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HANSARD Israel and GazaThree standout statements from today have been that starvation is being used as a weapon of war; Israel is provoking famine; and the UK is still selling arms to Israel. When will…19 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I put on record my apologies to the Chair, to Members, and to members of staff for an earlier outburst that I had. Let me very quickly…18 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) BillI hope to speak a bit later on this. I may have a slight difference of opinion with the Minister on tax cutting, but I want to deal with the facts as I see them. He is making a…13 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) BillIt is always good to speak after the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood), because he genuinely makes the idea of deepening economic inequality sound so plausible and…13 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) BillDoes the right hon. Member not understand that perhaps the other reason for the decline in the self-employed and small and medium-sized enterprises is the growth of large…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Shell plc, a British company, has proposed the sale of its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, raising…26 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe words in the title of the debate, “economic growth in every part of the country,” feel like some kind of cruel gaslighting given the dire economic conditions that too many of…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was going to ask a question about the shocking statistic of 85,000 people on the waiting list at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, but so poor was the Secretary of…17 Oct 2023HANSARDArea-based Home Retrofit SchemesSecond time lucky. The Minister may be surprised— [Laughter]— to hear the following words leave my lips, and I know I am: I agree with the former Prime Minister, the right hon.…19 Sept 2023HANSARDArea-based Home Retrofit Schemes9. What plans she has with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the capacity of local authorities to deliver area-based home retrofit schemes.19 Sept 2023HANSARDNational Grid Funding: South-west EnglandThe Minister may be surprised— [ Interruption. ] Indeed, Question 9, Mr Speaker.19 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I would like to speak briefly to new clause 36, tabled in my name. New clause 36 asks—no, implores—this House to consider a national energy guarantee, which is also known as a…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsTwo years ago, I raised the case of a Norwich Army veteran who was in such agony that he was forced to pull out 18 of his own teeth because he could not get access to a dentist.…10 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10 May.10 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsThis is obvious to anyone who looks at it; we take a piece of draconian legislation, such as the Public Order Bill, we rush it through this place, via an unelected Head of State,…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: Installation21. How many and what proportion of homes had energy efficiency measures installed in (a) 2010 and (b) 2022.18 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: InstallationI know Front Benchers have already expressed their commitment to local communities and local people driving our economy forwards to a sustainable transition and future. With that…18 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. On the first page of the Bill, the Home Secretary has made the phenomenal statement that it may not be compatible with the European…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleI thank my hon. Friend for her wonderful intervention—it is almost as though she is reading ahead in my speech, and I will come to some of those points. I would go further: this…08 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleI thank the hon. Gentleman for those points. We can have both a fair immigration system in this country, which we do not have at the moment, and justice for the Caribbean. The two…08 Mar 2023