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HANSARDLife Sciences ManufacturingA facility that would allow the production of good manufacturing practice phages would be an asset to many companies working in the field, and would play a key part in tackling…22 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsThank you, Mr Betts. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Twickenham on bringing this debate forward. I think everybody here…07 May 2024HANSARDImmigration UpdateThe Minister has said that the numbers of applications for skilled worker health and care visas and for student visas are down 24%. Astonishingly, he is proud of that.…01 May 2024HANSARD World ME DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I will start by declaring an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on myalgic…01 May 2024HANSARD World ME DayGiven that we have heard that many health trusts are not implementing the new guidelines, can the Minister or his Department undertake to write to health boards to remind them…01 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and Antisemitism: Secondary School EducationIt is right that young people can recognise and denounce antisemitism and it is also right that they know something of the history of the region, including the continued expansion…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for mentioning exam season. I am sure she will include the Scottish young people sitting their exams, whose exams started last week—they are already…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray; it is fitting that you are in the Chair today, because you have been such a champion for Spaceport Cornwall —I hope…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryThe Minister has not mentioned visa fees for space experts coming here, nor has he mentioned OneWeb.24 Apr 2024HANSARDPersonal DataIndividuals’ personal data is not safe in Tory hands. A recent article in The Guardian reported that senior Tory party officials planned to make millions from selling off their…17 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaTestimony from an Israeli intelligence officer reveals that IDF soldiers were authorised to kill 20 uninvolved civilians for a single Hamas operative. Israel is frequently in…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyProfessor Jim Saker, the president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, has warned about the threat that Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles could pose, in giving China…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian RefugeesI beg to move, That this House has considered international support for Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. The…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian RefugeesI think it is important that we are not critical of the support that has been given, and £1 million is a good starting place, but I agree with the hon. Member. I ask the Minister…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian RefugeesFirst, any agreement that is reached has to be welcomed. Any steps forward have to be welcomed. As for who is concerned, the people we spoke to in the border towns who see Azeri…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian RefugeesWhen we were in Jermuk, we saw two khachkars—the posts with crosses—that had been removed from Nagorno-Karabakh. They were in pieces. We were told that there were many thousands…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian RefugeesI pay tribute to the Government and people of Armenia, who have ensured that the refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have been given the food, shelter and support they require. I thank…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTeachers and School Support Staff: MoraleMorale among teachers and support staff is affected by their pay and working conditions, and now the teachers are being threatened with minimum service levels, which would limit…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAcademic independence is central to a functioning democracy, so in light of the false accusations levelled at an academic on the board of UK Research and Innovation by the…11 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWe have heard many times about Israel’s right to defend itself. In fact, the Minister started his statement by reiterating Israel’s right to defend itself. On Sunday evening in…27 Feb 2024