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HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsI am always here, by the way.08 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageMaybe not the final word, Madam Deputy Speaker, as that will be for the Secretary of State. I welcome the statement, in which he rightly underlined that anybody who ignores carbon…07 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsThe Foreign Secretary has made a very clear point. In 1982 Margaret Thatcher set the precedent that the United Kingdom would do everything necessary to defend our overseas…07 Oct 2024HANSARDJobcentre Claimants: Travel CostsI thank the Minister very much for his response. I think everyone wishes for claimants to be able to get job opportunities without finding themselves in a financial mess due to…07 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastI thank the Prime Minister for his strong statement, which this House supports—well done. In the light of recent events, it has become clear that Israel’s right to defend itself,…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Hamas Attacks: First AnniversaryOn that point, will the hon. Gentleman give way?07 Oct 2024HANSARD Hamas Attacks: First AnniversaryI commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing forward the debate; I spoke to him beforehand. I bring to his and the House’s attention a lady I met when I was in Israel the week after…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationOne of the things that came up at our party conference some time ago was a recommendation from the British Medical Association and the General Medical Council to encourage medical…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationWill the right hon. Lady give way?07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations go from here to Northern Ireland, and then we endorse them; if we do not get them from here to start with, we…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI thank the Secretary of State for today’s debate. The whole House, and indeed the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, wishes him well in bringing…07 Oct 2024HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsMay I welcome the Solicitor General to her place? I wish her well in the role and hope that it goes according to plan. Can she further clarify that funding is available for each…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI would like to draw the attention of the House to a recently passed anti-discrimination law in the Philippines that is aimed at enhancing equality and protecting marginalised…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Sir David Amess Adjournment DebateWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?12 Sept 2024HANSARD Sir David Amess Adjournment DebateI commend the right hon. Gentleman on the speech he is making. Every one of us who had the pleasure of knowing Sir David Amess can picture him over on the far side of the Chamber.…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI thank the Secretary of State for the honesty in his statement, and for his contact with the regional Minister responsible at the Northern Ireland Assembly. Those are the first…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Financial Fraud and Economic CrimeAlways best to be a Back Bencher, Ms Vaz!11 Sept 2024HANSARDPatrick Finucane MurderI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. As he understands, the Democratic Unionist party stood against the legacy legislation, in the interests of pursuing justice for…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesI thank the hon. Gentleman for graciously allowing a second intervention. Is he aware of the latest Irish Traveller accommodation strategy 2020-2025? If he or the Minister are…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationWhat a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz, for what I believe is the first time during this Session. I am sure it will be the first of many, and I look…11 Sept 2024