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HANSARDTopical QuestionsSeven years on, we do not have a victims Bill in statute. Thousands of victims are trapped in court backlogs and domestic abuse victims are still being cross-examined by their…05 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United StatesMy absolute solidarity is with women across America as their rights are stripped from them, but this is a wake-up call to women across the world that our rights are under…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommunity PaybackToday we have heard from many hon. Members who know that the blight of crime and antisocial behaviour has grown out of control in their constituencies over the past decade, and…28 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ7. Mr Speaker,“Why is it that the worst people often rise to the highest office and stay there?”Not my words about the Prime Minister, but those of his newest appointment—his…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesIn Labour-run Wales, train staff are not on strike. That is because, in Wales, we work in social partnership instead of creating and fabricating misinformation and not engaging…15 Jun 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeWe know that the backdrop to this year’s Queen’s Speech is one of real concern and worry. People up and down the country are terrified as they work out how to manage their…11 May 2022HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that we are still awaiting the Government’s long-awaited international development strategy that is needed to…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSexual Violence in ConflictWe are hearing heartbreaking stories of children being forced to watch their mothers being raped and then murdered in Ukraine. We are hearing of rape being used as a weapon of war…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I just want to emphasise the point I also made in my speech. I am sure my hon. Friend would agree—and I think the Foreign…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineAbsolutely. It is incompetence, and I have seen the same incompetence with the lost applications of families that my constituents are sponsoring. Sarah, for example, is sponsoring…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineThe war in Ukraine has entered its third month, with no end in sight. We all see the tragic scenes on our screens at night: innocent women and children being gunned down, targeted…26 Apr 2022HANSARDForest and Woodland ConservationWe know that deforestation is causing huge issues for indigenous people around the world. What more can the Government do to put pressure on Governments worldwide, and…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateToday marks the Prime Minister’s 1,000th day in office, but it takes a particular type of Prime Minister to rack up as many catastrophic failures, scandals and U-turns as days on…19 Apr 2022HANSARDRape as a Weapon of War in UkraineLesia Vasylenko, an incredibly brave Ukrainian MP and mother of three, spoke recently of women being raped and hanged, some in front of their very young children. Putin has…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasI am not sure the Minister is actually hearing the issues being raised in the House about the shambles of this system, which is proving impossible. One of my constituents has…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceI thank all those who have spoken today, exposing the real challenges that women face in the justice system and the challenges that women face everywhere. Today, on International…08 Mar 2022HANSARDWelsh AffairsI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He speaks about being starved by the Government, but that is not what the Welsh people say, and it is not what they said at the ballot…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWelsh AffairsIt is wonderful to follow my good and hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones), who is a fantastic advocate for her constituency, and to take part in what is one…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWelsh AffairsI cannot let that rest while the right hon. Gentleman attacks my speech. Yes, it was about focusing on random acts of kindness within the Welsh people and the stark contrast with…03 Mar 2022HANSARDCOP26 Presidency: PrioritiesJust over 100 days after world leaders agreed vital efforts to limit global warming at COP26, a UN report has issued a stark warning of the dire consequences of inaction. This…02 Mar 2022