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HANSARDNational Crime Agency Investigation: Javad MarandiThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. The news this morning that Javad Marandi has lost a 19-month legal battle with the BBC to remain anonymous is a victory…16 May 2023HANSARDNational Crime Agency Investigation: Javad Marandi(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the implications of the National Crime Agency’s investigation into Mr…16 May 2023HANSARD Rail ServicesThe Secretary of State mentioned Avanti in his statement and the improvements that it is apparently making, but my constituent Zoe contacted me to say that she has been trying to…11 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent, Brian, lost his mother in 2020. His family is one of far too many who have struggled for years as a result of the contaminated blood scandal. Those families want…11 May 2023HANSARD No Recourse to Public FundsThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) for bringing this debate before the House, and the Backbench Business…11 May 2023HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group on working at height, I have been trying to get clarity for some time on the very specific Work at Height Regulations 2005. Can the…11 May 2023HANSARDIndustrial Action: Support for Public ServicesWhen I spoke to Public and Commercial Services Union workers on the picket line in front of the UK Government building in my Glasgow Central constituency, they told me that they…11 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ14. A total of 13,450 prepayment meter vouchers with a value of over more than £887,000 have gone unclaimed in my constituency, while £16.5 million is unclaimed across Scotland.…10 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan) for bringing forward this important debate. It feels like it has been too long since we had a debate…09 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that the Public Order Act is incompatible with the right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and…09 May 2023HANSARDInflationFood price inflation stood at 19.2% in March, up from February. That is causing severe problems for many in my constituency, particularly those who have no recourse to public…09 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillI absolutely agree that we should be guarding against this. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree there is also a problem with incorporated associations that donate money? It is…03 May 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillWill the Minister give way?26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIs the Minister aware of the fact that other SNP Members had put their names in for this debate because it was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but the Government changed the…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. We have just passed a Bill for which the Home Secretary is unable to make a declaration under section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 that…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe Minister is in danger of taking the UNHCR’s name in vain, because it has issued a statement that says: “UNHCR wishes to clarify that there is no mechanism through which…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe hon. Member makes an interesting point, but the fact is that the medical professionals just do not support the methods that the Government are suggesting to determine age.26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe British Dental Association, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Unison’s experts disagree with the right hon. Member. These are professionals. […26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillNo, the Minister did not do that. What he has done is push this on to those at the UNHCR, who say that it is not their job. They have also said that the tiny minority, the 1%, who…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI will speak to the amendments that stand in my name and those of my hon. Friends. It is interesting to follow the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain…26 Apr 2023