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HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for that reassurance. As the Bill progresses to Committee, it would be helpful if those items were listed among the relevant articles to give some solace to…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Gambling HarmsMy hon. Friend is making a wonderful contribution. GamCare has found that there has been exponential growth in online gambling. More than half its callers struggle with online…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Overseas Territories: Tax TransparencyDoes my hon. Friend agree that without those actions there is a real danger that significant sums of Russian assets and money, which could be sanctioned and used to reconstruct…05 Feb 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI will be brief, because we have had a long and thorough debate. I thank everyone who took part in it, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal), who…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI have just said that the first step would be for the Government to set up a national commission. This debate is the first step for the APPG to try to persuade the Government to…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI beg to move, That this House has considered proportional representation for general elections. Before I speak on the matter at hand, I note that today is the funeral of one of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsAbsolutely. The turnout and engagement of voters in general elections should be a matter of concern for everybody in this place and in the country at large. The truth is that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI am coming to that exact point shortly, and I thank my hon. Friend for raising it. The 2024 general election was a stark illustration of the problems with our voting system, and…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI thank the Minister, with whom I served on the Environmental Audit Committee when she was Chair. At that time we were very critical of the Environment Act 2021, and the lack of…24 Jan 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayOn Monday it will be 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. I find this debate quite difficult, so please bear with me. I went with my own family, my father and my…23 Jan 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Professor Zygmunt Bauman died in January 2017. He was a great supporter of mine and always had placards outside his house when I stood for…23 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI want once again to thank the Foreign Secretary, the Defence Secretary and the Prime Minister for willing this partnership into life. As chair of the all-party parliamentary…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewLeeds general infirmary received outline planning permission in 2020. Two Conservative Prime Ministers came to Leeds and promised that we would get our new hospital, despite…20 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI express my gratitude to the Minister and the Secretary of State for tabling amendments on regulating the student lettings season, and on rent in advance. Both are issues that I…14 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillApologise!14 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing the debate, and for the wonderful way that he has started his speech. It is important to recognise that the abduction of children from…06 Jan 2025HANSARD SyriaI thank my right hon. Friend for her diligent work on the very challenging situation in Syria. I am sure that she has seen the reports from places like Idlib, Aleppo, Homs and…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Service AccommodationI wish you a merry Yorkshire Christmas, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend for the Committee’s report. As we are admitting things, let me say that, in the 1980s, I, too,…19 Dec 2024HANSARD UkraineI once again commend my hon. Friend on his ongoing support for Ukraine and his important trade visit to Kyiv recently. From that visit, he will know that this war has advanced…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Financial Assistance to Ukraine BillI want to speak to new clause 1, which I have signed, but I first want to reiterate my support for the Government and the Bill. As I said on Second Reading, it is absolutely right…18 Dec 2024