Paul Waugh Labour and Co-operative MP for Rochdale
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Universal Credit
Department for Work and Pensions
Paul Waugh received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the five-week wait for Universal Credit on (a) debt and (b) poverty levels.
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Business of the House
Commons debates
Rochdale is the historic birthplace of the co-op movement, so it is fitting that we will host the UK Co-op Congress 2025 this weekend. There is an impressive array of speakers, including Steve...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
When this Labour Government extended free school meals to half a million more children last month, Laura—a working mum in Rochdale—told me it would save her £500 a year. She...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 July.
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Supporting Economic Growth
Treasury
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
After years of unfunded and undelivered promises from the Conservatives on levelling up, places like Rochdale are finally getting the fairer share of money that they really deserve. The Minister...
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G7 and NATO Summits
Commons debates
Rochdale has been a proud home for Ukrainians ever since they were forced to flee Soviet starvation, murder and oppression in the 1930s and 1940s, so many in my constituency will warmly welcome...
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Business of the House
Commons debates
This weekend, the England women’s football team play their final friendly before they defend the Euro championship trophy they won so brilliantly in 2022. I am delighted to say that...
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UK Modern Industrial Strategy
Commons debates
Rochdale Training provides local apprenticeships in engineering and other skills that we desperately need, and works with local employers to deliver that. Its chief executive, Jill Nagy, told me...
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Schedule 2 - Assisted Dying Review Panels
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
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Iran-Israel Conflict
Commons debates
The nuclear ambitions of a bloodthirsty terrorist-sponsoring regime in Tehran pose a real threat to world peace, but does the Foreign Secretary agree that Israel’s own conduct as an...
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Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
Commons debates
I listened with cold fury to what was coming out of the mouth of the Leader of the Opposition, because much of it was beneath contempt. I commend the Home Secretary for her statement and for...
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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
I will not; I am short of time. Just how strong are the Bill’s safeguards? We are not commentators; we are legislators. Our job is to scrutinise, to test and to test again the Bills that...
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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
The point of my amendment is to make sure that a future Secretary of State would have to come before the House with primary legislation. Report stage is not about the principles of the Bill. It...
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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
I agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and there is a wider point here about the Henry VIII powers in the Bill. This would be the third such power added to the Bill since Second Reading. At that...
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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
I completely agree with my hon. Friend. The dangers of what is happening in America provide a real lesson for us here. As the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) put it, conversations about...
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New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons
I rise to speak in support of the amendment in my name, which seeks to strengthen new clause 14 tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater). Why do we want to restrict...
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Business of the House
Commons debates
Mr Speaker, as a proud Lancastrian like myself, you will be aware that this Friday is Whit Friday, and that across the north-west we still have a strong tradition of Whit walks and carnivals,...
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Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Commons debates
I warmly welcome today’s decision by the UK Government to work with other international allies to sanction these extremist Israeli Ministers. Just to remind ourselves how extremist they...
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Nuclear Power: Investment
Commons debates
Andy Burnham’s Atom Valley mayoral development zone for advanced manufacturing will be based in Rochdale, Oldham and Bury, and it is so named in honour of Ernest Rutherford’s...
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Winter Fuel Payment
Commons debates
The median average income of a pensioner in Rochdale is £15,000, which is way below the amount we expect people to live on with the national living wage, so I thank the Minister for...
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