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HANSARDSanctionsMy constituent’s wife and child are currently fleeing the violence in Ukraine, and they hope to return home. Her sister, who is Ukrainian, and her two children aged 10 and four,…28 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineIt is because John Stuart Mill was right when he warned that “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing” that the whole…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineThere is so little time. It is the least convincing argument because it holds that Palestinians somehow do not have the right to statehood. That is wrong; they do. Recognising a…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineLet us try to agree on some themes. Have illegal settlements been built on Palestinian land, evicting Palestinians in the process? Yes. Are the people of Gaza penned in by Israeli…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWhether the sanctions that the Prime Minister just announced will “hit Russia…hard”, as he said this morning, only time will tell, but he also said: “there is a lot more that we…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe Secretary of State said a moment ago, about sanctions on Russia, “if it does something”. May I just press him on this point? We do not yet know for sure whether a full…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19New antiviral drugs have made a huge difference to the treatment of covid—they are indeed, as the Prime Minister says, the first line of defence—but they work best when given…21 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseDo the Government recognise that this catastrophe will continue to unfold before our eyes unless the Afghan banking system starts working again? In particular, do the Government…09 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityBearing in mind that we are the sixth-richest country on this planet, what explanation would the Minister offer for the fact that a growing number of my constituents in Leeds…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland BorderIt should be a cause of great sadness to all that the act of leaving the EU continues to cause such business and political instability in Northern Ireland. I have listened very…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI think we all thought that Jack would always be here because the whole of his life was devoted to being there for others—the workers he represented, the constituents he was so…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpOne of the great inequalities in my constituency is the gap between those who are able to feed their families and those who are not. In every year since the Government took office…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxWe are facing two energy crises. The first is the one that is right in front of us. In opening the debate, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband)…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. We have all had constituents come to see us who have been through an assessment and been denied, and we know the distress…01 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportHas a date been set for the Prime Minister to be interviewed by the Metropolitan police in connection with their inquiry?31 Jan 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentThis has always been a difficult issue, because it involves balancing two different sets of rights, and I think that the Secretary of State has made a sensible choice. He talked…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsThe Foreign Secretary’s announcement shows that the Government can act speedily when they want to—these measures will be on the statute book by 10 February—so will she explain to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Dispute ResolutionI am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for that reply, but as she will know, article 5 of the protocol requires Northern Ireland to maintain regulatory alignment with EU rules…25 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Dispute Resolution5. Whether she has plans to change the dispute resolution mechanism in the Northern Ireland protocol.25 Jan 2022