Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014 Job Insecurity
"Does my hon. Friend agree that Opposition Members will not be celebrating the proliferation of zero-hours contracts, which allow our young people, in particular, to be exploited by employers who want them to be at the other end of the telephone waiting to be told when to come to work …..." Michael McCann - View Speech
"Judging by the evidence of my constituency surgeries, the testimony of other Members and the number of successful appeals, it appears that Atos cannot tell the difference between someone who is sick and someone who is not. Given that that is the company’s job, when is the Secretary of State …..." Michael McCann - View Speech
"Will my right hon. Friend confirm that, although strivers are the very people the Prime Minister has said he wants to protect, he will ultimately be damaging them as a result of the new regulations?..." Michael McCann - View Speech
"4. How many people currently claiming a state pension will benefit from the new higher rate state pension under his proposals for a single tier scheme...." Michael McCann - View Speech
"I am grateful for the Minister’s response. Will he confirm that Britain’s 12 million current pensioners and 4 million future pensioners will not benefit at all from the Government’s proposed changes?..." Michael McCann - View Speech
"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that since his Government were elected, they have increased borrowing by £212 billion?..." Michael McCann - View Speech
"Is it not the case that people do not feel better off because since the Government took office, the price of the average weekly shopping basket has risen by 17%?..." Michael McCann - View Speech
"The right hon. Gentleman’s idea of compassion is almost as convincing as his attempts at the Welsh national anthem. Does he concede that the Government have proposed to put benefits up by 1% because of his Government’s economic failures?..." Michael McCann - View Speech