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HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekIt is always a pleasure to speak in Westminster Hall, and I thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing this essential debate. She has made it her passion in the…28 Feb 2023HANSARD UEFA Champions League Final 2022: Independent Review FindingsThe hon. Gentleman has a love for the beautiful game and a love for Liverpool, and I commend him for that. Even though I am not a Liverpool supporter, I very much enjoy that. Does…28 Feb 2023HANSARDSpecial Schools: Eye TestingI thank the Minister very much for that response. I was a recipient of those glasses as a four-year-old—that was not yesterday, of course, as everybody will be aware! I went to…27 Feb 2023HANSARDBoxing Clubs and Social MobilityI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing the debate. He has a very active local boxing club, and so do we in Newtownards. The boxing club in my constituency has been helping…27 Feb 2023HANSARDBoxing Clubs and Social MobilityAcross Northern Ireland, boxing has done other things, too. It has united the two communities —my hon. Friend the Member for South Antrim (Paul Girvan) is an example. It is…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolThe right hon. Gentleman is my Prime Minister, so I say this with great respect: this is about more than just solar panels and sausages. It is crucial that the Windsor framework…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI applaud the Secretary of State for presenting a Bill which I think everyone in the House will welcome as a positive move. The Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher…27 Feb 2023HANSARDOpen Season for WoodcockWhat a pleasure it is to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) for setting the scene so well and in such a balanced way. I think…27 Feb 2023HANSARD UK Food ShortagesI thank the Secretary of State for her answers and for trying to be constructive in those answers, as always. Having heard examples of shoppers turned away from shops for trying…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Turkey and Syria EarthquakeI am surprised that you have called me so early, Sir Graham, but thank you very much for doing so. I thank the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) for leading…23 Feb 2023HANSARDHuman Rights and Religious Minorities: SudanI believe everyone has mentioned the community police and the morality police. There is quite clear evidence on the ground that they are being used in that fashion; we are quite…23 Feb 2023HANSARDHuman Rights and Religious Minorities: SudanAs always, the hon. Lady makes a salient and important intervention, and I wholeheartedly applaud what she says. My contribution will explain what she said in her intervention in…23 Feb 2023HANSARDHuman Rights and Religious Minorities: SudanI will refer to that near the end of my contribution. I do share that worry. It seems unreal to me that any country would be elected to that position when they have a totally…23 Feb 2023HANSARDHuman Rights and Religious Minorities: SudanI beg to move, That this House has considered human rights and religious minorities in Sudan. I think the last time we discussed this matter was a debate in 2020. There was some…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Football Governance White PaperI thank the Minister for his statement and very much welcome the publication of the White Paper and the strategy that has been outlined. Amateur leagues in Northern Ireland— I…23 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry, Mr Speaker. I am so used to jumping up and sitting down, I did not realise that I had been called! Northern Ireland fishermen have received only £14 million of the…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I put on the record my thoughts and prayers, and those of my party, for the police officer shot in Omagh last night? It is a salient reminder that there are still evil and…23 Feb 2023HANSARDHuman Rights and Religious Minorities: SudanI thank all hon. and right hon. Members who have contributed. I thank my dear friend, the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), for taking the stand; she is the special envoy…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate; he always brings very important subjects to Westminster Hall and the main Chamber. Does he recognise that, although the…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Smart MotorwaysI commend the hon. Lady, who brings to Westminster Hall and the Chamber many issues that I support, and this is one of them. I look forward to the Minister’s comments. There are…22 Feb 2023