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HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsIn a parallel reality, may I ask the Foreign Secretary about a particular aspect of the treaty that I do not believe will get a great deal of attention in all the heat and fury,…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI endorse what the Minister says about our hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts). I, too, had the great honour of serving on his Committee many years ago, and…11 Sept 2024HANSARDUkraineIn anticipation of this urgent question, I asked a constituent friend of mine who is currently in Kyiv what questions I should be asking the Foreign Secretary. That friend of mine…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateCould my right hon. Friend reiterate the very important point that this is not an arms embargo on Israel? We continue to support Israel’s right to defend itself and will continue…02 Sept 2024HANSARDInternational Humanitarian Law: Israel-Palestine ConflictWe have heard questions about the International Court of Justice, but I want ask some questions about the International Criminal Court. Its chief prosecutor said last week that…09 May 2024HANSARDVictims of CrimeI am absolutely certain that the Attorney General and the Solicitor General will have been as shocked as I was to read this week’s report by researchers at Warwick University on…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: Reform£1 million!06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformThat is not what the motion is about, so I am afraid that I cannot help the Minister. Is she aware that £2.9 million was spent on severance payments to all the special advisers…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformCould we perhaps talk about the £10 billion wasted on personal protective equipment? I really think that the Minister ought to consider talking about ministerial severance reform,…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformI don’t know the answer—I am doing this debate.06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformI am proud to say that my party is full of good ideas, but unfortunately we are unable to put them all into one motion. Let us have a little discipline today by concentrating on…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformI will give way to the hon. Gentleman, and then I hope that I will not need to give way to him again.06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformI beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to immediately introduce legislation to amend the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 to ensure that— (i)…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformI am not standing before the House saying that this motion and this legislation will fix every single issue that people can possibly think of in relation to the payment of Members…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformNo, because we are going to win the vote today. Common sense will prevail, and we will know that this has to be sorted out now. There is no need to wait for a Labour Government;…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformIf our motion does not go far enough for the hon. Gentleman, let me propose that he votes with us tonight anyway, because at least we are heading in the right direction. If his…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformIf the hon. Lady has a moment to look at the motion before us today, and to consider it in the spirit of fairness and how public money should be spent, I hope that she would agree…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformIf we are given the great honour of serving the public as the next Government, our Ministers will not deceive the public. We will be straightforward, and we will do our utmost to…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformMy hon. Friend is spot on. For those on the Government Benches muttering about claiming, it does not really matter whether the money was claimed, or if it was given to someone and…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformAny of our constituents struggling to get to the end of the week on their wage packet, and who see the amount of money being handed out—essentially as payment for failure—would be…06 Feb 2024