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HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I welcome the Minister back from her son’s graduation —I hope it went well. I rise to state my support for new clause…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I had written a 25-page speech for this debate, but to the disappointment of my researcher—and probably the delight…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It did. If memory serves, that question was raised—although I cannot say more because it was in private. I do have concerns that the professor who was in charge and raised those…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Unlike that of the hon. Member for Guildford, my constituency covers both Surrey and East Hampshire, so I welcome the focus that new clause 72 places on our local area.…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)My hon. Friend has just sat down. I was not sure whether she had finished her speech or was willing to take an intervention.16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Well—I just say carry on, that’s what I say!16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Hopefully, this is a pleasure postponed. I rise to support new clauses 81 and 82, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham. As legislators, we have a…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I declare that I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group on patient safety. Patient safety cannot be something that is discussed only after a tragedy has occurred. It…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I heard the Liberal Democrat spokesperson say that she will not press the amendment, but I would be sorely tempted to vote for it if she did so. This important amendment sums up a…16 Jul 2026HANSARD IranThe hon. Member is entirely right, and I will come on to the IRGC in my speech. He is right to raise the concerns of his Jewish constituents. but I think all our constituents—of…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranMy right hon. Friend is entirely right. The fact that the incoming Prime Minister has run away from any kind of scrutiny, whether it be from us, the press or anybody else, does…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The leader of Surrey county council wrote to the Department for Transport on 27 March with serious concerns about the future funding…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranI only intervene on the hon. Gentleman because he said “finally”, so I assume that he is coming to the end of his speech. [ Interruption. ] Apparently not. Perhaps he is about to…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranThe hon. Gentleman has just outlined a number of ways that Tehran does not respect international law and uses human capital as a bargaining chip, but in the same breath, he…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranMy hon. Friend has danced around the topic, but should we not place it on the record that we are now entirely clear why the Opposition business was cancelled yesterday and we are…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranOkay, three Labour Back Benchers. It is because the right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham) and the Government decided that they did not want scrutiny of the new Prime…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranThe hon. Gentleman has very clearly put on the record his own condemnation of Iran. I join him in his comments about the way that Tehran treats its own people, but Iran’s malign…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranThere is little in the hon. Gentleman’s analysis that I disagree with, including what I could generously call the maladroitness of the American response. However, given the Tehran…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranBefore I start on the main topic of Iran, I put on record my condolences to the family and friends of Ann Widdecombe. The only time I met her was when I was a late teenager at the…15 Jul 2026HANSARD IranI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree that Britain should be the leader and at the forefront of any negotiations and international coalitions, not just because…15 Jul 2026