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HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydI hope these heartfelt tributes to Sir Tony Lloyd are a source of comfort to his family. I say to them that those of us who were lucky enough to know him for a little while knew…23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportWill the hon. Member give way?23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. It is important that she has brought this critical issue to the House. Many groups of young children, as we have heard, are not in…23 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesWhile not having a vote in this House is regrettable, Liberal Democrats support limited strikes against the Houthis to open international shipping lanes, but we cannot lose sight…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsThe hon. Gentleman gets right to the point in suggesting that the UK Government should copy what Canada and the United States have done. Does he share my concern that we need…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsI, too, thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for securing this debate and join other hon. Members in raising the plight of the Tamil people over…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsThat is right, and that point exposes the regime and all its frankly undemocratic and outrageous behaviour. I join other colleagues in saying that the UK Government can do more…05 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsThree years ago, the Government made a commitment to 40 new hospitals and significant upgrades to hospitals in most need, but today many schemes are badly delayed. The Royal…29 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressMay I, like others, start by paying tribute to His Majesty for delivering his first King’s Speech? It was clearly an historic moment, but for our King it must have been an…07 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the Prime Minister for his statement. I agree with him and the Leader of the Opposition that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is truly horrifying. To prevent a catastrophe…23 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe scale of Hamas’s terrorist attacks has been utterly horrifying and the atrocities they have committed are truly sickening. We stand with the people of Israel and with the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsLast year, after being referred by their GP, 22,000 people waited more than four months to start urgent treatment for cancer—a terrible wait that is twice as long as the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDG20 SummitI join the House in sending our condolences to all those affected by the tragic events in Morocco. I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. He was, rightly, strongly critical…11 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsIt is always a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Stourbridge (Suzanne Webb). I think the whole House is grateful to her for telling the story of her constituents and their…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank the right hon. Lady for the work that she did as Prime Minister to set up the Cumberlege review. May I take her back to her first point? She said rightly that the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsTo follow on from the point made by the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), the Cumberlege review has concluded. There are recommendations. Is the Minister saying from the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsThe right hon. Gentleman is right to remind me and the House of that particular case. Interestingly, an American law firm was helping the campaign and was going to take the issue…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. I did not see that particular programme, but I am sure she is right. The key thing is that we need to make sure that those…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsYes, what a surprise. All these examples add up to show that a lot of powerful people are trying to stop justice being done in this country and around the world, so I am so…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanI welcome the debate and the fact that so many colleagues from all parties have attended. That shows not only the extent of the persecution that the Ahmadiyya community suffers in…06 Sept 2023