"I feel the need to challenge the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion that those who created the financial crisis should pay for it. How exactly does he think they would do that? Specifically, why does he think that the real, long-term problem that we have with sustainable pensions is linked to the …..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend agree that, many years ago, public sector salaries were lower and therefore pension provision was always higher, but over the last decade or more salary levels have equalised, and in many cases the lowest-paid public sector worker now earns more than the lowest-paid private sector worker …..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"Bearing in mind the great importance given to the issue of child poverty across the House, will my hon. Friend tell us what steps she is taking to assess the amount of child benefit being paid to the non-resident children of EU workers in this country? What can be done …..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend also agree that the Government will be able to save money at local council level by promoting infant early intervention programmes? By helping struggling families at the outset, they will save society much more money further down the track, because those families have been supported from …..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"Is the hon. Lady aware that an all-party group inquiry into Sure Start found that fewer than 10 children’s centres had closed? Local councils have shown huge commitment to the ongoing success of this important matter...." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"Is it the Opposition’s policy to reverse the decrease from £250 to £200 a year that they proposed and increase it back to £250?..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"16. What steps he is taking to help women who are most affected by the state pension age proposals contained in the Pensions Bill...." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"I congratulate those on the Front Bench on changing their minds on this issue. A number of female constituents have written to me expressing enormous gratitude for the fact that we have changed the position for the better. Does the Minister agree that this shows that we care about women …..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech
"I recently met a lady in my constituency who is a health visitor, and she told me of a trip that she had paid to a family living in Northamptonshire. The mother had just had her fourth child, and her eldest child was 15 years old. As the health visitor …..." Andrea Leadsom - View Speech