Steve McCabe: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing duty on beer.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending Business Rate Relief for pubs after the 2018-19 tax year.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on the publication of the final outcome of the investigation into Concordia and their pricing of Liothyronine (T3) medication.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will publish a timeline for when the Health Services Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 will be implemented in England; and what progress has been made on that implementation.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of negotiating lower prices for Liothyronine (T3) medication to a level comparable to that of the EU market price using powers acquired from the Health Services Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017.
Steve McCabe: I am happy not to respond to the debate.
Steve McCabe: I beg to move, That this House has considered supporting children in need into adulthood. It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Buck. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate on a subject that should matter to us all and definitely needs more attention. The discussions that resulted in the Staying Put initiative for those in foster care—a...
Steve McCabe: I am sure the Minister heard the hon. Gentleman’s point. I certainly agree that any provision of that nature should be subject to proper inspection. Today there are more than 1 million disabled children in the UK, yet fewer than ever are getting the support they need. We also need to give some thought to healthcare improvements and just how scary it can be for a young person to wake up...
Steve McCabe: The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. Quite a lot of problems result from both extending the school leaving age and creating notional rights for children with disabilities if we do not provide the resources to make it possible to deliver on those advances. Thanks to some work undertaken by the DFE and other organisations, we know a bit about the common characteristics of children in need:...
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a comprehensive review of the financial implications of the General Data Protection Regulation on GP practices.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the guidance his Department provides to GPs on charging third parties for requesting subject access to patient medical records in respect of changes brought in with GDPR.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the development of a localised funding system for housing-related costs for people in supported housing who are entitled to universal credit.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how individuals living in (a) specified supported and (b) supported exempt accommodation are advised when they submit a universal credit application that they will not be entitled to the housing element of that benefit.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the claims for housing benefit of people living in (a) specified supported and (b) supported exempt accommodation automatically end when they apply for universal credit.
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the decision was taken to destroy the landing cards of Windrush migrants stored in her Department's offices in Croydon; and which Minister signed off that decision.
Steve McCabe: I want to take advantage of the debate to raise a few issues of concern to my constituents on which the Government could offer some assistance. On smart meters, the Government persist with the fiction that all is well, but we know that that simply is not true. There are problems with smart meters working in the north of the country, and installation figures are well behind schedule. There is...
Steve McCabe: I agree, and I think that the Government could help by offering some action. The process requires local authorities to work, and the Government need to give a lead. Last Friday, I saw two women in succession at my advice centre who were living in a local travel lodge with their children. They are homeless, and both the victims of domestic violence. What is happening in the 21st century in...
Steve McCabe: Yes, that is a real consideration. The situation is bad enough at any time, but it is much worse in this period. The reality is that these poor women are forced to spend their meagre incomes on takeaway meals and at laundrettes. Surely a civilised society ought to be able to do better, and surely these women and their children deserve better. Finally, I learned this week that phone giants...
Steve McCabe: I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. He refers to Stephen Shaw’s focus on the need for greater transparency and promises to publish more data. I was surprised to discover in an answer to a parliamentary question in May this year that the Department does not collect data on people who are re-detained, so we have no information at all about how many people may be re-detained...