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HANSARDWar in UkraineThe hon. Member is giving a typically impassioned speech about the horrific nature of the aggression against Ukrainian children by Russia. We have heard about that happening in…04 Dec 2025HANSARD COP30It is great to see my right hon. Friend back at the Dispatch Box once more after taking a global leading role at COP. We could have no better Secretary of State in this area.…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI once more thank the Prime Minister for his unstinting support for Ukraine, and for saying that nothing can be done for Ukraine without Ukraine. In the last few moments, a media…25 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsThere are over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, many of whom are part of civil society and part of an opposition. One of them, Marwan Barghouti, has been in…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesThis speaks to a wider point about Ukraine. Two years ago Chelsea was sold for £2.35 billion and now a company controlled by Roman Abramovich is demanding a repayment of £1.5…05 Nov 2025HANSARDVideo Games: Consumer LawI thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for mentioning “Grand Theft Auto”; the main developer for the new version, “Grand Theft Auto VI”, is…03 Nov 2025HANSARDVideo Games: Consumer LawWill my hon. Friend give way?03 Nov 2025HANSARDMotability Operations8. Whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on increasing the use of British-built cars by Motability Operations.30 Oct 2025HANSARDMotability OperationsOne in five new cars is now purchased through the Motability Scheme. This presents an unprecedented opportunity for the British car industry, as the scheme stipulates what cars…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportMy hon. Friend knows that for many years I worked in co-operative development, including running co-operatives in Yorkshire and the Humber. To start new co-operatives,…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationMy hon. and learned Friend is making an excellent case. I understand that we are having this debate because 427,000 people signed the petition, but I hope that they are never in…20 Oct 2025HANSARD UkraineI thank the Speaker, the Speaker’s Office and the Deputy Speakers for the gracious welcome they today gave Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Speaker of the Rada. Also, seeing the Foreign…15 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationWith COP30 just one month away, the UK could consider utilising article 6 of the Paris agreement to support global food system transformation. Article 6 was agreed at COP29 last…14 Oct 2025HANSARDBaby LossMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and is a great advocate on this subject. I am sure she knows about the MBRRACE-UK—Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI begin by praising Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, who lost their lives defending the lives of others. In my constituency, we have five universities with 1,500 Jewish…13 Oct 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsSo many people, myself included, are looking at the famine in Gaza and the planned annexation of the west bank with a sense of complete desperation and a lack of agency. People…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainAs well as those financial and educational anxieties, many Hongkongers, some of whom do not have permanent status here, are under threat from transnational repression, as the…08 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsPrime Minister, in September 2021, you met ex-Arsenal player Michael Thomas in Portcullis House alongside other former footballers of the V11, when I hosted them in Parliament.…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Transnational Repression in the UKI was thinking that I might have had a quiet first day back after recess, but I have now been in the Chamber for six hours and 20 minutes, so I am clearly working hard for my…01 Sept 2025HANSARD UkraineI want to start by paying tribute to Andriy Parubiy, the former Ukrainian Speaker, who was brutally assassinated in his home city of Lviv. He played a key role in the Maidan…01 Sept 2025