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HANSARDVenezuela: US MilitaryI am grateful for the granting of this urgent question, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am grateful to the Minister for that answer. At oral questions yesterday, the Foreign Secretary…03 Dec 2025HANSARDVenezuela: US Military(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on imminent US military strikes on land targets in…03 Dec 2025HANSARDChina: Threat to UK InterestsTwo weeks ago, the Security Minister came to the House to describe sustained efforts by China to infiltrate Parliament, and to announce that the security agencies were launching…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Secretary of State knows, because his Department shares responsibility for special educational needs and disabilities education, that that is a major challenge facing the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDUkraineUkraine needs the support of its allies to counter Russia’s threat, but Belgium and the European Central Bank are holding out against the European Union’s using frozen Russian…02 Dec 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastConstituents of mine, like those of my hon. Friend, are part of the 6 am scramble, with thousands of people ahead of them in the queue. Does he share my view that the inability of…26 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to ensuring that decisions about Ukraine are not taken without Ukraine, and to upholding Ukraine’s sovereignty. Yet we know that Russia…25 Nov 2025HANSARD Russian Ship YantarMay I begin by joining the Minister in thanking our service personnel for their bravery and dedication? The use of lasers in this instance was a brazen act of aggression by Russia…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Ukraine: Forcible Removal of ChildrenDonald Trump’s latest proposals for securing peace in Ukraine might as well have been written in the Kremlin—indeed, they probably were. Those in Reform UK who have been paid to…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Gaza and SudanI thank the Foreign Secretary for advanced sight of her statement, which I welcome. The Foreign Secretary is right that the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan is…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to Mr. Speaker for granting the urgent question. I recently knocked on the door of Billy Burnell, the chair of the Kidlington…17 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Removal Centre ContractsMy constituents are very concerned about the Home Office’s race to reopen the Campsfield House immigration removal centre. The first contract for opening the centre was announced…17 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Removal Centre Contracts1. What steps she has taken to ensure that the tendering process for immigration removal centre contracts is competitive.17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised Crime(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the powers, funding and staffing of the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDLitteringCriminals have dumped a mountain of illegal plastic waste, 20 feet high and weighing hundreds of tonnes, in my constituency on the floodplain adjacent to the River Cherwell. River…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Police ReformI thank the Minister for her statement. In 2021, Thames Valley police closed the front desks at Bicester and Kidlington in my constituency, removing a key means for local…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Russian Frozen Assets (Seizure and Aid to Ukraine)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the seizure of frozen assets connected to the Russian Federation; to require the Secretary of State…11 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanThe Rapid Support Forces’ capture of El Fasher, following an 18-month siege, has ushered in a new phase of terror. Reports of systematic sexual violence against women and the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have already heard about the sentencing last week of Warrant Officer Michael Webber for the sexual assault of Gunner Jaysley Beck, and I am sure that all who heard them were…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector: Bicester and Woodstock1. What steps he is taking to support the hospitality sector in Bicester and Woodstock constituency.30 Oct 2025