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HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I welcome him to his position. I think it is clear to everyone that the early advance of the Great British Energy Bill demonstrates the…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerWill my hon. Friend give way?26 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerWill my hon. Friend give way?26 Jul 2024HANSARDForeign Affairs and DefenceIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell). It is also a pleasure to finally sit on the Government Benches with…18 Jul 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe earlier comment that Israel should get on and finish the job sent a chill through this Chamber and through the homes of millions of people in our country, because they know…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Five years on from the approval of a new secondary school in my Middlesbrough constituency, not a brick has been laid and the children of Outwood Academy Riverside remain in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaAccording to UNICEF, one child in Gaza is killed or injured on average every 10 minutes. Yesterday, Israeli occupying forces struck a playground in the Maghazi refugee camp in…17 Apr 2024HANSARDRail Manufacturing: Job LossesI offer my condolences to you, Mr Speaker. The Minister says this is a complex issue, but is it not rather simple? These companies will not be around to enjoy the sort of…16 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI would just point out to the Prime Minister that a nation state’s capacity to observe international humanitarian law is quite different from its actually doing so. At this…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe Minister has said on numerous occasions that the UK has a robust export licensing regime. Many Opposition Members are not satisfied with that response. Will he finally tell us…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaTo any reasonable and informed observer, the conduct of the war in Gaza by Israel contravenes basic international humanitarian law, in failing to distinguish between armed…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIsraeli Minister Benny Gantz is the only person to have been granted a special mission status certificate by the Foreign Office since the beginning of last year, in effect…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe sorry saga of Teesworks continues, including the mysterious £20 million paid out to the joint venture partners over rubble. Putting to one side the bizarre hailing by the…07 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office Board and GovernanceI thank the Minister for his work in this area. He has been assiduous in his attention to detail—I cannot say the same of the Secretary of State. Nevertheless, yesterday was…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI thank the Minister and his predecessor for their work on this. I know that he has been paying a lot of attention to it. On the issue of full and fair compensation, may I express…26 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaLast week, I too had the honour of meeting the heroic Professor Abu Sitta, along with the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) West and other colleagues from…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyIsraeli Defence Minister Gallant has been reported as saying that, “Gaza won’t return to what it was before. We will eliminate everything”, and that, “We are fighting human…11 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillOn the restoration of police numbers, may I inform the Policing Minister that in Cleveland the numbers have been slashed by 500 since 2010? They have still not been restored, so…28 Nov 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderYou need a backbone!27 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsThe Government have tried some sleight of hand with this so-called “autumn statement for growth” just as the OBR has revised its projections for the economy downwards. Indeed, the…27 Nov 2023