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HANSARDFuture of Public LibrariesWhat a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Jonathan Davies) for securing this important debate. When…14 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your advice on tempering our language in here, because words have consequences. I thank the Minister for his statement and the Foreign…07 May 2025HANSARD Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryI am grateful for the opportunity to participate in such a significant debate as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the allied victory in Europe and the victory over Japan.…06 May 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateI thank the Minister for his statement. It is crucial that there is recognition of the Palestinian state and that the Palestinian people are represented as equals at the…06 May 2025HANSARDParkinson’s Awareness MonthI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for securing this vital debate, for speaking so eloquently and for highlighting the work we still have…01 May 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionI thank the Minister for his statement. I would also like to associate myself with the condemnation of this horrific and cowardly attack on innocent people. Ilford South is home…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseGetting a driving licence in Ilford South has become almost impossible. Learners are having to wait for more than 18 months to book their tests, because rogue individuals and…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Israel: Refusal of Entry for UK ParliamentariansI share the anger of most Members of this House. It is completely unacceptable that two Members of this House were denied entry to the occupied territories in the west bank by the…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Local Government Finances: LondonIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey) for securing this debate. Local government…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I, too, offer my condolences to the shadow Leader of the House? Women’s rights have come a long way; indeed, we have had three female Prime Ministers, and we now have our…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House provide time for a debate on how state agencies can work to protect victim-survivors better?20 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI rise to support the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill. The last time I addressed the House on policing I shared the fact that the borough of Redbridge, which I led, once had…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Ambulance Response TimesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing this much-needed debate. It is…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI wish to raise a case that has been highlighted by other Members, including my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Douglas McAllister). In 2017, Jagtar Singh Johal, a…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysI thank the Lord Chancellor for her statement and for the record funding. It is just a shame that the shadow Justice Secretary, bereft of any policy ideas, has basically turned up…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Palestinian Rights: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I extend my thanks to the Father of the House, the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), for ensuring…04 Mar 2025HANSARDWar in Ukraine: Third AnniversaryI thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing the debate. He spoke powerfully and passionately, and with knowledge.…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWhen the right hon. Member for Richmond and Northallerton (Rishi Sunak) was Chancellor, he said that he had diverted public money away from deprived urban areas. In Ilford South,…27 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street Bank ClosuresI commend my hon. Friend on securing such an important debate and for his powerful points. On the point that the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) just made, in recent…26 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street BusinessesThank you for calling me, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Stockton West (Matt Vickers) for securing this important debate. If we want to revive our high streets, we need…26 Feb 2025