Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Monday 20th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

We are warned by the Secretary of State that we are in a “pre-war world”, yet we do not have sufficient training and resources to undertake high-intensity warfighting, and we do not have the equipment and stockpiles for our forces to survive a prolonged campaign. It has been 14 years; when will this be put right?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Monday 25th March 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

I appreciate the Minister’s earlier answer, but when Royal British Legion Industries says that 6,000 veterans are homeless or in danger of becoming so, is there a need for more urgent intervention, or is the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs right to hail getting 500 off the streets as a triumph?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Thursday 29th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

I congratulate the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and the Ministry of Defence on its achievements with the roll-out so far, although it is probably fair to acknowledge that there is still some way to go. Is it not quite surprising that the veteran ID card cannot be used for the purpose of ID in a UK election? When does the Minister hope to put that right?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Monday 19th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

The number of veterans claiming welfare benefits is rising steadily, and more than 52,000 are now in receipt of universal credit. Does the Minister find that a cause for celebration or concern?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Thursday 18th January 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call the shadow Minister.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

The Centre for Military Women’s Research has identified numerous gaps in our understanding of women’s experiences in the military, the consequent problems they face and the reluctance to pursue research on those matters. Is it right to presume that the women veterans’ strategy—I hear what the Minister says about his genuine concern on these matters—will be his main vehicle for ensuring that we tackle those issues?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Monday 8th January 2024 Commons Chamber

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

I spent the recess studying the veterans strategy action plan with its 60-odd commitments and thinking about the views of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs on what he calls the “lack of political horsepower”. Why is it, after 14 years and so many commitments, that 76.4% of veterans are so dissatisfied with the compensation scheme for illnesses and injuries, and why are 500 veteran households declared homeless every three months, as we have heard? Is there still a lack of political horsepower or is there a need for better co-ordination between the—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I am not being funny, but I have a whole list of questions to get through. We have to have shorter questions—that was very long. I think the Minister got the gist of it.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Monday 23rd October 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Emma Hardy—not here.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

22. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of apprenticeship starts in the 2022-23 academic year.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Tuesday 6th September 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Unfortunately, we now have to come to topicals—15 minutes late.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. [R]

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Tuesday 17th November 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Unfortunately, we do finish at quarter past 12, so I will start topical questions, slightly late, with Steve McCabe.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Areas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic Support

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Tuesday 6th October 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Antony Higginbotham—not here.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

There are 660 closed and shuttered nightclubs and live entertainment venues across the west midlands. I understand that they are not eligible for any help from the local restrictions support grant. Why not?

Coronavirus

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Tuesday 7th July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Chorley A&E may be able to help you with that, Secretary of State.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

What is the current level of funding for research projects into the long-term effects of covid-19 funded from the National Institute for Health Research, in which I think the Government claim to put £1 billion?

Smart Meters Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

3rd reading: House of Commons & Report stage: House of Commons
Monday 5th February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)]

I call Steve McCabe.

[Steve McCabe]

rose—

[Mr Deputy Speaker]

Order. I am sorry. I had not realised that the SNP spokesperson wanted to come in. It has been so long, we got lost somewhere along the way.

NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Wednesday 14th September 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. I think we can spot that the hon. Lady has just given way to a Government Member and now she is giving way to an Opposition Member. We do not need the cheering to go with it.

[Steve McCabe]

I want to check this with my hon. Friend. The last time I checked, Simon Stevens had said that STPs were designed to make up the £22 billion shortfall that the Government are not prepared to put in. Is that not the case?

Recall of MPs Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Tuesday 21st October 2014 Commons Chamber

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

I do not know whether my hon. Friend plans to serve on the Bill Committee, but given his knowledge and expertise I think that that would be a great advantage to us. Is not the challenge to try to find something better than the original Government proposals and that addresses the need for the public to feel that they have recall power while protecting people from the political risks of the amendments? Is not the challenge to find something in the middle, perhaps better defining the kinds of offences that would lead to recall—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order.

[Steve McCabe]

I am sorry, Mr Deputy Speaker.

Finance (No. 2) Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Wednesday 9th April 2014 Commons Chamber

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

Does my hon. Friend agree that one difficulty with this proposal is shown in the analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies? Robert Joyce, the senior research economist there, says:

“The policy is not a general recognition of marriage in the income tax system”.

So the argument that has been made by the Government is false, in the sense that it gives an impression about this policy which is not actually true. He goes on to say that

“it is difficult to escape the conclusion that an income tax system which makes some people worse off after a pay rise has something wrong with it.”

[The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. I think we need shorter interventions rather than speeches—I would sooner save your voice for later.

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[Steve McCabe]

Hang on, you have to wait until you are invited.

[The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. We are not having two Members on their feet. Let us see if I can help—Mr McCabe, are you giving way?

[Steve McCabe]

I think I will give the hon. Lady her chance.

Identity Documents Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Steve McCabe

Wednesday 15th September 2010 Commons Chamber

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. If the contents of the hon. Lady’s blog are germane to the debate, is it not a requirement that the House should have access to it?

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Unfortunately, the blog is not a document, so that is not the case.

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[Steve McCabe]

I want to ask the hon. Gentleman, whom I respect, whether the best symbol of a Government’s faith in civil liberties is their support for a phone hacker in No. 10 and a Minister who spies on his own colleagues and friends—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. The hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr Jackson) should carry on with the debate on the new clause.