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HANSARDIsrael, Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access and Human RightsYesterday, the Prime Minister said that we would finally challenge actions that undercut legitimate aspirations for Palestinian statehood, and there are none more fundamental than…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy right hon. Friend knows that I am one of the Members of this House who takes the most satisfaction in the fact that it is he who is Prime Minister of this great democratic…23 Oct 2023HANSARDGaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital ExplosionMay I say to my right hon. Friend that whatever the investigation finds out, in a sense it will not matter a great deal to all those who are dead in the hospital? Whether the…18 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend has been absolutely right to lead the nation in reassuring the British Jewish community in the wake of the utterly appalling atrocity visited upon Israel and…18 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I welcome in particular his urging of the state of Israel to act in line with international humanitarian law and his call for Israel to…16 Oct 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023There are people in Ukraine who found their territory illegally occupied and annexed by Russia, their children disappeared into Russian custody and their land settled by ethnic…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Veterans UpdateI found a way of accommodating myself to the laws and to the rules of society of the time. I then overtly followed a successful journey through my life and career. This report—an…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I distinctly remember that during last week’s Second Reading of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, when the…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Communities Secretary gave the assurance to the House that he was unaware of any such advice in the context of diplomatic…11 Jul 2023HANSARDViolence in the West BankUnderstanding that this comes in the context of, for years, Israel building settlements that block the route to a settlement of this dispute, and understanding that Israel is…04 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI draw the attention of the House to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul…03 Jul 2023HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. It concerns the status of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill., which we are about to discuss. It occurred to me…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillCan my right hon. Friend help us here? As the effect of Israeli policy since 1967 has been to build out of existence the possibility of a two-state solution by settling 700,000…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThe BDS is a Palestinian-led movement. Who else is it supposed to protest against? I realise that it has a global application, but it is a Palestinian-led movement about Palestine.03 Jul 2023HANSARDDiocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) MeasureI hope I do not strain the Committee’s patience by asking my hon. Friend the Second Church Estates Commissioner how the Measure will work in practice. His gilded words were that…13 Jun 2023HANSARDDiocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) MeasureWill my hon. Friend give a little more historical context about the size of congregation per stipendiary rector or priest? How big is the flock of those who attend a church with a…13 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven the 56% rise in transphobic hate crime between 2021 and 2022, are the Government concerned, and what strategies will they put in place to get that horrifying number down?22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the substantive and central role he played at the G7 summit and the important progress made in advancing the G7 agenda, which is of…22 May 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Last Thursday, there was a debate on psilocybin access rights, a technical and detailed area of policy, changes to which are hoped to…22 May 2023HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—22 May 2023