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HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Every year, billions of wet wipes go out into our rivers and oceans, and clog up our sewers. I have been campaigning for years to ban plastic in wet wipes. The Government have…06 Sept 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan: Mortgage Interest Rates3. What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the growth plan of 23 September 2022 on mortgage interest rates.05 Sept 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan: Mortgage Interest RatesMortgage and associated rental costs are soaring in Putney, Roehampton and Southfields, and the Government like to claim it is all due to global shocks or the war in Ukraine, but…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. The Government have just set up the Office for Environmental Protection—I was on the Environment Bill Committee…05 Sept 2023HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is a privilege to speak in this debate and to remember the late Sir David Amess, who rattled off so many issues when he used to speak in the debate. I am taking him as my…20 Jul 2023HANSARDUN High-level Meetings in 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) for securing this important debate. It is very well timed, as…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Building Safety and Social HousingIs there a date by which the Minister would like to reach 100% removal of ACM cladding?06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranIssues faced by Iranian citizens, especially women, are raised with me frequently by constituents in Putney, Southfields and Roehampton. I have been stopped in the street many…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Building Safety and Social HousingI welcome this debate, six years on from the Grenfell tragedy. No amount of words and speeches can remove the grief and pain inflicted on the families and friends of the 72 lives…06 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekI welcome the debate and commend all those who called for it. I worked in Bosnia during and after the war, and visited the site of the Srebrenica memorial to the genocide of more…04 Jul 2023HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryWe must learn the lessons from the covid inquiry. It was “ludicrous in retrospect”, a “relatively small part” of the brief, “wildly under-resilient” and a “disaster for the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryWe will keep asking. I am glad that the Paymaster General mentioned emergency response exercises, which are essential for learning the lessons from covid and for being ready for…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Sudan: AtrocitiesWe stand here many times to remember and commemorate genocides, and we say, “Never again,” but genocides are not inevitable. Twenty years after the Darfur genocide, unthinkable…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMany of my constituents in Putney, Roehampton and Southfields, and Ahmadiyya Muslims across the country, are concerned about the increasing persecution of members of the Ahmadiyya…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Ukraine Recovery ConferenceI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I echo other Members’ steadfast support and commend the success of the conference in…22 Jun 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this hugely important and timely debate, and I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North…22 Jun 2023HANSARDHunger: East Africa7. What steps he is taking to help tackle hunger in east Africa.13 Jun 2023HANSARDHunger: East AfricaThe east African wet rains and the pledging conference have both come, but the food crisis is worsening. Just three weeks ago, the Government announced a further cut in aid to the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage MarketThe Tory mortgage crisis is affecting my constituents in Putney, including a group of young sharers I met this week whose landlord has had his mortgage increased and has passed…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEast Putney stationI present a petition from 3,176 residents of Putney asking for a lift at East Putney tube station on the District line. East Putney has a high footfall of more than 6 million…08 Jun 2023