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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillVoting against this Bill will be a clear message to the entire community that we believe in the equality of people’s needs, and that we will bring in new legislation that will…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Member is making an excellent speech. Would it not be a sensible way forward if the House simply passed the excellent reasoned amendment moved by the hon. Member for York…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformOn page 3 of her statement, the Secretary of State asked herself a rhetorical question about a two-tier system. Somebody who is now eligible for personal independence payment gets…30 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear-certified Aircraft ProcurementThe Minister just confirmed that the UK adheres to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. That treaty requires the declared nuclear-armed states not to allow proliferation and to…25 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ15. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25 June. Yesterday 86 people were killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. A further 56 were shot dead while queuing for food…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPious Projects’ Paediatric Hospital: Gaza16. Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting Pious Projects’ paediatric hospital in Gaza.24 Jun 2025HANSARDPious Projects’ Paediatric Hospital: GazaThe Foreign Secretary will understand my question, because I wrote to him on 18 June asking if he would meet Dr Mohammed Mustafa, who has assembled a children’s hospital in…24 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionCould I ask the Minister to think carefully about the contributions made today by the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis), the hon. Member for Liverpool…23 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastOn the radio this morning, the Foreign Secretary told us of his adherence to and support for the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and used that as an argument for the bombardment…23 Jun 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThis is obviously a dangerous and perilous time, and we need to do everything we can to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Can the Foreign Secretary assure us that…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Iran-Israel ConflictThis is obviously a dangerous and perilous time, and we need to do everything we can to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Can the Foreign Secretary assure us that…16 Jun 2025HANSARDBusiness without DebateFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to place on record my thanks to our solicitor Martin Howe and many others who worked very hard on this case. The…13 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentThe hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay) asked perfectly reasonable and pertinent questions about the cost of this whole project. Is there a private finance initiative…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI welcome the sanctions that have been announced on these two individuals, but I believe that they should go further. The Minister said in his statement that no arms are now going…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister rightly called for an independent inquiry into Israel’s behaviour in denying food, medicine and vital aid to the people of Gaza. In the same spirit, would he welcome…04 Jun 2025HANSARDGaza (Independent Public Inquiry)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for establishing an independent public inquiry into UK involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza;…04 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterI find it deeply depressing to hear the Secretary of State say that somehow or other there is a market solution there for Thames Water. We have had 35 years of excessive profits,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewThe world is in the midst of an arms race. Last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, $2.7 trillion was spent on arms—a 9% increase on the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentIt was a Labour Government led by Harold Wilson in the 1960s that initiated the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and it was during the cold war that the number of nuclear…02 Jun 2025HANSARD ImmigrationWhen the right hon. Member has finished denigrating every community that has made its home in this country, will he reflect for a moment on the massive contribution made in…21 May 2025