"I have visited most of my food banks, but there are so many of them that it is very difficult. Has my right hon. Friend noticed, like me, the type of person turning up at these food banks? I saw a woman who was a skilled worker—a draughtswoman—who could not …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend make a distinction between a scheme with trustees and one under which the member must look after their own interests as it has no provision for a set of trustees to oversee it?..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"Does the hon. Gentleman also consider that a pension pot is a deferred income and should be treated as such? The problem is that not many people do so...." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"Perhaps I am an anorak, as the chairman of the pension fund for Members, but one of the issues is the question of contracting out. As I understand it, the Bill does not allow contracting out. Am I right to say that people like us and many others in the …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"The problem in my constituency is that there are no jobs. People can have all the training they want, but they cannot get a job. That is the problem, and it is down to this Government...." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate about an issue that is burning hot in my constituency. Does he agree that Atos is not the problem? Although it has to administer the problem, it has been set certain parameters in which to work. The consequence is that everyone …..." Brian H. Donohoe - View Speech