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HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is making an important point about how we need to co-operate much more intensively with the law enforcement agencies across Europe. The brutal fact is that these…16 Jan 2024HANSARDGaza: UK Aid16. What steps he is taking to support the delivery of UK aid to Gaza.08 Jan 2024HANSARDGaza: UK AidWe are witnessing horrific scenes in Gaza. The humanitarian catastrophe there needs greater focus from countries like our own and others around the world, to bring it to an end…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe Minister mentioned Oslo in response to my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms). The sad truth is that Prime Minister Netanyahu never really supported…08 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkMy heart goes out to all those affected by Storm Henk. Of course, over the Christmas recess we also had Storm Gerrit, which included a tornado that caused significant damage…08 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the Minister for his statement, and for the work that he is doing to push the issue to a conclusion. I pay tribute to my constituent, Della Robinson, who was the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for securing this urgent question and you, Mr Speaker, for granting it. My heart goes out to her family and…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House is probably unaware of this, but I am a special guardian to my four-year-old grandson. Lyle is not unique in being looked after by his grandparents; there…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Venezuela: Threat to GuyanaIt is great to see the House speak with one voice in support of our Commonwealth friend and partner, Guyana. The Minister is right: these borders were settled in 1899. They are…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend the work of my disabled young constituent, Nathaniel Yates from Reddish, who has assessed every single railway station in Greater Manchester. Too many of them are not…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2Data from the High-Speed Rail Group suggests that the Government’s fire sale of land on the former Birmingham to Manchester stretch of HS2 will cost taxpayers a staggering £100…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 27. What estimate he has made of the net cost to the public purse of land purchased and planned for sale in connection with HS2 phase 2.14 Dec 2023HANSARD COP28May I start by thanking the Minister? Politics aside, there is much we can all agree on in the deal at COP. I would like to see us go further in some areas, but I recognise that…14 Dec 2023HANSARDHome Affairs CommitteeI, too, thank my right hon. Friend and other members of the Committee for their deliberations on this important subject. The report is very thorough. I was pleased to hear her…14 Dec 2023HANSARDNet Zero Targets: Businesses3. What recent discussions she has had with businesses on the Government's net zero targets.28 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesAs a fellow Lancastrian, I hope you had a good Lancashire Day yesterday, Mr Speaker.28 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesWell, as the Minister seems to meet so many business leaders, he must have heard their shock and horror about the Government’s roll-backs on net zero. Earlier this month, the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023The hon. Gentleman might sneer at working people and the organisations that represent them. Frankly, we could do with some minimum service agreements for Tory MPs because I think…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend raises a really important concern, because we have massive numbers of vacancies across the health and care system in England. We need to do all we can, not just to…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023I absolutely do. Who would have thought it? Good dialogue works. Talking from one side of an argument to another works. Trying to bring people together to understand a position,…27 Nov 2023