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HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) on bringing forward this…02 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteThe shadow Chancellor is giving an excellent speech exposing the systemic problems with the Government’s schemes. Does she share my concern that the emergency procurement…01 Feb 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank my hon. Friend for her praise for peacebuilders. Peacebuilding is not easy. It sounds like it is a nice, cuddly thing to do, but it is actually very difficult, especially…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayThe whole process of othering a group of people because of their identity must be stopped at every opportunity. Online hate speech, wherever it comes from, is linked to rising…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank the hon. Member for that point. I wholeheartedly agree. If we really mean it when we say “never again”, we should accept that this is where “never again” starts. Hate…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI absolutely echo those thanks to Lord Dubs. I was going to say the same thing. As for all those holocaust survivors listening to the debate who have not been able to tell their…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) and all the other speakers in this powerful and moving debate. As co-chair of the…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, in Prime Minister’s questions, the Prime Minister made some statements that are incorrect. He said that there are “more people in our…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety and Cladding: PutneyThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting this debate on the impact of unsafe cladding in Putney. I thank the Minister for taking the time to respond today. I also thank all…21 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the Government had not scrapped the green homes grant last year, they would have saved thousands of households money. When will the Government reform and bring back the green…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI will give way—18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingThe hon. Gentleman has not even heard what I have to say yet.18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI think I will make some progress first.18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingThat was another speech. I have never been in a room with so many software engineers who are also MPs. I begin by paying tribute to our public servants, our Government scientists,…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingThank you, Sir Edward; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. I congratulate—I think—the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) on securing the debate, because I…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI am going to move on. I do not want another speech from the hon. Member, given the time constraints. I am waiting for the Minister to answer my questions. The Public…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI agree, Sir Edward. Labour invested in pandemic planning in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, but the Tory Government did not continue that investment. Operation Winter Willow in…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingNo. The PACAC report makes it clear that no one in Government has taken responsibility for communicating the data. The report states: “Ministerial accountability for ensuring…18 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingI am British and proud of it, and I am proud of the BBC. It reaches 468 million people in 42 languages around the world every week. It is the envy of the world. Cutting funding to…17 Jan 2022HANSARDOmicron Variant: Support for Key ServicesAt every twist and turn during this pandemic, the Government have dangerously dithered and delayed instead of being ready and resilient. The reality is that Labour brought in the…13 Jan 2022