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HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care made an official visit to Charing Cross Hospital in my constituency. On…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House ask ministerial colleagues to report to the House on breaches of international law during the war in Gaza? Targeting, displacement and collective…19 Oct 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office DirectorI join the Solicitor General in welcoming Nick Ephgrave as he takes on one of the most difficult jobs in law enforcement. His arrival in post was announced by the SFO abandoning…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityIn a parallel Government universe, the Secretary of State’s proposals for directing short-term prisoners into community sentences might be an idea whose time had come, but it…16 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaOur thoughts at this time must above all be with the Israeli and Palestinian civilian dead and injured, and with the hostages. According to Medical Aid for Palestinians, over…16 Oct 2023HANSARDSchool Building ClosuresMay I press the Secretary of State on the source of the funds needed to rebuild the RAAC schools? I ask because repairs to RAAC hospitals are coming from delaying indefinitely…19 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2HS2 has just applied for planning permission for works to enable Old Oak Common station to serve as a temporary terminus. “Temporary” previously meant the 2040s, but now it means…18 Sept 2023HANSARDPrison Release: EmploymentThere have been seven deaths in Wormwood Scrubs prison as a result of self-harm in the past three years. The first of the inquests into those deaths—that of Luke Clarke—was…12 Sept 2023HANSARDIndo-Pacific Region: Diplomatic RelationsTomorrow, Thailand’s Parliament will vote for a second time to choose a Prime Minister, following the May election won by the Move Forward party, which is now leading an alliance…18 Jul 2023HANSARD HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23I apologise, as I have not been present for the whole debate. May I mention one other clinic, 10 Hammersmith Broadway? I visited it recently and was hugely impressed by the staff…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Building Safety and Social HousingI agree with the Secretary of State that we should have an annual Grenfell debate. It would be better to have it on, or as near as possible to, the anniversary date; it is…06 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe former Lord Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Dominic Raab), when told of the demise of his Bill of Rights, said: “All the wrong people will celebrate.”…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI am slightly puzzled that the Foreign Secretary just told the Liberal Democrat spokesperson that foreign policy decisions can be passed to local authorities—I do not know what…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranIt is in this case.06 Jul 2023HANSARDHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation ServiceIt is a real pleasure to follow that forensic speech by the Chair of the Justice Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill). He took us through many…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation ServiceWill the Minister give way on that point?04 Jul 2023HANSARDHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation ServiceThe Chair of the Justice Committee is making an excellent critique of the system. There is something ironic about prisons being so undermaintained and needing £1 billion spent on…04 Jul 2023HANSARDViolence in the West BankThe use of aerial bombardment and armoured assault by thousands of troops in a refugee camp, familiar to the people of Gaza, is now extended to the west bank. Alongside settlement…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation ServiceI am very glad to have taken that intervention. I agree that prison chaplains, prison priests, prison vicars and prison imams—we have an excellent imam at the Scrubs—are in many…04 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillIt is a pleasure to follow another excellent speech dissecting what is wrong with this very faulty Bill. What a contrast it was with the Secretary of State’s opening speech, which…03 Jul 2023