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HANSARDHospice FundingI agree with everything that the hon. Member has just said. I wish to highlight the importance of palliative care for children and the amazing support that some children’s…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI listened carefully to the intervention that referred to 30,000 refugees in the past decade. Is my hon. Friend aware that within the past 12 months the UK has accepted a refugee…22 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaEvery Member of this House knows that it was that great Conservative statesman who said that all it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to stand by and do nothing. Today…17 Apr 2024HANSARDGrid Decarbonisation: CostIf grid decarbon-isation by 2030 really did cost the billions of pounds that the Secretary of State claims, she might care to explain why her own policy is to achieve 95% of full…16 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateIran sought to justify its unjustifiable attack on Israel on the basis that it was retaliating for Israel’s attack on its consulate. I welcome the fact that the Prime Minister…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister give way?15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill my hon. Friend take an intervention from a non-fellow Scotsman?15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am sure that my hon. Friend has, like me, marvelled at the Government’s ability to legislate for Rwanda to be a safe country—Lords amendment 2 addressed that. Will he join me in…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister give way?15 Apr 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillThe Minister was most accommodating throughout the proceedings in Committee, and we are all grateful to him for the way in which he has listened. Further to the point raised by my…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillIt was 1 December 1998. I had been an MP for one year and seven months to the day, and I was chained to the railings of College Green by 200 cheering leaseholders. Thankfully,…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillDon’t pull any punches!20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThere has been much debate today about the alternative of LNG from Qatar, but there has been a failure to take into account whether our being more dependent on LNG from Qatar…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI wish to speak primarily to amendments 13 and 14, but I also support the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby), the right hon. Member for Reading…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that we must manage the decline, but we must manage the decline in the community’s livelihood, which is not necessarily the same…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill the Minister give way?20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIs the Minister going to give way?20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way, and no—I would not lose my mojo on this. We all know that there is 110% more oil and gas already in the world than we can use if…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Antisemitism in the UKThe Minister will be aware that the largest Jewish school in Europe—JFS—is in my constituency, and I want to thank the CST for its vigilance and service on behalf of all the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister has not responded to the point about a section 24 court-appointed manager. Would that not give a power enabling redress for residents in situations such as the one he…30 Jan 2024