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HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThere is another point. If we accept, as everybody who has spoken today has apparently accepted, that the BDS campaign is a pernicious, antisemitic campaign, we should know that…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy hon. Friend said he had affection for me. Not many people say that, so I welcome it and I will be framing that part of Hansard . However, I will just push back on the point he…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThe right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) put forward a clever argument, but many of us see through it to the real motivation. He himself said that he…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI respect the right hon. Lady for her views, but just on that last point, the idea that we should not do something because the people who hate Israel will be even angrier about it…25 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaHow can members of the British Jewish community feel safe when people are allowed to chant on the streets of Britain in favour of jihad, call for the raising of religious armies…23 Oct 2023HANSARDGaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital ExplosionOne fact that is not in dispute is that every rocket fired from Gaza into Israel is aimed at murdering civilians, in stark contrast to Israeli defensive action. Last night, there…18 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaEvery tragic loss of life in Gaza is the responsibility of Hamas alone. Some people in this place would do well to remember that fact. A week on from the pogroms, what do we have…16 Oct 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2It should not surprise people that building a high-speed railway line on a very small island through large, populated areas with lots of infrastructure was always going to be…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Asbestos (National Register)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for a national register of asbestos present in non-domestic premises and of the condition of that asbestos; and…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillDoes the UK presently have any policies against goods coming in from the settlements?03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillWill the hon. Member give way?03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI agree with much of the sentiment of the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy), for whom I have a great deal of regard, as she knows. However, fine…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI will give way, because I like my hon. Friend.03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThe editor-at-large of the Jewish Chronicle , in an excellent piece today, wrote: “There is no room for shades of grey here. You either think it’s fine to boycott Jews—in which…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Mental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyThe Secretary of State has rightly pointed to the £2.3 billion in extra funding and has reiterated from the Dispatch Box his belief that early support for children’s mental health…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis morning, the Center for Countering Digital Hate issued a shocking report on the online activities of Press TV, particularly its use of a video series called “Palestine…27 Apr 2023HANSARD BBC: Government Role in ImpartialityI hope the shadow Secretary of State will reflect on her comparison of this Government to the Putin regime, which is of course engaged in war crimes and the murder of men, women…14 Mar 2023HANSARD British Steel: NegotiationsI think the shadow Minister must have forgotten—I like her a lot, but I think she must have forgotten—who the Government were in 2009, when the mothballing of Teesside and the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Young PeopleI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and pay tribute to her constituents who are with us today for doing so much to raise funding for screening in our area. She is talking about…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillI know how unpopular it can be at 9 o’clock at night to detain the House further. However, I did speak on previous stages of the Bill, and I want to speak about a couple of issues…17 Jan 2023