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HANSARDSupport for VeteransLast week, I had the honour of attending the steel-cutting ceremony of HMS Sheffield at BAE Govan in my constituency, adding to a long list in the tradition of building…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Medical Aid During ConflictI thank the hon. Member for putting that so eloquently, and I wholeheartedly agree with every word and sentiment. It is not just those typically physically injured by conflict…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Medical Aid During ConflictI wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Member’s sentiments. Aid should not be impeded by anyone, be they state actors or individual criminals. At the moment, further aid in Gaza has…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Medical Aid During ConflictI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention. That highlights this country’s adherence to the international rules-based order. We must always comply with international law,…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Medical Aid During ConflictCivilians always pay the highest price in conflict. Medical aid during conflict is critical to saving lives and, more importantly, is protected under international law. Yet, in…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationDoes my hon. Friend agree that the right to basic necessities—surgical swabs, vaccines and basic hygiene equipment—is the right of the Palestinian people and not the gift of any…19 Nov 2024HANSARDUyghur and Turkic Muslims: Forced Labour in ChinaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate and for illuminating an issue that still too few in the international global order are willing or brave enough to talk…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI congratulate hon. Members who have delivered maiden speeches today on their thoughtful contributions. This Budget marks the end of an era of austerity inflicted by the…06 Nov 2024HANSARDWestern SaharaCan the right hon. Gentleman adumbrate how the uninhabited Chagos islands are equivalent, in any way, shape or form, to the Falkland Islands?30 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Situation16. What steps he is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.22 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationWill the Minister reassure me that September’s export licence ban with Israel covers items that we reasonably believe could be used to breach international law in Gaza? Will she…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Taxi Licensing: Deregulation Act 2015I must declare an interest as the son of a long-standing taxi driver. Does the Minister agree that taxi drivers are, as they proved in covid, key workers and key to our economy,…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Taxi Licensing: Deregulation Act 2015Will my hon. Friend give way?21 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillSixty-one per cent of people in my constituency are in poverty despite being in work. Does my hon. Friend agree with me that it is only when work is made secure that we can truly…21 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiationsrose—07 Oct 2024HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI am grateful to the Minister for giving way and to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochester and Strood (Lauren Edwards) for securing this really important debate. Scotland has…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI am frustrated with the SNP Government’s slow progress on facilitating the removal of dangerous, flammable cladding. The Scottish Government were allocated £97 million by this…11 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe right hon. Gentleman is citing concerns about the safety of vulnerable groups, and I wonder if he might reflect on the past 14 years, and that he enabled a Government that led…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for coming to this House and outlining the difficult decisions she has had to take on behalf of us all—decisions that she would not…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI congratulate you on your election, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate hon. Members on discharging their responsibilities and delivering their maiden speeches, particularly my…26 Jul 2024