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HANSARDDraft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2024I do not want to interrupt the Minister mid-flow, but I wanted to mention the claimant in the case, who was female. There has been no equality impact assessment with this measure.…30 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I am very grateful to the British Liver Trust for its comprehensive briefings and support for this debate. The Alan…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsPapers at an employment tribunal last week reported that Rowaa Ahmar, a former civil servant, stated that “the racism within the Cabinet Office appeared to be unrelenting and…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Points of OrderThat isn’t how I identify!25 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate on the kindness of charity fundraisers? Next month, the team at Pollokshields early years centre are running the Cancer Research UK Race for Life as “Jamal’s…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Now that you have indicated Royal Assent to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024, have you been given any indication…25 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerHaving paid close attention to the sugar tax when it was brought in, there was a particular exemption in the products that required reformulation. Milkshakes could contain as much…25 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerI absolutely agree. I see that very much from the varied communities that I represent. It is baffling that the more recent Marmot findings have come as a surprise to some in…25 Apr 2024HANSARDPrevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe SNP firmly supports this order as well, and believes that no organisation should be free to spread extremist hate and encourage violence in the UK, so it is absolutely right…24 Apr 2024HANSARDPartner and Spousal Visas: Minimum IncomeAs ever, the hon. Gentleman makes a very pertinent point. I would like to hear from the Minister what consideration he has taken of the effect on the nations of the United…23 Apr 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), who has done so much, and to journalists such as Caroline Wheeler of The Sunday Times and…23 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. I have had concerns raised about a company based in England but operating across the UK online that shape shifts and is known variously as Young Vibes, Peaky Parents, Kactus…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPartner and Spousal Visas: Minimum IncomeIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir George. I speak very much in opposition to the higher threshold, which is discriminatory. Over the years since I was elected, many of…23 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseI thank the Minister for his previous engagement regarding a number of my constituents whose family members have been stuck, and affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan. May I…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and note on the record that Labour did not vote on any of the reasons that I sought to amend in the Reasons Committee. I have yet to…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI wholeheartedly agree. I know of many cases of people who have been sorely let down by the Government. We note that the figures that the Government brought out this morning show…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI rise again to put on the record the SNP’s opposition to this awful Bill. We do not support the state-sponsored people-trafficking Bill on Rwanda, and we will oppose it in any…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe Minister opened by saying that he had looked forward last week to not debating the Bill. I, too, wish that we did not have to debate it; indeed, I wish that it had never been…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I am addressing the amendment that is in front of us. Lords amendment 3J seeks a very small concession to Parliament: that this place should have…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman—he is quite right to point that out in the way that he has. It has been further reported in The Independent that an Afghan intelligence analyst who…22 Apr 2024