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I am alarmed that a DWP administrative error has meant that nearly 180,000 people claiming Employment Support Allowance (ESA) have been underpaid and may be owed an average of £5,000 each. This has caused untold distress to ill and disabled people.
I was a member of the panel at a Sixth Form Question Time in St Margaret’s Church on Wednesday 17 October 2018. Schools from across the country took part.
As Shadow Leader of the House, I responded to the following urgent question asked on 16 October 2018: "To ask the Leader of the House to make a statement on The Bullying and Harassment of House of Commons Staff Independent Inquiry Report".
I asked a series of points of order on Monday 15 October 2018. A Point of Order is a clarification on a matter of procedure in the House of Commons.
I raised the following Point of Order on Thursday 11 October 2018:
From September 2020, Health Education is going to be compulsory for all state-funded secondary schools and organ and blood donation is in the statutory guidance.
I raised the chaos of the Government's flagship policy on universal credit which is causing real hurt to people. We now have the intervention of two former Prime Ministers. Half of all lone parents and two thirds of couples with children stand to lose £200 each month. That is what the Secretary of State for Work
I attended the welcome of soldiers who have bravely served the UK. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces invited 120 soldiers who have recently returned from operation overseas to march into Parliament on Wednesday 10 October 2018.