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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is an absolute honour to follow the right hon. and gallant Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) and to hear again his powerful testimony about what he witnessed. He is right that…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3Oh, really? I will remember that. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for bringing about this debate and allowing us all to discuss it today. Hon.…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3Sorry?19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I am genuinely grateful to you, Mr Walker. It is an absolute pleasure to serve—19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) for raising this issue so consistently. What could be more important in our foreign policy than working to prevent…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3Only if I get my full 10 minutes.19 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeWill the Minister give way?11 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeWill the Minister give way?11 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeI am worried that this Government are becoming dangerously complacent about the situation in our schools. In Newham we have many bright and ambitious children who achieve so much…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS WorkforceAcross north-east London, our population is set to grow by the total of the population of Dover in just the next five years. By 2042, the added population will be the size of…06 Dec 2022HANSARD International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against WomenIt is an absolute pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Elliot. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) and the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jackie…01 Dec 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI just wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman lives in the same world as I do. I have families who pay £2,000 per calendar month to live in a really grotty basement flat, and he…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsAfter 12 years of Tory Government, the outlook is just so bleak. Forecasters now say that real wages may not return to 2008 levels until 2027—not one lost decade, but two. What…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Conflict in EthiopiaIt is a real pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Sir Gary. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Canterbury (Rosie Duffield) for securing the debate and opening it so…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Conflict in EthiopiaMy right hon. Friend has known me long enough to know that I agree entirely with what he just said. As my hon. Friends the Members for Canterbury, for Dulwich and West Norwood…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Conflict in EthiopiaTo my obviously amateur ear, that did not sound like an awful lot of aid for the number of people in need of support. Does the Minister think it is enough?16 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockSo why is poverty going up?08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI am actually quite offended by the idea that this is theatre and knockabout because my constituents do not see that way. Can I bring some facts to this debate? The Labour…08 Nov 2022HANSARDSomalia: HungerI also welcome the Minister to his post. Across east Africa, somebody is dying of hunger every 36 seconds. One hundred people will die in the time that Ministers are at the…08 Nov 2022