show that almost 6,000 people died within six months of being found fit for work. The announcement of the new independent serious case panel lacks any meaningful detail, terms of reference or purpose. Will the Minister confirm whether the new panel will review previous social security benefit deaths, and will he set out what the statement of purpose is for the new independent panel?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Social Welfare
Stephen Creswell Timms (Labour, Centre-left): Child poverty is being driven up by the five-week delay during which people have to wait before they receive universal credit. Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that what Ministers refer to as an advance is in fact a loan that has to be repaid by claimants, and will he commit to scrapping the five-week delay?
Child Poverty — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Social Welfare
Margaret Greenwood (Labour, Centre-left): An article in The BMJ shows that researchers have highlighted a possible link between an increase in the number of babies who die before their first birthday and child poverty. They estimate that there were an additional 570 excess deaths between 2014 and 2017, with 172 attributable to an increase in child poverty, so will the Minister scrap the two-child limit and the benefit cap, which are driving up child poverty?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Labor
Grahame Mark Morris (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful for the Secretary of State’s sunny disposition in outlining her priorities, but the retirement plans of millions of women born in the 1950s are in ruins because of a decision by the previous Conservative-Lib Dem coalition Government to accelerate the increases in the state pension age. Last week, a decision in the High Court made it clear that only a political decision could deliver a just solution for these women, so will the Government now give the WASPI women dignity in retirement? Some 197 MPs have signed early-day motion 63 calling for justice for the WASPI women and for this historic injustice to be put right.
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union if he will make a statement on when the Government intend to publish the full legal text of their proposed changes to the withdrawal agreement and political declaration.
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): Something does not quite add up on there being no physical infrastructure at any other place, which is probably one reason why the Government’s proposals are currently not acceptable to the European Union. The Prime Minister told the BBC last week that "there will have to be a system, for customs checks away from the border." The explanatory note says that such checks will "take place at traders’ premises or other designated locations… Goods moved under either mechanism would be under customs supervision by one or other customs authority from the point at which they are declared for export until they are cleared by customs in the territory of import for free circulation" Can the Minister name any jurisdiction in the world where there are customs checks but no customs infrastructure?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Mary Helen Creagh (Labour, Centre-left): We know the Prime Minister thinks that preparation is just for girly swots, but at least the last Prime Minister gave us a 90-page White Paper on her proposals and we got to see them at the same time as the European partners. Here we are, 11 days before the summit, and we have this pathetic rag—four pages—and an explanatory note. It would be comical if the Good Friday agreement and the promises contained therein did not rest on this. Can the Minister explain the magic thinking by which we have a border down the Irish sea and a border on the island of Ireland without border posts?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Government Operations
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi (Labour, Centre-left): Can the Minister confirm whether the full legal text has been shown to the Democratic Unionist party? If it has, why is it reasonable for one party to be able to make an informed judgment about the Government’s proposals while everyone else is kept in the dark?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Technology
Clive James Charles Betts (Labour, Centre-left): A few days ago, I asked the Minister whether the term "infrastructure" included cameras. He was not quite sure at the time; now that he has had a few days to go away and look it up, will he give us an answer?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Patrick Bosco McFadden (Labour, Centre-left): Paragraph 13 of the memo issued last week confirms that even if the European Union agrees to the proposals, and even if Parliament then agrees them, they would not come into force for more than a year, unless they had also been endorsed by the Northern Ireland Executive, which has not met for several years. Will the Minister confirm that if the Northern Ireland Executive continues to fail to meet, the proposals automatically fall away after 12 months?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): May I ask about the political declaration, which is of as much concern to many of us as other elements of the withdrawal agreement? The former Prime Minister was quite right to say that if there is no deal, there is no deal on security. All the elements of security are shunted forward into the political declaration. I wonder where we are with extradition, because since the original version of the political declaration was signed, four major European countries have said that they will not on any terms extradite their nationals to the UK if we are no longer members of the European Union. Will that not pose a significant problem for us if we want people to face justice in this country?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister may not be aware of this, but until about half an hour ago I had no idea who he was. From his answers today, I wonder how he can be so deeply unpleasant to so many colleagues on the Opposition Benches. The fact is that today he has said that it is not loyal or legitimate to stand up for our constituents when we are asking questions about what is contained in the deal. Some of us would vote for a good deal if we could see it—if we did not live in a secret society and a secret state. Will he wake up to the fact that there is a lot of good will in this House for a deal, if we could actually see it?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander David Sobel (Labour, Centre-left): We are here on 7 October. The Government’s plan was for Parliament to be prorogued and not return until 14 October. Under the original plan, we would have had no scrutiny at all of the withdrawal agreement and very little time when we returned. Is that not the case, Minister?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
John Eugene Joseph Dromey (Labour, Centre-left): I have to say that the world of work wants a deal to be done, but the Minister’s contempt for Parliament today makes it less likely that a deal could ever be arrived at. Serious questions have got to be answered seriously. May I ask the Minister about this specific point, as someone, like many in this House, who fought for decades for peace in Northern Ireland and would never, ever put that at risk? The Prime Minister talks in his letter about the "very small number of physical checks needed", including at "other points on the supply chain." I asked the Prime Minister last week: "Where are they, and what are they?" —[Official Report, 3 October 2019; Vol. 664, c. 1409.] He was unable to answer. Can the Minister?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Paul John Sweeney (Labour, Centre-left): I raised with the Prime Minister on Thursday the concerns of the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, Simon Coveney, about the nature of the democratic issue in Northern Ireland, where a minority could potentially hold a veto over the wishes of the majority. The Prime Minister assured me that he would seek discussions with the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, so can the Minister update me on whether those discussions have taken place—or when they are scheduled—and what the outcome of them might be?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
James Fitzpatrick (Labour, Centre-left): As someone who supported Prime Minister May’s deal and wants to support a deal as opposed to no deal, and further to the answer to the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon), may I ask the Minister to reassure me that strenuous efforts are being made in Northern Ireland to recover the support for a deal that seems to have been lost since the DUP changed sides and supported a deal?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Gerard Killen (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister wrongly says that the backstop threatens power sharing. The Government’s solution is to hand a veto to one side, undermining strand 2 of the Good Friday agreement. What assessment has been made of the economic harm all this uncertainty presents for the promotion of business and investment in Northern Ireland?
Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Janet Jessica Daby (Labour, Centre-left): The Government’s proposal makes it clear that the UK will not be in a customs union, there will not be a close single market alignment and there will be even less protection for rights than the May deal offered. Given that, how do the Government expect the proposals to win cross-party support in this House?
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Alison McGovern (Labour, Centre-left): For manufacturers in the north of England, it is hard to know which is worse: the fact that this Government are prepared to countenance no deal, or the fact that the deal that they are proposing significantly disadvantages the north compared with Northern Ireland. Can I ask the Minister, therefore, further to the question from the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy): which representative organisations has he met that represent companies in the complex modern manufacturing supply chain?
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Yvette Cooper (Labour, Centre-left): Fawcett in Castleford, which exports malt to Europe, has described the tariff arrangements it will face in the event of no deal as manufacturing suicide. Tereos in Normanton, which imports sugar, expects a 50% increase in its costs as a result of tariffs in the event of no deal. Will the Minister confirm that these tariffs are not just costs that can be mitigated away by preparations or border changes, and that these are real costs to industry? If he has done all this work on the possible impact of different tariff schedules, surely he has a responsibility to publish the full impact assessment alongside the tariff schedule.
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Ann Clwyd (Labour, Centre-left): One of the most successful exports from my constituency is Penderyn whisky, which comes from a small village in the Brecon Beacons. If the Minister went to Wales, he must have discussed the situation of an industry such as that with Baroness Morgan. Penderyn is obviously concerned about the impact on its export potential.
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gareth Craig Snell (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister and his Department have been in consultation with the British Ceramic Confederation on the impact that zero tariffs could have on the ceramic industry, which would affect many of my constituents. Can the Minister give me an assurance that on day one, if we have a no-deal Brexit, which I genuinely do not want to see—I think a deal is the way forward—no anti-dumping legislation and no anti-dumping duty on Chinese goods will be less than it was the day before under the European scheme?
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Alexander Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): The imposition of tariffs on the export of chemicals from Teesside will have a hugely detrimental effect on the region’s industry. That comes on the back of the decision by Ineos to close its plant, which is both a supplier and a customer within a complicated supply chain. What are Ministers doing about this additional threat to the chemical industry—over and above the tariffs—that will cost more than 220 direct jobs in my constituency, and potentially many more? Maybe the Minister could visit us, too.
No-deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Energy
Justin Piers Richard Madders (Labour, Centre-left): I was approached by people from Stanlow oil refinery in Ellesmere Port over the summer as they were concerned about proposals to zero-rate certain petroleum imports. I therefore added my name to a cross-party letter from a number of Members whose constituencies were affected by those proposals warning the Secretary of State about the impact such proposals might have on the refinery sector. Will the Minister therefore assure us that these concerns have been listened to and the proposals will do nothing to impact the viability of the UK refinery sector?
US Tariffs: Scotch Whisky — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Agriculture
Ann Clwyd (Labour, Centre-left): Many years ago, Mr Speaker, when Mr Speaker Weatherill sat in your Chair, I was taking part in a filibuster and I mentioned Penderyn whisky at length. As a result, Mr Speaker Weatherill said that he would very much like to sample it, and I believe that he was sent several bottles. Earlier, the Minister asked me to return to the question of what will happen to Penderyn whisky—obviously, he wants to give me more information than he was able to during the previous urgent question. I repeat: Penderyn whisky is from a small distillery in my constituency on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. It is an important employer in an area of still high unemployment and it is very important that it is protected.
US Tariffs: Scotch Whisky — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Paul John Sweeney (Labour, Centre-left): Every bottle of Bowmore, Laphroaig, Ardmore, Glen Garioch and Auchentoshan malts are vatted, bottled and packaged by 200 skilled workers in Springburn in my constituency, so the impact of this could be devastating for that workforce. However, what was clear to me from a recent visit there was the symbiotic relationship between the Scotch whisky industry and the American bourbon industry, not least, brands such as Maker’s Mark and Jim Beam, because the casks are used to mature those Scotch whiskies. Will the Minister impress upon his counterparts in America that this is a mutually destructive measure by the American Government and that they ought to consider the impact that it will have on not just British industry, but American industry?
US Tariffs: Scotch Whisky — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Martin David Whitfield (Labour, Centre-left): The Glenkinchie distillery, in my constituency, has been around since 1837 and is the finest lowland distillery in Scotland. Can the Minister confirm that, if we were to leave the EU, the US tariffs would not automatically fall but would indeed continue? To quote the advice of a former President to a former Prime Minister during the banana trade wars, politicians in America do not seem to have a lot of control over this. Who is the Minister reaching out to in the US beyond the immediate politicians to secure a revocation of the tariffs, hopefully before they are imposed?
Operation Midland Independent Report — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Law and Crime
Sarah Deborah Champion (Labour, Centre-left): If I went to the police to report that my car had been stolen, I would expect to be believed until the investigation or the evidence proved otherwise, but the situation is not the same if I were to report child abuse. I am concerned that commentators on the Beech case are using it as a way to discredit victims and survivors of child abuse and sexual assault. Will the Minister please confirm that if people do have the courage to come forward and report such crimes, they will be taken seriously, they will be supported, and the cases will be properly investigated?
Operation Midland Independent Report — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Law and Crime
John Mann (Labour, Centre-left): Having sent in a copy of the Geoffrey Dickens file, I was asked to meet Operation Midland, to which I explained in some detail why I thought its lines of inquiry were fundamentally flawed, providing some documentation to back that up. I also represented 30 of my constituents for four weeks in the Nottinghamshire strand of the child abuse inquiry when, it is a fair summary to say, those who had suffered abuse were unanimous in their condemnation of the police for not believing them when they came forward. When one case was reopened, one of my constituent’s assailants ended up getting a 19-year sentence, and there are other cases that I cannot comment on because they are currently sub judice. Will the Minister ensure that nothing is done that in any way impinges on the ability of the independent inquiry to report freely and openly next year, both to Parliament and Government, when it has had the chance to conclude its full investigation, including, of course, the Westminster strand?
Operation Midland Independent Report — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Law and Crime
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): One of the worst things about deliberately false, vexatious or overexaggerated allegations is not only that the person against whom the allegations are made is put through hell but that, as my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) said, future victims may find it more difficult to get justice. But do we not also need to look carefully at another aspect? When the press and the police have too close a relationship and, by some miracle, the whole of the regional press turn up after, frankly, being tipped off by the local police that somebody is about to be arrested, it does no justice to anybody whatsoever.
Operation Midland Independent Report — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: Law and Crime
Stephanie Louise Peacock (Labour, Centre-left): In the past year, there has been a 27% decrease in convictions for rape. Only 2% of reported rapes end in a conviction, so does the Minister share my concern that the recommendations pursued by Sir Richard could have a chilling effect on the already unacceptably low prosecution rate for rape and domestic abuse?
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe — House of Commons, 2019-10-07
Topic: International Affairs
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (Labour, Centre-left): (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, following the release of one Australian-British national who was also imprisoned at Evin prison.