Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Long Covid: Impact on the Workforce
"I thank the hon. Lady for the intervention. Hon. Members have already spoken about ME, which is non-specific and can sometimes be difficult to diagnose. The main issue that I would raise in that regard is that people should be believed.
Support is already being delivered across Scotland for those …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Long Covid: Impact on the Workforce
"Is the Minister looking at cutting the time before someone can apply for flexible working? At the moment, they have to have been in work for quite a long while before they can do so...."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Mar 2022
Sub-Postmasters: Compensation
"The Horizon scandal has spanned decades under Labour, Lib Dem and Tory Ministers. It is a stain on the Post Office and its single shareholder the Government. This response proves that the Government do the right thing in the end, once they have done everything else. I congratulate the Minister …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Post Office: Horizon Compensation Arrangements
"I am speaking in a dual role as I am also chair of the all-party parliamentary group on post offices. The Minister, the APPG and I meet regularly. He has described the Horizon case as “harrowing”, but it is beyond that, and it has gone on far too long. I …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Endometriosis Workplace Support
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. We always thank hon. Members for bringing debates to the Floor—it is a format we use all the time—but I really want to thank the right hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke) for bringing this debate and …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 12th January 2022
Asked by:
Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 inquiry UK 2021 follow-up report published in December 2021, when he plans to being the consultation on default approaches to flexible working; on what date he expects that consultation will finish; and when he expects the next steps and recommendations to be published.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government started working on its follow-up report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 inquiry earlier this year. The flexible working consultation referred to in the report was published on 23 September and ran for 10 weeks until 1 December, receiving over 1,600 responses. The Government is now analysing these responses and will issue its response in due course.
Written Question
Friday 19th November 2021
Asked by:
Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many temporarily closed Post Office branches have been closed for (a) less than six months, (b) six months to a year, (c) one year and a day to two years and (d) longer than two years in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England as of 12 November 2021.
Answered by Paul Scully
While Post Office Limited is publicly owned, it operates as an independent, commercial business. Therefore, details regarding the length of time Post Office branches have been closed in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England as of 12 November 2021, are an operational matter for Post Office Limited.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Nov 2021
SMEs: Access to Finance
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the hon. Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on securing this very important debate. He gave us a very full and interesting speech, full of issues that I recognise. In terms of regional inequality, he has it spot …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Nov 2021
SMEs: Access to Finance
"I take the hon. Member’s point, but I think my point was worth making. We have to be so careful, because businesses took those loans on and are now likely to be hounded by banks that are mainly interested in providing money to their shareholders. The hon. Members for Darlington …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Income Tax (Charge)
"It would be churlish of me not to refer to the good work of the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) on nutrition for growth. The House will not be surprised to learn that I did not agree with some of his other comments, however.
I …..."Marion Fellows - View Speech
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