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HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the measures she has included in it, and I thank her for her promptness in doing that. I also thank her team, especially the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, and I thank everybody who has been involved in getting us to where we are now. I appreciate how fragile it is, but it is still…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill Ministers update the House on the implementation of the advisory opinion from the ICJ on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly in relation to the consequences…14 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaI appreciate the difficult position that the Minister is in. He has spoken a number of times in the House about this issue. However, I have significant sympathy for the right hon.…07 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth and Adult Social Care ReformI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, but can he expand a bit more on the new agreement with the private sector? For example, he mentioned that the surgical hubs will be…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Child sexual exploitation and abuse is a heinous crime. It happens everywhere—in all communities and in all settings—and we must all be…06 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Let me first wish you, Mr Speaker, all Members on both sides of the House and especially the House staff a very merry Christmas. Let me also associate myself with those who…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsA recently published freedom of information request indicates that AI tools used to detect DWP fraud are biased and disproportionately discriminate against people by age,…16 Dec 2024HANSARD International Human Rights DayI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and for her kind words earlier. We know that human rights defenders have been detained without trial in many places—Khurram Parvez…10 Dec 2024HANSARD International Human Rights DayI congratulate my hon. Friend on an excellent speech, and on securing a debate on such an important day. He rightly mentions Afghanistan and the issues around the discrimination…10 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaCould my right hon. Friend share his assessment of the impact of events in Syria on the stability of the wider middle east, particularly Palestine, Israel and Lebanon? Is there a…09 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformSo much of the success of a local plan seems to hinge on co-production with local communities. Will the Minister describe effective models of that?09 Dec 2024HANSARD International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend makes such an important point—I absolutely agree. I talked about societal barriers and a social model of disability; we need to recognise that disabilities can also…03 Dec 2024HANSARD International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesAgain, that is a very important point. We have seen the decimation of services—social services, but also those in the charity sector—so my hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsToday is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. With a disability employment gap of nearly 30% and a disability pay gap of nearly 14%, how is the Chancellor helping to…03 Dec 2024HANSARD International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesThe hon. Member—a fellow member of the Work and Pensions Committee—makes a good point. I am sorry that I was unable to attend that event myself, but I will certainly give that…03 Dec 2024HANSARD International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesToday marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities—or disabled people, as we often refer to that group. Language is important, so I will use both terms. “Persons with…03 Dec 2024HANSARDUkraineThe Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee made a strong case about the financial pressure that Russia finds itself in. What additional pressure can we place on Russia? Are there…03 Dec 2024HANSARD International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI absolutely agree, and that is the point I am trying to make. There is a 30% gap between non-disabled and disabled people in work, with so many—as I say, 2.2 million—who want to…03 Dec 2024HANSARD International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesThe hon. Member will not be surprised to hear me say that I absolutely agree with him. I will come to the issues on which we need to provide challenge. Since 2010, disability hate…03 Dec 2024