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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for allowing me to clarify. As she well knows, their lordships in the House of Lords invited the Government to provide a statement on the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Lady take an intervention?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Billrose —09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the Minister please confirm, as Lord Collins did in the other place, that time will be set aside in both Houses for a debate on the statement?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse Aggravated OffencesI am sickened by the frequency with which I hear from victims and survivors of domestic abuse about the ways in which the criminal justice system has aggravated their trauma. One…03 Sept 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse Aggravated Offences1. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential merits of creating new domestic abuse aggravated offences.03 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian AidOne hundred and sixty-eight days ago, the Foreign Secretary described the Netanyahu Government’s aid blockade of Gaza as a “breach of international law”, before correcting himself…02 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Business Secretary is due to travel to China next week to restart trade talks. His trip will fall 50 days after Beijing announced its latest round of extraterritorial…02 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement. I welcome the robust approach of the E3 in initiating the snapback mechanism in response to Iran’s nuclear…01 Sept 2025HANSARDHealth InequalitiesDoes the Secretary of State agree that public health is at the heart of addressing the long list of inequalities he has just highlighted? I am deeply concerned that a major…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the register as I am an office holder on the all-party parliamentary water group. Last year, at the first Prime Minister’s questions of…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Extending the Ukraine Permission Extension SchemeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate, and for his excellent remarks. I am aware of two cases in my constituency in which, as he says, constituents have only…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement. I welcome his commitment to a diplomatic resolution in Syria, and to holding the Governments of Syria and Israel…21 Jul 2025HANSARDWork and PensionsI recently met a support group in my constituency of those who suffer from ME, chronic fatigue syndrome or long covid. Their description of the devastating impact of those…16 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid Capacity5. What steps he is taking to increase electricity grid capacity.15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. He said: “When this nation makes a promise, we should keep it.” I agree. In the chaos of withdrawal, my constituent who left…15 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Grid CapacityIn my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock, the local plan anticipates significant new employment sites to create jobs and growth. Tritax Big Box tells me that it wants to put…15 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureThe impact of climate change is being felt today in my constituency. At Pegtop farm, there is a race to bring in the harvest after such a dry, hot spring, and yields are expected…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHomelessness PreventionHomelessness is a huge issue in my constituency, where housing costs are among the highest in the country and people cannot find social and affordable housing. The business rates…14 Jul 2025HANSARD UK-France Nuclear PartnershipThe coalition of the willing.10 Jul 2025