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HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to those points of order, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to you for allowing this time to pay tribute to Alex Salmond; he absolutely deserves it and it is great that we are…14 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) for securing this absolutely crucial and essential debate. Last night, my hon. Friends the Members for…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI welcome most of what is in this Bill. A third of my constituents live in the private rented sector. The last time I looked, there were hardly any available properties to rent in…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI pay tribute to all the new Members who have delivered their maiden speeches, and I wish them well as Members of the House. I draw particular attention to the maiden speech made…09 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastThe tragedy of the deaths a year ago has now been compounded by tens of thousands more deaths in Gaza, the west bank and Lebanon. Gaza is now reduced to a place of rubble, famine,…07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsWill the Foreign Secretary take the opportunity to recognise that what happened to the Chagossian people in the 1960s and 1970s was abominable, abusive, illegal and disgraceful?…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI am delighted to be able to speak in this debate. I compliment and congratulate the Members who have made their first speeches: the hon. Members for Bromley and Biggin Hill…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceLet me compliment the hon. Gentleman on all his work on this. Does he agree that one of the problems is the systemic underfunding of local authorities—leading to the inadequacy of…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Democracy in BangladeshI congratulate the hon. Lady on getting this debate. Does she agree that there is also a geopolitical issue surrounding all the changes in Bangladesh? Hitherto, it adopted a…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPatrick Finucane MurderI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. We should all put on record our thanks to the hon. Member for Belfast North (John Finucane), his mother Geraldine and all the…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceThe hon. Member is absolutely right. The watchword has to be independence, of both inspection and regulation. The idea that developers can mark their own homework has to be got…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI thank the Minister for what she just said. On the remedial works that will be done, some will be in the public sector; most will be in the private sector. In many cases,…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Modernisation CommitteeI am surprised that the Leader of the House did not speak to this motion. Obviously the House needs a Modernisation Committee, and obviously there is a great deal of work to be…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Modernisation CommitteeI am grateful to the Leader of the House for what she has said about inclusion. That is welcome of course, but it seems to me that an even better form of inclusion of the views of…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Security in the Democratic Republic of the CongoIt is to the bedevilment of the Congo that so many proxy groups turn up there to benefit from mineral exploitation, and it is the people of the Congo who suffer. Wherever they…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Security in the Democratic Republic of the CongoOkay. First of all, the DRC is almost the largest country in Africa and it certainly has the largest amount of unexploited mineral resources. The sale of mineral wealth could have…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Security in the Democratic Republic of the CongoI beg to move, That this House has considered security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq, and I am pleased to…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and the way he delivered it, and Sir Martin for his comprehensive report. The needless deaths that happened at Grenfell will never go…04 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateThe Foreign Secretary will be well aware of the decisions made by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. He will also be well aware that the…02 Sept 2024HANSARDInternational Court of Justice Advisory Opinion16. What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion entitled, “Legal consequences arising from…30 Jul 2024