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HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI was first elected to this House on the same day as Tony Lloyd in 1983. He was a brilliant friend and comrade who voted against the Iraq war, student tuition fees and the renewal…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesSome 17 million people in the region are living in hunger and food shortage, the people of Yemen have been bombarded by weapons supplied by Britain from Saudi Arabia for years,…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemDoes my right hon. Friend agree that instead of spending this vast amount of money on a failed Rwanda scheme, Britain and the other European Governments ought to be thinking about…09 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe statement we have just heard really does not measure up to the needs of the occasion: 22,000 people already killed; 1.9 million displaced; thousands dying in the rubble;…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWe should all thank the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for her steadfastness and for securing this urgent question. Eighteen thousand people have now died…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelDoes my right hon. Friend think an additional question might be what is carried in the RAF planes that are leaving RAF Akrotiri and apparently flying directly to Israel?12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Is she aware that only two weeks ago in the House the Secretary of State for Defence claimed that arms sales to Israel in the past…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. Member is making an excellent speech and bringing real humanity to the debate. Is she aware that the people in Calais who are trying to cross the channel are homeless,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyIs it not very obvious that Israel is herding the entire population of Gaza, in a state of utter desperation and poverty, with a lack of food, medicine and water, and with serious…11 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsThe Secretary of State needs to be very clear with the House: 15,000 people have already died in Gaza, and 1,200 have died in Israel. Israel is clearly pushing the entire…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsI went to Sri Lanka on a delegation in 1984, when I raised with the then President Jayewardene the issue of the human rights system, the abuse of human rights and the use of the…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Sri Lankan Tamils and Human RightsI want to get an assurance from the Minister that the British Government’s relationship with Sri Lanka will ensure that there is always unfettered access for UN human rights…05 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationIsrael is clearly undertaking an act of cleansing of the entire population of Gaza. It is illegal in international law and in no way is it a proportionate response to the…04 Dec 2023HANSARDCOP28After the last COP, the Prime Minister at the time, Boris Johnson, assured the House that there would be no funding whatsoever from British sources for fossil fuel developments…29 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels)Can I bring the hon. Member slightly more up to date? Could he cast his mind back to the 1970s, when industrial relations legislation introduced by the Heath Government ended up…27 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseThe pause is obviously welcome because it will save lives. The horror of 7 October has not gone away. The disaster of the killing of 14,000 people in Gaza has not gone away. There…27 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillI welcome this debate, and I strongly welcome the departure from the idea of selling off and privatising Channel 4. It has been a very good channel that continues to do a lot of…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillThere seems to be an excessive amount of advertising on commercial programmes aimed at young children, to the extent that it sometimes seems almost subliminal within the…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making a most interesting speech. He must be aware that the laws relating to libel and so on are completely misshapen, in that it is totally a rich…21 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI welcome the Home Secretary to his position, and I welcome the court judgment this morning. I noticed in the Home Secretary’s statement a complete lack of empathy as to why…15 Nov 2023