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HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityIt is clear that my right hon. Friend inherited a chaotic immigration situation from the last Government, and I commend her on the work she is doing. She rightly focused on…02 Dec 2024HANSARDBangladesh: Attacks on Hindu CommunityThank you for allowing this urgent question, Mr Speaker. Since the fall of the previous Government in August, Bangladesh has seen more than 2,000 incidents of violence, most of…02 Dec 2024HANSARDBangladesh: Attacks on Hindu Community(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in Bangladesh and recent attacks on…02 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have huge respect for the hon. Lady for the way that she has conducted this debate over the last few weeks. My concern is that she has focused today on the individual and the…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?29 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI am, of course, well aware that it is headline advice and that other things come into play, but as the right hon. Gentleman himself mentioned in his opening remarks, the things…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryIt is a pleasure to speak under you in the Chair, Mr Efford. My thanks and congratulations go to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI want to clarify something in relation to pollack. My understanding is that the scientific advice given out in June was that the total allowable catch should be set at zero, but…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI am delighted to agree with the right hon. Gentleman, who chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. It also adds grist to the mill of the five-year approach, but…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and I thought that his points on visas were well-made, but it is important that we put safety at the forefront. Paradoxically, the common…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI am sorry if I have given the hon. Gentleman the impression that I think fishing communities would be against this; I do not think that. That is precisely why I welcome the…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryThe hon. Gentleman missed out the United States of America from that list.28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI am delighted that I sat down to receive my hon. Friend’s intervention because she is entirely right. What she said goes to the remarks made by our hon. Friend the Member for…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryDoes the Minister actually believe that the discard ban is being observed? If he has doubts about that, would he agree that ensuring there are onboard cameras and monitoring is…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryBefore the Minister does that, could he look at what we might learn from the American fish management plans, which are gold standard and have had the clear management objectives…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI think Hansard will record that the right hon. Gentleman mentioned that himself in his opening remarks. Overfishing means that the stock is driven down even further. There is no…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertLast July, the previous Government issued its third national adaptation plan, and this March the Climate Change Committee issued its independent assessment of NAP3. It said that…25 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Barnsley and Sheffield (Boundary Change) Order 2024On a point of order, Mrs Harris. A point of order was made and I believe a motion was made, but I did not hear any vote taken on the motion. I would have thought that that was the…06 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Barnsley and Sheffield (Boundary Change) Order 2024How good it is to have your guidance, Mrs Harris, for our first legislative duty of the day. Today will be a busy one for all of us, with votes on the Budget and the ramifications…06 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Barnsley and Sheffield (Boundary Change) Order 2024Indeed. I am talking about the effect on the future value of these properties. Residents who have moved in under one local authority may find the value of their property affected…06 Nov 2024