LabourMP for Oldham East and Saddleworth
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I want to express my gratitude to the backbench Business Committee for granting the opportunity to present this Work and Pensions Select Committee report on the inquiry into the transition to state pensi…”
“The Prime Minister for his really heartfelt statement. I think everybody here could feel that. But does he agree with me that we must recognise that the lack of empathy, the dehumanising approach that was adopted in this practice, we must I…”
“As co-chairs of the Appg for Britain and Palestine, my honourable Friend the member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East have written to over 43 organisations who have, or are suspected to have or have previously been involved in unlawful ex…”
“I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this debate. The Department for Work and Pensions supports nearly 23 million people and spends around £300 billion each year—around £1 in every £5 of Government spending. Some £164 billi…”
“I am pleased to present the Work and Pensions Committee’s second report in our employment support for disabled people inquiry series. Our first report, “Disability at Work”, examined workplace issues impacting on disabled people and those w…”
“Q5. I associate myself with the remarks of the Deputy Prime Minister, and congratulate my constituent Sir Kevin Sinfield on all the work he does.Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the murder of our dear friend Jo Cox. As well as being…”
“Last week, tenders for the expansion of the unlawful E1 settlements were launched, involving nearly 3,500 housing units, directly flouting international law and also putting the viability of a Palestinian state at risk. Moreover, as we have…”
“I welcome Alan Milburn’s report. The Select Committee is in the concluding stages of its own youth employment, education and training inquiry. We take account particularly of the drivers, and the Minister is right. As the millennium cohort …”
“I thank my right honourable Friend for his statement. For clarity, could he confirm to whom, and when, the UK Security Vetting report outcomes were made available? Could he also say what guidance is given to senior officials on matters that…”
“I must say that I am slightly surprised by the shadow Minister’s speech. I understand that Pensions UK agrees with the asset allocation, and has welcomed the change that has been announced, which is in line with the amounts prescribed in th…”
“I thank my right honourable and learned Friend for all that he is doing towards de-escalating the conflict in the middle east. I agree with him that we should not get drawn into the conflict. May I ask him about Palestine, and the west bank…”
“Q3. I thank the Prime Minister for the funding for three new primary school nurseries in Oldham, but may I ask him specifically about Monday’s Liaison Committee meeting, at which he agreed that the Israeli settlements in the west bank are u…”
“I commend my right honourable Friend on her statement, and I thank her and her offices for the safe return of two of my constituents who were caught up in the original bombings. I support what my right honourable Friend says about the Gover…”
“A number of Arab ambassadors attended a meeting in the House of Commons last week. They were clear that the military action undertaken by Israel and the US emanated from the action that we have seen over more than two years in Gaza, and tha…”
“I welcome my right honourable Friend’s statement, and I absolutely agree that this year the British public will start to feel the difference that it makes to have a Labour Government. Will she expand on what she is doing to ensure that all …”
“I thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and for his reassurance about the principles for involving the United Kingdom in any military action. For those on this side of the House, it is important that, as well as having a viable plan, …”
“Can the shadow Minister remind the Committee of the weekly rate for the standard UC allowance?…”
“I welcome my right honourable Friend’s statement. Young people with special educational needs or disabilities, and with multiple disadvantage, are three times more likely to be not in education, employment or training. I appreciate what my …”
“I am pleased to follow the shadow Minister. I would like to challenge several things she said, but I will pick up on just a couple. First, one of the honourable Lady’s opening statements was that hard-working people who get up at dawn and g…”
“Of the measures brought forward in this Government’s Budget last year, the abolition of the two-child limit is the one that most fills me with hope and more than a little pride, so I thank the Government for listening to so many of us who r…”
“15. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's progress on implementing the recommendations of the “Keep Britain Working” review.…”
“I welcome my honourable Friend’s statement. The lack of progress in Gaza is a real concern. On top of this, we have seen a shockingly callous display by the Israeli Government in their banning of 37 organisations. It is just incomprehensibl…”
“15. What steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts.…”
“I warmly congratulate my right honourable Friend on the introduction of the child poverty strategy, particularly the lifting of the two-child limit, which will make a measurable difference to hundreds of thousands of children’s lives. Child…”
“I have had a number of cases, including two recently. When the Opposition were in power, a woman came to me with her case, which was of historical child sexual abuse; her trial was being adjourned repeatedly, and there was a risk that the p…”
“I rise in support of the Government’s new clauses, particularly those that relate to the pre-1997 pensionable service indexation where scheme rules allow. That will mean that pensioners whose pension schemes became insolvent through no faul…”
“This was a positive, progressive Budget with fairness at its heart. These fiscal decisions will benefit most people, but particularly those who have been really struggling with the cost of living crisis over recent years. Those with the bro…”
“I thank my right honourable Friend for his statement—I appreciate its technical nature. Clearly, it is a concern that this evidence was not made available to our right honourable Friend the Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall) last year …”
“Health Equity North recently produced an analysis for the Select Committee that revealed that getting just 5% of people with disabilities or health conditions into employment would yield cost savings of over £12 billion. What progress is be…”
“I thank the Prime Minister for his statement and add my congratulations to him, the National Security Adviser and all his Ministers on the months and months of work that they have done that has contributed to this—it was so generously ackno…”
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