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HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI am sorry to interrupt, because the hon. Gentleman is making such a powerful speech. I join him in paying tribute to all those officers. Does he not think it a shame that they…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre Safety1 hope that anyone who has visited Halifax recently would agree that, despite the years of austerity and the challenges typically facing northern Pennine towns, we are doing…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah) set out in the most powerful way why the deaths and trauma experienced by innocent children in Gaza are utterly intolerable.…08 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaFollowing the horror of Hamas’s appalling terrorist attack it is crucial, as others have said, that we distinguish between Hamas and innocent Palestinian civilians, in line with…16 Oct 2023HANSARDPolice ResourcesIn my constituency, we have experienced a real escalation in antisocial behaviour and quite violent disorder in recent years, particularly around bonfire night. Last year, police…18 Sept 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023The Contest update has very much been a sobering reminder of the threats we face. Our agencies, to which we are so grateful, have prevented 39 late-stage terror attacks in the…19 Jul 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on Contest, the United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023.19 Jul 2023HANSARDRailway TicketingHalifax ticket office is facing closure. We know that one in six journeys on Northern are purchased at a ticket office, which is higher than the national average. There might be…13 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO SummitThis week, I was at the forum of the NATO summit in Vilnius alongside my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones), who is vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary…13 Jul 2023HANSARDPolice Funding FormulaThe chief constable of West Yorkshire police, John Robins QPM, recently told the BBC that his force does not have the resources that it needs to deliver the service that the…03 Jul 2023HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for making that important point. The annual report lists a number of policy Departments. Although the Select Committees do incredibly…26 Jun 2023HANSARD National Security BillIt would be unwise to speculate at the Dispatch Box, but I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point. In the absence of clarity, he is right to put that question to…26 Jun 2023HANSARD National Security BillI thank the Minister for his opening contribution as these two additions to the National Security Bill return to the Commons once again. The Minister has made the case for…26 Jun 2023HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that, as he is absolutely right. I think we can all come together to recognise the responsibility that falls to all of us to clean up our…26 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportThe Metropolitan police recently announced that it would stop attending mental health calls unless there was a risk to life. That has rightly generated much debate about the role…07 Jun 2023HANSARDForeign DisinformationMicrosoft’s digital defence report outlines how nations including Russia, China and Iran are deploying social media-powered propaganda operations to shape opinion, discredit…22 May 2023HANSARDNational Crime Agency Investigation: Javad MarandiHere we are again, Mr Speaker, with an urgent question on Conservative party donations. As we have heard, the National Crime Agency has named Mr Marandi as a person of importance…16 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The transition to the new NATO force model must be complete by this year. Can the Secretary of State update the House on how prepared the UK is for more capability at greater…15 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to the Chair of the ISC for that clarification. It was indeed a short tenure, and we will never know whether that meeting would have come to fruition, but I hope the…03 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ7. The recent ITV documentary, “Life and Debt: Stories from the Edge”, followed Halifax mum Izzy. Her prepayment energy bills have tripled, and she relies on a local primary…03 May 2023