Speeches by Blackman.

“Chief Constable Stephens, I want to ask about the undertakings that people are released on. I do not know whether you call it the same thing in England, sorry, but if somebody is arrested and charged for something and released on an undertaking that they will not contact the MP or their office, would that be applied co…”

“I have an additional question about non-harassment orders or some sort of ancillary order that says, “You can’t contact the MP and you can’t go to their office”—something along those lines. Would there be any problem with us asking or the Speaker’s Conference saying, “It would be great if there was consistency in this …”

“Chief Constable Stephens, I want to ask about the undertakings that people are released on. I do not know whether you call it the same thing in England, sorry, but if somebody is arrested and charged for something and released on an undertaking that they will not contact the MP or their office, would that be applied co…”

“I have a question for Lord Colbeck on the sentencing guidelines and how they work when the victim is an MP. I do not know how they work or what they look like. If an MP or a candidate is targeted as a victim, what guidance is there for courts and sheriffs on the protective measures that they can put in place—for exampl…”

“I have a question for Lord Colbeck on the sentencing guidelines and how they work when the victim is an MP. I do not know how they work or what they look like. If an MP or a candidate is targeted as a victim, what guidance is there for courts and sheriffs on the protective measures that they can put in place—for exampl…”

“If November 2026 is not a hard deadline any more, why do the Government need to push this Bill through today? Why does it have to get through before the summer recess so that it can go to the Lords in order that it can be in place before November 2026 if that date no longer matters?”

“Only 3% of women surveyed by Maternity Action had no financial worries during the course of their pregnancy. Given how awful that statistic is, will the Minister commit to listening to people with lived experience and co-producing the outcomes of the review with them?”

“Too much of what we have discussed today has not centred disabled people, the Bill or the changes that we are being asked to vote on. We are being asked to vote on the Second Reading of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. We have had some reassurances from the Government and they made some anno…”

“If this is what Labour thinks people voted for and what people wanted when they voted in July last year, why was it not in the Labour manifesto? Why did Labour not put in its manifesto that it was going to cut the winter fuel payment, keep the two-child cap and push 150,000 more disabled people into poverty? Is it perh…”

“Matching the Scottish child payment by raising the child element of universal credit would bring more than half a million children out of poverty. The Secretary of State has been clear that a lot of issues are being considered by the child poverty taskforce. Is raising the child element of universal credit to the level…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member on taking this opportunity to say what she has said. It is not easy to say something like that in a Chamber like this. Having done something similar not that long ago, I absolutely respect her, and I join her in celebrating Pride month.”

“Happy Pride to everyone in Aberdeen, in Scotland and in every part of these islands. The world is a pretty scary place right now in a huge number of ways. As the Minister said, LGBT people are normal just like the rest of us, and they are similarly feeling scared about the state of the world, not least in the wake of t…”

“It is a pleasure to take part in the debate and I appreciate your chairing of it, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake) on securing such an important debate. The subject has been one of my hobbyhorses for a significant number of years. In Aberdeen, we have seen a massive increase in…”

“In contrast to that, recent research by the Crown Estate Scotland has revealed that in one 12-month period, the Crown Estate helped its tenants to generate an economic impact of £2.1 billion, and supported almost 17,000 jobs. A decade on from the devolution of the Crown Estate’s assets and revenue, Scottish voters are …”

“Does the hon. Gentleman agree, though, that that should not be the case? Those families should get support without needing a food bank to step in. Some people will always fall through the cracks, but it feels as if this is a system-wide problem, rather than just a couple of individuals falling through some cracks.”

“1. What recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of devolving the Crown Estate.”

“I would like to correct the shadow Minister. The hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake) and I both mentioned the pull factor, and the fact that there is no evidence for it. On stretched public services, the fact that people coming to study can no longer bring dependants has decimated the social care sector in …”

“I would be quite happy with that. I have no issue with it. I think that no recourse to public funds should not apply to anyone. I especially do not think that it should apply to any family with children under five. So many issues are created by no recourse to public funds. Obviously, there are eligibility criteria for …”

“My understanding was that there was some flexibility and that the Young Scot website stated that, if somebody did not have a birth certificate, they could go in person to speak to the local authority. I still disagree that that should be the case; there should be more flexibility. There are issues with birth certificat…”

“As I said, I do not think that anybody should be subject to no recourse, but I looked at children under five as a first step, because those years are key. If it is going to be anybody with dependants of any age, I am equally happy with that. I am speaking in this debate as a Back Bencher about the issues that I have se…”