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HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEIt is obviously a cross-party report and so had to be agreed by Committee members from all parties. I think we were quite clear about the need for the Government to address and…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEThe documents that came out of the court case came to light only after our report had been published. We were very much hoping that the Home Secretary would be able to attend the…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEWe have pencilled in a date in September when we hope the Home Secretary will be able to join us, and I am certain that we will ask about the process for engaging with…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and questions. This statement is obviously about the report and the work that we undertook as a Select Committee over the past couple of…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEMinisters are probably in a better position than I am to answer the final part of the hon. Gentleman’s question—I am not party to those discussions with the French—but he is…21 Jul 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Workers Rights3. What steps she is taking to ensure that workers’ rights are maintained in all UK free trade agreements.21 Jul 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Workers RightsWith the greatest of respect to the Minister, given the contrasts and contradictions in the Government’s approach around things such as the P&O ferry scandal and the recent events…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House might like to know that, at our Home Affairs Committee meeting yesterday, which, very sadly the Home Secretary could not attend—she could not attend the…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEI would like to start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this statement today. On Monday this week, as the Home Affairs Committee report,…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEI welcome the comments from the hon. Member, who is of course the Committee’s longest standing member. He is absolutely right that the Rwanda policy came about towards the very…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEEI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his comments. I, too, have seen the chief inspector’s report, which actually we have been waiting for—it was delayed for some time.…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHeatwave ResponseI think that this is the first opportunity I have had to congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his new role. We shall miss scrutinising him on the Home Affairs Committee. Can I…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Health Strategy for EnglandI welcome the appointment of the women’s health ambassador, Dame Lesley Regan. It is an excellent appointment to that role. The 2020 report on access to contraception by the…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsThank you for granting this urgent question today, Mr Speaker. The response from the Paymaster General is yet again wholly inadequate and insulting to those who have suffered so…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for Victims(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make it statement on the Government’s policy on interim payments for victims of the contaminated blood…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is 52 years since the contaminated blood scandal started. Since the former Prime Minister announced the public inquiry—five years ago this week—419 people have died. On…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. After all the decades of cover-up and the appalling treatment of those who were infected by receiving contaminated blood, will the Minister now say that interim payments will…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyWith the greatest of respect to the Minister, I cannot fathom why the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is not at the Dispatch Box when we are facing such a perfect…13 Jul 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Home Secretary was due to meet the Home Affairs Committee this morning—we arranged this in April—for an evidence session on, among…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillWhile we have been having this debate, Iain Corby, executive director at the Age Verification Providers Association, has sent me an email in which he said that the House may be…12 Jul 2022