My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]: (Business of the House)

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I have listened to what the Minister has said. We argue that the Government have received at least £3.5 billion in surplus in recent years. The Minister says that they have spent £1...

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]: (Business of the House)

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]: (Business of the House)

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I understand that the mineworkers’ pension scheme trustees tried to meet the Department before Christmas to talk about the guarantee but have still not heard from the Department about a...

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]: (Business of the House)

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. She is doing a great job here this evening. Does she agree that we are not disputing the importance of the Government guarantee? It is giving retired miners...

Rural Roads: HGV Traffic

Oral Answers to Questions - Transport

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

And the numbers?

Rural Roads: HGV Traffic

Oral Answers to Questions - Transport

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

HGV traffic can be dangerous, and the road safety charity Brake says that school crossing patrols are vital, so does the Minister have an estimate of the number of lollipop women and men who have...

Communities: Charities and Volunteers

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Does she agree that the Trussell Trust provides fantastic leadership with its food banks across the country, and that very often it is people from...

Personal Independence Payment: Blaenau Gwent

Department for Work and Pensions

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2019 to Question 204471 on Personal Independence Payment: Blaenau Gwent, what information her Department...

Volkswagen

Department for Transport

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 207177 on Volkswagen: Exhaust Emissions, what recent discussions he has had with his German...

Volkswagen

Department for Transport

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 207177 on Volkswagen: Exhaust Emissions, what investigations his Department conducted to...

Drugs: Refrigerators

Department of Health and Social Care

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2019 to Question 205244 on Drugs: Refrigerators, how many refrigerators his Department has purchased...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Will the Leader of the House categorically assure the House that our statute book will be ready for exit day?

Leaving the Eu: Mobile Roaming Charges

Commons debates

May I press the Secretary of State on no deal? What binding commitments has he demanded of telecoms companies so that our consumers are not ripped off this summer by higher charges?

New Trade Agreements: Human Rights

International Trade

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment has the Secretary of State’s Department made of the role of British businesses in tackling abuse and exploitation in global supply chains?

Prostate Cancer

Petition - the Future of Maintained Nursery Schools

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I join the Minister in congratulating people like Stephen Fry and the grassroots movements on doing such a good job in talking about the importance of early diagnosis. The hon. Member for North...

Prostate Cancer

Petition - the Future of Maintained Nursery Schools

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman is making a really important point. I am over 50, but I did not know about the test. Does he know how many men over 50 as a proportion of the population have had the test?

Prostate Cancer

Petition - the Future of Maintained Nursery Schools

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I commend the hon. Gentleman for his leadership and for securing this important debate. I have been along to the World Cancer Day event today, where I was told that more than a third of cancer...

Social Security

Commons debates

This debate reminds me of my own grandfather, George Winter, who suffered from pneumoconiosis. I cannot remember the exact percentage he had, but it was high, as was true of many miners in...

Pensions Dashboard

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister did an elegant soft-shoe shuffle around my question about whether the FCA had sufficient capacity to deal with financial scammers. It would be unfair to press him on it now, but I...

Pensions Dashboard

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the hon. Member for Hendon (Dr Offord) on securing the debate. To state the obvious, pensions are critical, but they can also be extremely complicated. People have an average of...