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HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Will the right hon. Gentleman give way on that point?22 Feb 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) for securing this very important debate. I also pay…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayJust last week we saw swastikas on the streets of Bury in protest against covid passes. It is depressing that we even need to say this in this House, but there is no place for…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayWill the hon. Gentleman give way?27 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Following the events that took place in Texas this weekend, will the Home Secretary provide an update on the UK investigation into the British perpetrator of the attack on the…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityI appreciate the offer of a meeting. Obviously, I will raise this in the meeting, but I will also raise it during this debate. Cultural change can only happen with open dialogue,…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityAgain, it would be remiss of me not to highlight the PowerPoint document in which not only the Board of Deputies but the Jewish representative councils, the Jewish Leadership…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityI find it hard to disagree with a single word that my hon. Friend says. It is an absolute disgrace that for more than two years, such antisemitic racist views were allowed to…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityI completely agree. Freedom of speech is something we all treasure and hold dearly. However, freedom of speech should never include incitement to racial hatred, which is what was…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityGetting from where we were a couple of years ago to where we are now with regard to the number of institutions that have adopted IHRA is something we should be proud of. However,…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityI completely agree. Not only is it antisemitic, but the conspiracy theories alone are dangerous. They are false and inaccurate and, again, fuel the racist ideology that Professor…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityIt is profoundly troubling that in 2022 I have to rise and publicly speak about the hatred being directed towards Jewish students on university campuses. What should also be…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityI completely agree. I have had the fortunate privilege of working very closely with CST since my election. For those who look after the safety of the community to be treated with…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityWill the Minister give way?06 Jan 2022HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAs another science geek with a chemistry degree, in which I specialised in drug design and synthesis, I completely agree with the hon. Member’s point. That is part of the concern.…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillEarlier this week, we started talking again about drugs from a public health perspective. We need to tackle the stigma of not only drugs, but alcohol addiction. No one chooses…10 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI speak as chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on alcohol harm and as vice-chair of the drugs, alcohol and justice cross-party parliamentary group. Addiction is never a…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillWhile an energy drink carries not only calorific information but a health warning that drinking too much can have a laxative effect, alcoholic drinks carry no calorific…22 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I strongly welcome the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe the Hamas terror group in its entirety. That will send the unmistakable message that the UK Government are…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillObviously, as the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on alcohol harm, I know that part of the issue with treatment—I am thinking in particular of new clause 16—is the…22 Nov 2021