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HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsITV and the power of drama deserve our praise for galvanising Government action far faster than the questions I have been asking here since 2020. As well as Mr Bates there was Mr…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWith such death, devastation and destruction, which we have all seen unfold in real time, constituents are asking whether there are any British fingerprints or funding to be found…19 Dec 2023HANSARDHigh Street OutletsThe vanishing of Debenhams, Wilko and Paperchase has left huge holes in our town centres— I have lost a Wilko in both Ealing and Acton. Analysis shows that the incentivisation of…30 Nov 2023HANSARDHigh Street Outlets7. What steps she is taking to encourage businesses to open outlets on high streets.30 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyOrder. I am sure the Minister did this inadvertently, but we are always told to be very tough on people who keep saying “you”, as that is technically me. So just de-you it.22 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyIn which case, earlier than expected, it is that moment: Jim Shannon.22 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyOrder. Before we get into too much of a ding-dong, the Clerk is reminding me that the normal time has been exceeded. I know we are not up to the hour, but the Minister would…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyI wanted to leave time for Jonathan Gullis—I will not repeat that joke for the third time—to conclude.22 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyI remind hon. Members to bob now if they want to be called, so we can work out who will speak.22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaOrder. The Clerk is telling me that the shadow Minister should be reaching a conclusion, in order to allow the actual Minister to speak and the response at the end by the Member…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaA word of warning: we will take the three Front Benchers at 5.10 pm, so if everyone’s speeches remain within six and a half minutes, everyone will get in comfortably.22 Nov 2023HANSARDSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected AreaI remind hon. Members to bob even if they are out of practice.22 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyJust call them the Labour party and depersonalise it.22 Nov 2023HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance Policy10. What steps he is taking to support Afghan citizens who are eligible for the Afghan relocations and assistance policy.20 Nov 2023HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyIn the light of Pakistan’s brutal crackdown on undocumented and temporary visa-bearing Afghan refugees and its forcible deportation of those people back to Afghanistan, can the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. We used to have happy times on the Justice Committee together when we were little striplings. What he is saying sounds…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeAfter 13 years of Tory austerity, what a thin King’s Speech it was from a Government who are out of touch and out of ideas, and hopefully soon out of office. They promise change…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe new Foreign Secretary called Gaza an open-air prison in peacetime. While we all stood with Israel on 7 October, what are the limits of self-defence—a population forcibly…14 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationTen thousand people have been killed in a month, with UN staff, buildings, hospitals, journalists and the third oldest church in Christendom unspared, since Hamas’s deadly…08 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. A year ago, the Public Order Bill was passed in this House, and with it my new clause, which was overwhelmingly supported in a free vote by MPs on both sides of the House, to…25 Oct 2023