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HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: ProsecutionThe Home Affairs Committee carried out an inquiry into the investigation and prosecution of rape. One of our very clear recommendations was that police forces need to have…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseHappy birthday, Madam Deputy Speaker. A very experienced MP once said to me that the letters “MP” stand for “must persist”, so I will persist and ask the Leader of the House…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I raise the infected blood scandal and inaccuracies in what Ministers are saying to Parliament, which is causing me a great deal of concern. On 18…01 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI, too, welcome Pharmacy First, which I think is a very good initiative. In recent weeks we have seen the closure of two pharmacies in my area, on Beverley Road and Chanterlands…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is Thursday, so we have another question on contaminated blood. As the Government had Sir Brian’s recommendations on what compensation should be paid in April 2023, and we were…25 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am so pleased that we are hearing this very clear explanation of the court and the judges; after what has been said in this debate, it is very refreshing to hear. I thank the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThis has been a very interesting Committee, ranging from the metaphysical to MPs feeding each other baked beans, and from a constitutional tour of the history of Scotland to the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Further to the question asked by the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) and the announcement this morning by Sir Brian Langstaff…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI start by raising my concerns with the Government about using a Committee of the whole House for this part of the scrutiny of the Bill. We had this with the Illegal Migration Act…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI do not know whether I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, because that is clearly not what I am saying. What I am talking about—the Home Affairs…16 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsLast week, The Times reported that there are 10,000 hotel beds going unused, at a cost of £1.5 million a day—that is in addition to the 3,500 buffer of empty beds held as a…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAcross the House, I think we all welcome the Government’s action this week on the Horizon scandal, the biggest miscarriage of justice in the UK. Does the Leader of the House think…11 Jan 2024HANSARDBoots Pharmacy closures in Hull NorthI rise to present this petition, mirroring the Boots pharmacy closures petition on my website, currently signed by over 430 Hull North constituents. Cuts to pharmacies are part of…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI am going to carry on. With a singular yet untested Rwanda scheme swallowing up so much Government time and resource it is vital that the Home Secretary is up front about the…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe right hon. and learned Gentleman makes an interesting point. Both the Home Affairs Committee and the Public Accounts Committee have asked for information that we would hold…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI will focus my remarks on the cost of the Rwanda plan, whether it is going to be effective and whether it is value for money. Nearly 18 months ago the Select Committee on Home…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateThe public health director in Hull published her report recently. She talked about the double jeopardy that my constituents face: from the most disadvantaged communities, they…08 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsThe Minister referred to the brutal approach of the Post Office. It struck me that this was another example of what Bishop James Jones in the Hillsborough inquiry referred to as…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseIt was Sir Brian’s recommendation.18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseIn April 2023, Sir Brian Langstaff said: “I recommend that a compensation scheme should be set up now and it should begin work this year.” What exactly does the Minister not…18 Dec 2023