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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDid you read it?30 Mar 2023HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI am sure the Minister is aware of the almost daily protests in Israel. On 11 March, half a million people came out on the streets across Israel to protest against the proposed…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationLeeds is a vibrant, rapidly developing city. We are a hub for business, finance, law, technology, and education. Major corporations have their headquarters in Leeds, and we have…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) BillLet me start by commending the hon. Member for Guildford (Angela Richardson) for bringing the Bill to this stage, and I hope we can get it a quick and successful conclusion and…17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I have had fruitful discussions with the Minister, who I am sure will respond to his point when she speaks, but I know the…17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillIt is a pleasure to give way.17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillIt is a real pleasure to be able to speak so soon in this debate—I am not sure we thought we would get here so quickly, but I am pleased that we have. The Labour party is strongly…17 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for aid match. The Government funding rounds for UK Aid…14 Mar 2023HANSARDUkrainian Refugees: HomelessnessThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to point out the issues with the right to rent scheme. There are some additional barriers for Ukrainians—we like to call them temporarily…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureThat is a really important point. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Ukraine, I know that Ukrainian parliamentarians, including those from the Rada who are in the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureWith the reconstruction conference taking place in London on 21 and 22 June, does my right hon. Friend not think it is important for us to involve the IMF and World Bank in that…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureThe right hon. Gentleman is just coming on to the point I was going to make. There is some contention about assets held by private individuals and about their getting caught up in…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe UK was one of the instigators of the 1951 refugee convention, because before the war the UK Government failed to allow Jews fleeing the persecution of the Nazis into this…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Ukrainian Holodomor and the War in UkraineI visited the Holodomor memorial with the hon. Lady, who is leading the debate brilliantly, and I have no doubt that the Holodomor was a genocide. A number of genocides are…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionMy hon. Friend is making a remarkable speech. My constituent Marjorie Dunn spent seven weeks and a day in Harrogate Hospital last year, and in that time she saw NHS nurses leave…28 Feb 2023HANSARDOpen Season for WoodcockI thank the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) for leading the debate, and for making such a comprehensive and well-balanced speech. This has been a very…27 Feb 2023HANSARDKosovo: Security SituationAfter five years in this place, I have finally managed to secure my first Adjournment debate. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Kosovo, I am pleased that it is a…08 Feb 2023HANSARDKosovo: Security SituationI thank the hon. Gentleman: it cannot be an Adjournment debate without an intervention from him. What he has said reflects what we have seen in Kosovo, when we went there in July…08 Feb 2023HANSARDKosovo: Security Situationindicated assent .08 Feb 2023HANSARDKosovo: Security SituationI am aware of that, and I thank the hon. Member, and my hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Tony Lloyd)—another member of the Council of Europe delegation, who was Minister for…08 Feb 2023