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HANSARDCourt Backlogs15. What steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts.16 Dec 2025HANSARD International Human Rights Day 2025Does the shadow Minister think that the Opposition’s current position has changed markedly from their position when they were in government?10 Dec 2025HANSARD International Human Rights Day 2025I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Penrith and Solway (Markus Campbell-Savours) on his excellent speech. We are celebrating International Human Rights Day, and the universal…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI warmly welcome the child poverty strategy published last week, and I congratulate past and present ministerial teams on all they have done on that strategy. Can my right hon.…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsI have had a number of cases, including two recently. When the Opposition were in power, a woman came to me with her case, which was of historical child sexual abuse; her trial…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on the introduction of the child poverty strategy, particularly the lifting of the two-child limit, which will make a measurable…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI rise in support of the Government’s new clauses, particularly those that relate to the pre-1997 pensionable service indexation where scheme rules allow. That will mean that…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWhen the shadow Minister talks about people in work, is he referring to the families with three or four children who, despite the fact that they are working, are living in…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI absolutely agree. It is a shame that we need food banks at all—this is the state of what we have inherited, unfortunately. I commend the Health Secretary for the work that has…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThis was a positive, progressive Budget with fairness at its heart. These fiscal decisions will benefit most people, but particularly those who have been really struggling with…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsParliamentarians for Peace was set up in 2023 in the aftermath of the terror attack in Israel and the killings of innocent Gazan civilians. On International Human Rights Day next…02 Dec 2025HANSARD PensionsI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement—I appreciate its technical nature. Clearly, it is a concern that this evidence was not made available to our right hon. Friend the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDObesity and Fatty Liver DiseaseI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on an excellent and really important debate. May I take her back to what she was saying about the food industry, wider population prevention…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment: People with Health ConditionsHealth Equity North recently produced an analysis for the Select Committee that revealed that getting just 5% of people with disabilities or health conditions into employment…27 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and add my congratulations to him, the National Security Adviser and all his Ministers on the months and months of work that they have…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituents in Oldham East and Saddleworth were delighted to learn that Oldham has received a £20 million award from the Pride in Place programme. Will the Secretary of State…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI thank the Home Secretary for her excellent statement. I pay tribute to the men who were killed and I send my condolences to their family and friends, and the wider Jewish…13 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportMy constituent’s seven-year-old son has been waiting 13 months for an assessment, and she has had to give up her job to care for him. Does my hon. Friend agree that the issue has…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessMy hon. Friend is being very generous with her time. Just before this debate, I met Antoine Renard, who made a point to me about the disinformation that is being spread about…10 Sept 2025