Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House to schedule parliamentary time to take forward the introduction of mandatory disability awareness training for taxi and PHV drivers through new National Minimum Standards for licensing authorities.
Claire Hanna: I am very grateful for this opportunity to take part in a debate to celebrate the contribution of the Irish in Britain and the very deep bonds of friendship and neighbourliness between our two islands. The other quote I remember from Edmund Burke was when he said that, for most English people, their ambition about Ireland was to hear no more about it, but I thank all the Members participating...
Claire Hanna: I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving voice to our many constituents who want a compassionate and expansive humanitarian response. Certainly, in Northern Ireland, many people see that just a few miles south, the Republic of Ireland is offering a broad-based welcome. People in Northern Ireland are dismayed that they are unable to give practical support. They see efforts to achieve the society...
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) recent progress he has made on the development of the new dementia strategy and (b) plans he has to help increase (i) research and (ii) funding for dementia research.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing VAT on road fuels and (b) retaining the freeze on road fuels excise duty in the context of recent price rises.
Claire Hanna: I thank Members for their participation and for their points. My constituency near-neighbour, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)—I concede it is a very beautiful place—set a very helpful and constructive tone, but Members across the House have reflected a concern or two. Colleagues coming from different political perspectives in Wales were certainly on the same page about the...
Claire Hanna: I beg to move, That this House has considered the shared prosperity fund and the devolved Administrations. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise an issue and hopefully to get some clarity on a matter of concern and potential opportunity for a number of third sector partners and others in Northern Ireland. It has been almost five...
Claire Hanna: I agree. As I say, there are opportunities and willing partners, but unfortunately it appears that the funding is being delivered over the heads of those who have an interest in and a proven track record on a number of the issues. The latest information we have is that the fund is set to operate from April 2022, which is next month, replacing funds such as the European social fund and...
Claire Hanna: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will explore initiatives with mortgage lenders to enable the removal of the requirement for substantial deposits for people and families that are renting.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish details on the eligibility of Buy to Let landlords to the Building Safety Fund for buildings both over and under 18 metres.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the infected blood compensation framework report by Sir Robert Francis QC by 14 March 2022 or as soon as the Government receives it, whichever is earlier.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 8 February 2022 Statutory Report of the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding in that report that weapons stolen from the British Army were used in loyalist paramilitary murders.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit official error overpayments were made in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those overpayments were not recovered as a result of a successful waiver request.
Claire Hanna: I thank the right hon. Member for giving way; I regret that he was not so comfortable with the words and language of John Hume for many years. Will he agree, then, that there was no consent for the Brexit that he and his party pursued? Does he agree that Brexit was presented, as Mark Durkan has put it, “as a consent-free mystery tour”? Does he acknowledge that his party was wrong to...
Claire Hanna: The DUP is executing a series of reckless stunts today to try to regain some political memorandum and distract from the terrible mess that it has made, but removing officials and collapsing the Executive solves nothing. It damages trust, it undermines the culture of lawfulness that many of us are trying to foster and it risks vital legislation on climate, education and many other things that...
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund will be first distributed to Northern Ireland.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much Northern Ireland has received as at 25 January 2022 from the Levelling up Fund.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Government has allocated to the (a) Belfast Region City Deal, (b) Derry and Strabane Region City Deal, (c) Mid South West Growth Deal and (d) Causeway Coast and Glens Growth Deal in the 2021 Spending Review.
Claire Hanna: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she had with the US administration on Saudi Arabia’s combat actions in Yemen.