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Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Brexit (28 Oct 2019)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government document entitled Operation Yellowhammer HMG Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions, what plans the Government has to mitigate the predicted disproportionate effect on low-income groups of price rises in food and fuel in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Written Answers — Department for Exiting the European Union: UK Trade with EU (31 Oct 2019)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of the provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill for Parliament to scrutinise the UK-EU free trade agreement negotiations.

Thomas Cook Customers ( 5 Nov 2019)

Jeff Smith: I thank the Secretary of State for her statement. This is clearly a combination of shocking system failure and a failure by the company, but I am unclear whether the Secretary of State thinks that the law has been broken here. If it turns out that the law has been broken by executives, who may well have been taking large bonuses at the time, will she reassure us that the Government will be...

Housing, Communities and Local Government: Local Government Finance (13 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for local authorities in England.

Housing, Communities and Local Government: Local Government Finance (13 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: Big-city authorities such as Manchester have been hit hardest by the cuts at the same time as they have had to deal with the extra costs of deprivation, such as high demand on social care budgets, poor health, and homelessness, with big cities being magnets for homeless people from the wider region. What guarantees can the Minister give that those pressures will be reflected properly in the...

Protection for New Home Buyers (16 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this matter to the attention of the House. My constituent Sarah bought a property off-plan from Bellway Homes in West Didsbury and ran into a whole host of problems. She is very supportive of the idea, which my hon. Friend has mentioned in the past, that homeowners should be able to retain a snagging fund, governed by an independent team and...

High Speed 1: Rolling Stock: Economy and Society: Contribution of Music (21 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: Thank you for calling me to speak, Ms McDonagh. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) on securing the debate and for giving me the opportunity to plug my former profession. There are not many former nightclub DJs in Parliament. In fact, I might be the only one. While people rightly talk about the importance of the live music scene, I note the importance...

Wuhan Coronavirus: Holocaust Memorial Day (23 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: My hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech. My great-grandmother, Rosa Simonson, came to Manchester, originally, having fled an earlier manifestation of antisemitism—the anti-Jewish pogroms in eastern Europe in the 1880s. Most of the Jewish population of the area she came from in what is now Poland perished in the holocaust, and I often think about what happened to her family. Does he...

Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Monthly Assessment Period (27 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the monthly assessment period for universal credit is able to reflect a claimant's fluctuating income.

Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Monthly Assessment Period (27 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: Salary payments that do not align with assessment periods have caused real problems for my constituents, not only in respect of the actual money that they receive but in respect of cash flow. Why will the Government not follow the recommendation of Unison and the Child Poverty Action Group and allow people to adjust the dates of their assessment period when they are paid very close to the end...

Mental Health Act: Section 136 (28 Jan 2020)

Jeff Smith: The hon. Gentleman raises a really important point. When I speak to the police service in Greater Manchester, they tell me what an enormous proportion of their time is spent dealing with people in mental health crisis. There are a number of aspects to this; I will not comment on his individual case. This surely points to the need for much greater investment in mental health crisis care and...

Defence: Topical Questions ( 3 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: My constituent, Tom, who is an ex-serviceman, needed his medical records from the Army Personnel Centre in order to apply for a hearing aid. When he got in touch last July, he was told that it would take six months to get his records, because the Army Personnel Centre could not meet demand and was putting in place measures to deal with the backlog. Will the Minister update the House on...

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Australian Bushfires ( 4 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: What discussions have the Government had with the Australian Government about the link between the bushfires and climate change to make sure that the Australian Government get serious about tackling carbon emissions in their country?

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions ( 4 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: With the rights of indigenous peoples in danger around the world—particularly from the Bolsonaro Government in Brazil—does the Minister agree that the rights of indigenous peoples should be embedded in the proposed international treaty on human rights and transnational corporations?

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Appeals ( 5 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average waiting time for an appeal to be resolved by internal review on claims for (a) universal credit, (b) personal independence payment and (c) employment support allowance.

Written Answers — Treasury: Digital Technology: Taxation ( 5 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to use revenue from the new digital services tax to fund independent research into the effect of social media on children and young people’s mental health.

BBC Licence Fee ( 6 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: We have rightly heard about the importance of the BBC’s local and regional coverage, but I remind the Minister of the importance of its international coverage. The World Service is the world’s most trusted news provider and an important part of the UK’s soft power. The Minister has said that the media landscape is changing, and he is absolutely right, which is why public service...

Business of the House ( 6 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: It is more than two and half years since the House debated the then new drugs strategy. Given that our drugs policy is failing the most vulnerable in our communities, may we have a debate on an update of the strategy?

Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Leasehold: Reform (10 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to respond to the proposals for leasehold reform published by the Law Commission on 9 January 2020.

Written Answers — Home Office: Drugs: Misuse (12 Feb 2020)

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been invited to attend the Glasgow summit on tackling drugs misuse on 27 February 2020; what the criteria was for participants to receive an invitation to that summit; whether people are still able to apply to attend that summit; and whether that summit will accept input and evidence from expert organisations not currently listed...


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