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HANSARDFamilies in Temporary AccommodationI agree; indeed, it is the only solution. The only way we are going to bring an end to use of expensive and appalling temporary accommodation is through building more social…20 May 2024HANSARD World ME DayI remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.01 May 2024HANSARD Furnished Holiday Lettings: TaxationOkay. That allows me to shorten what I was going to say. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).01 May 2024HANSARD World ME DayI will call Jim Shannon next. If he would not mind, I ask him to voluntarily restrict his comments so that at 5.08 pm I can call the Opposition spokesperson for five minutes and…01 May 2024HANSARD Sri Lanka: Human RightsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Maria. I congratulate the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on securing the debate, and it is a…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Sri Lanka: Human RightsI will then make a statement of fact: David Cameron worked on behalf of a Chinese state enterprise to promote a commercial port in Sri Lanka, promoting a Rajapaksa-era…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSt Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UKI call Rebecca Long Bailey to move this highly appropriate and fantastic motion.14 Mar 2024HANSARDSt Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UKOrder. This may be redundant, but I remind hon. Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak.14 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastI do not want to take up too much time—I know that lots of people want to say things in this debate—but I would like to speak on behalf of some of the parents and children who…13 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastShame!13 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsDoes my hon. Friend agree that we have to have measures to improve and boost our economy? Was it not disappointing that there was nothing about commercial trials for…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBrain TumoursI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to set a target for the number of glioblastoma patients who take part in clinical trials each year; to require training for…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories and Crown DependenciesJournalists have revealed that the family of Asif Aziz, a landlord to my constituents in Britannia Point, Colliers Wood, manages a large property portfolio registered under dozens…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsI congratulate the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) on securing this debate. In Easter 2009, I spent my time out on Parliament Square watching London’s…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsI am sure that the Minister genuinely believes the speech that he is making, but the Foreign Office has for the last 13 years been beseeching the Sri Lankan Government for an…05 Dec 2023HANSARDForeign Secretary: Declarations of InterestSince the Foreign Secretary was last in office, he has been working for a Chinese state enterprise that was sanctioned by the US Government and blacklisted for bribery by the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDForeign Secretary: Declarations of Interest5. Whether he has had discussions with the independent adviser on Ministers’ interests on declarations of interest by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I ask the Minister to consider the law of unintended consequences. If the Government delay implementation of the clauses that end section 21 evictions, they could find that…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that it causes another problem for those families, because hard-pressed councils might find them intentionally homeless? Generally, if someone is evicted…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the groups of people for whom it is most difficult to get housing benefit or universal credit correct is self-employed minicab drivers,…21 Nov 2023