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HANSARD Kingsmill Massacre InquestThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. My cousin Kenneth Smyth was murdered by the IRA on 10 December 1971. I use that as a comparison because it is true, and the three people who killed…02 May 2024HANSARDHorizon: Northern Ireland PostmastersFirst, let me put on record my thanks to the Minister, who has been an industrious, assiduous and great champion for the postmasters and postmistresses across this United Kingdom.…02 May 2024HANSARD Kingsmill Massacre InquestWill the Minister give way?02 May 2024HANSARD Kingsmill Massacre InquestI thank the Minister for that intervention. The eleven men were shot at very close range with automatic rifles, which included Armalites. It is clear that 10 men were murdered…02 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesI thank and commend the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for leading today’s debate. I attended his half-hour Westminster Hall debate on this issue and…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansThank you so much for calling me so early, Madam Deputy Speaker. I really appreciate that. I was rather caught off balance, to be truthful.02 May 2024HANSARD Kingsmill Massacre InquestFirst of all, may I thank Mr Speaker and the Table Office for allowing and facilitating this debate? It is with sadness, but also with determination and commitment, that I bring…02 May 2024HANSARD Kingsmill Massacre InquestIf the responsibility falls on that body, is it in order to ask it to clarify the matter of the on-the-runs letters? That was clearly not done in the coroner’s report, but the…02 May 2024HANSARD Kingsmill Massacre InquestThe issue for the families is that they are aware that the Garda Síochána had information pertinent to this atrocity—this massacre—of 10 innocents. The question that they are…02 May 2024HANSARDHorizon: Northern Ireland Postmasters2. What steps her Department is taking to support postmasters affected by errors in the Horizon IT system in Northern Ireland.02 May 2024HANSARD World ME DayI certainly will do exactly that; I had planned a five-minute contribution. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Sir Sajid Javid) on highlighting World ME Day. I…01 May 2024HANSARD Financial Conduct Authority: AccountabilityI wholeheartedly endorse what the right hon. Gentleman has said. Does he agree that, for many of us who have brought constituents’ financial issues to the FCA over the years, the…01 May 2024HANSARDImmigration UpdateI thank the Minister for his answers to all the questions today. Clearly, the Government have a policy that they are trying to implement, and I think they need some support from…01 May 2024HANSARD Youth HomelessnessIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. First, I thank the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker) for leading the debate and for illustrating the issue so well with…01 May 2024HANSARD Furnished Holiday Lettings: TaxationI congratulate the hon. Member on bringing the debate forward. I suspect that I might be about to add a controversial opinion, but we will see how it goes. As a representative of…01 May 2024HANSARDUK Trade PerformanceI thank the Secretary of State very much for her positivity, which is encouraging for the House, for the country and for this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,…01 May 2024HANSARDGlaucoma and Community OptometryI thank the Minister. That appeal was a wonderful way to end this debate. I began the debate today by asking that we move towards measures to getting more people tested. The…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Sport Horse Industry: Import and Export ControlsThe hon. Lady is outlining a specific case, but we in Northern Ireland also have a specific case, which the Minister will know, in terms of the protocol and the Windsor framework,…30 Apr 2024HANSARDGlaucoma and Community OptometryI beg to move, That this House has considered glaucoma and community optometry. First, a special thanks to the Backbench Business Committee for selecting the debate for this…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Preventable Sight LossI commend the hon. Lady for bringing forward this debate. First, this is a terrific subject. She will know that this morning I had a debate on optometry care, which is a similar…30 Apr 2024