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HANSARD Police Grant ReportI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. During the years of austerity, which hit our police forces hard, we lost 21,000 police officers. He has talked about the uplift in…07 Feb 2024HANSARDIran: Freedom and DemocracyI am glad that the Minister has reflected on that point. Let me say again that to proscribe the IRGC would not be symbolic; it would be done to reflect the very serious threat…01 Feb 2024HANSARDIran: Freedom and DemocracyThe hon. Member is making an incredibly powerful speech, and I congratulate him on securing the debate. He is quite right: last year, we heard from the director general of MI5 and…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAs others have said, the ICJ’s interim ruling could not be more serious, and it sets out urgent provisional measures that must be taken. I am sorry, but the Minister has not yet…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Road Traffic Deaths: Police InvestigationsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He is making an incredibly powerful speech. Having inquired about what goes on behind the scenes when investigating fatal…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI am really grateful to the hon. Member; it would not be an Adjournment debate without a thoughtful and powerful contribution from him. He does a great deal of work in this area…10 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalIn my constituency, Mr Robinson ran the Illingworth Road post office. When he had the Horizon software installed and could not get the figures to add up he began, out of…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKMy right hon. Friend is exactly right, and I thank him for making that point. We need the work that the IFN does now more than ever. If we lose that—those friendships, the trust…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKAgain, I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He has provided another powerful example of how that inter-faith work is so important in his part of the world, Greater Manchester—we are…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI am grateful to my hon. Friend for sharing that example from Glasgow, which demonstrates inter-faith work at its best, getting out and delivering initiatives and programmes that…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKAgain, I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for that point. Some of the IFN’s publications, such as the letter from the co-chairs to the editor of The Telegraph only this…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI stress again that the staff have been made redundant and are working their notice. It will be such a devastating tragedy if the money comes too late and, because of Government…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI will give way, but then I will have to make some progress.10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI welcome the intervention. As part of preparations for this debate, I have certainly looked into any concerns about and any criticisms made of the Inter Faith Network. I do not…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI am once again grateful to my hon. Friend. She has made a really powerful case for the support that the national network provides to those local community groups, which then…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. She is absolutely right, and I join her in paying tribute to Hounslow Friends of Faith. She has shared a really…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Inter Faith Network for the UKI sought to secure this debate to be an advocate for the great work of the Inter Faith Network, which feels more important and more necessary than ever before, but also to be…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseMy constituent Eileen lost her father in the infected blood scandal. She told me earlier this year: “This lack of transparency is causing great stress and anxiety to those of us…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiI pay tribute to Jimmy Lai’s UK-based legal team. However, they have been subject to incredible levels of cyber harassment and other forms of harassment and interference while…18 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyI have just met with Othman, a constituent from Halifax, who is originally from Gaza and is utterly distressed about what his family back home are enduring. The UN…11 Dec 2023