Results 21–40 of 10000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Stephen Timms

Inter Faith Network Closure (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Timms: Since 1987, the Inter Faith Network has been the UK’s principal vehicle for inter-faith dialogue, supporting the annual Inter Faith Week, and activities and dialogue undertaken by inter-faith groups across the whole country. The network has been supported by Government funding for some 20 years. The IFN was told on 31 March last year, before the trustee appointment that the Minister...

UK Economy (19 Feb 2024)

Stephen Timms: I applaud the Minister’s willingness to take on this unenviable assignment, unlike his right hon. Friends. The international context that he refers to is that Japan and the UK are the only G7 countries in recession. Inflation in the UK, which he has referred to, is the highest in the whole G7. Why is the UK economy doing so much worse than comparable economies elsewhere?

Treasury: Small Businesses: Support ( 6 Feb 2024)

Stephen Timms: In 2020, the former Chancellor set a public sector net investment target of 3% of GDP, but that was abandoned after the 2022 debacle and today we have the second lowest business investment among advanced economies, partly because of that failure on public sector net investment. Can the Minister offer us any reassurance on the future trajectory of public sector net investment?

Disability Action Plan ( 5 Feb 2024)

Stephen Timms: The Select Committee called for a review of the underperforming Disability Confident scheme. That review was delayed by the pandemic, but in October we were told that officials were refining the recommendations. Can the Minister tell us what the plan says about Disability Confident, and does it hold out the prospect of shorter waiting times for Access to Work?

Work and Pensions: Saving for the Future ( 5 Feb 2024)

Stephen Timms: I agree with the Secretary of State about the cross-party success of auto-enrolment, which has doubled the proportion of eligible employees saving for retirement, but we know that the current regular auto-enrolment contribution of 8% of earnings is not enough to deliver the standard of living in retirement that most people hope for. Does the Secretary of State recognise that that minimum...

Work and Pensions: Topical Questions ( 5 Feb 2024)

Stephen Timms: Will the Secretary of State point out to the Chancellor that many councils have used the household support fund to pay £3 per day per child during the school holidays to families entitled to free school meals, and that if the fund closes at the end of March, those families will be straight into hardship in the Easter school holidays?

Household Support Fund (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: I am grateful to everybody who has taken part in this debate. I particularly welcome the robust cross-party support for the household support fund, not least from the two former recent Ministers responsible for it, the right hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) and the hon. Member for Colchester (Will Quince). I also welcome the positive tone the Minister has taken in her remarks...

Household Support Fund (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: I beg to move, That this House has considered the Household Support Fund. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I am delighted that we have the opportunity to debate this matter. Since October 2021, the household support fund has provided £2.5 billion in local crisis support. I am delighted that both of the Ministers responsible for setting it up, the right hon....

Household Support Fund (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: I agree with my hon. Friend, as I do with the press release issued last Friday by the Minister. It said: “The Household Support Fund is there for anyone who needs a helping hand.” The question is whether it will still be there in six weeks’ time, which is the subject of this debate.

Household Support Fund (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I noticed that the leader of Manchester City Council wrote to the Prime Minister today, on behalf of the eight core cities, calling for the household support fund to be extended, making the point that it would be “catastrophic” for many people in our poorest communities if it is not. Given your remarks, Mr Hosie, perhaps I should not give way again. I have...

Social Security (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: I am very relieved that we are getting a proper uprating this year, but the current headline rate of benefits is the lowest it has been in real terms for 40 years. Why have Ministers set benefits at a level so much lower in real terms than was chosen by Margaret Thatcher, Peter Lilley, John Major or Norman Fowler? Why is it so much lower?

Action Against Houthi Maritime Attacks (23 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: The Prime Minister has referred to the international support for the actions in the Red sea, but why have only US and UK forces actually taken part in them?

Inter Faith Network for the UK (10 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: I am conscious that time is running out. Are the Government going to honour the promise they made to the IFN in their letter of July last year?

Inter Faith Network for the UK (10 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: Will my hon. Friend give way?

Inter Faith Network for the UK (10 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: Is it not clear that the kind of dialogue across faith divides that the Inter Faith Network facilitates is more needed at this moment than ever? Unless the Government keep their promise to provide funding for this financial year, we are going to lose that capacity entirely. Would that not be a terrible tragedy?

Israel and Palestine ( 8 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: The Minister has supported a two-state solution, with Gaza under Palestinian control, but the proposals tabled last week by the Israeli Defence Minister are very different, envisaging a subsidiary status of some kind for Palestine. How in practice does the Minister envisage the two-state model being taken forward once the conflict ends?

Treasury: Topical Questions (19 Dec 2023)

Stephen Timms: I echo the Chancellor’s generous and well-judged tribute to Alistair Darling. At the autumn statement, the Chancellor said—mistakenly, as it turned out—that the household support fund was being extended into the next financial year; the Chief Secretary to the Treasury clarified the position a few moments ago. Does the Chancellor recognise that there is a compelling case for him to...

Work and Pensions: Insecure Employment and Poverty (18 Dec 2023)

Stephen Timms: Last week, Uber came to Parliament to brief MPs on partnerships it has set up to support its drivers, including its recognition agreement with the GMB trade union. All Uber private hire drivers are now auto-enrolled into a pension, but legal uncertainty means that that is not the case for Uber’s competitors. Is it not high time for the Government to bring forward their employment Bill,...

Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Dec 2023)

Stephen Timms: The marriage plans of thousands of couples were dashed last week by the sudden announcement of a big increase in the salary requirement for a spouse visa. Can the Prime Minister give any reassurance to those with well-advanced marriage plans that now appear to have been scuppered, and to families already in the UK who need to extend their stay but who will not comply with the new rules? Can...

Arms Export Licences: Israel — [Sir Christopher Chope in the Chair] (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Timms: We are often told by Ministers, and no doubt this Minister will make the point later, that we have one of the toughest arms export control regimes in the world, yet we hardly ever see evidence of how these tough rules are applied in practice. Does that leave the hon. Lady suspecting, as it leaves me suspecting, that this regime really is not what it is cracked up to be?


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