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HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemThe hon. Gentleman is right: everybody has a role to play in the problem. For the record, Israel is not perfect. I am not perfect and the hon. Gentleman is not perfect. We do…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial CommunitiesI will just say that so many people are here because the hon. Lady has brought up a subject matter that is worth more than 30 minutes of debate. Does she agree that the only goals…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKThat is very kind. The legacy for us in Northern Ireland is that we are half in and half out, and our businesses, our exports and imports, and our people suffer. I know that the…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKWill the hon. Member give way?24 Feb 2026HANSARD Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial CommunitiesWill the hon. Lady give way?24 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Transport: Planning DevelopmentsI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this topic to the House. We have similar problems back home in Northern Ireland. From listening to her, it seems that whenever a new…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemI do not think I can; it would not be fair on Members who have not yet spoken. Hamas’s control plays a huge part in the lack of healthcare provision, including the use of civilian…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemI am no different from anybody else; I hear the same points that the hon. Lady refers to. Everyone else in this room—and those who are not in this room—will have the same issues.…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for setting the scene incredibly well, as he always does. He…24 Feb 2026HANSARDArmy Reservists: Employment RightsI commend my right hon. Friend for initiating the debate. I met the Forces Pension Society guys on Monday. I did not know that he had actually secured an Adjournment debate on…24 Feb 2026HANSARDCharter for Budget ResponsibilityDoes the shadow Minister share the concerns that many, probably all, MPs from Northern Ireland have—although I welcome the good news in relation to the tax surplus; who would be…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI thank and commend the hon. Lady for initiating the debate, and for her devotion to this subject. Does she agree that we should consider education and the role of school…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorFirst, I commend the right hon. Member and his party for bringing forward the motion, and for the way that he interviewed on TV this morning. Certainly, he speaks not just for…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI feel I have to disagree with the hon. Lady, for a very simple reason. The Minister has mentioned my comment on Second Reading that 50,000 children will be lifted out of poverty…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingIn Northern Ireland, we already have strict medical controls. Those work, and that is because of the participation of shooting organisations and individuals. Perhaps when the…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Kinship Carer IdentificationI commend the hon. Gentleman for rightly bringing forward this issue. I spoke to him beforehand and he knows partly what I am going to say. The Minister might be aware of and want…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI thank the Secretary of State for his endeavours. I note that this reorganisation is set to streamline services and save an estimated £2.9 billion over five years. However, from…23 Feb 2026HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorThe private rental sector in Northern Ireland has a slightly different system, as the Minister knows, but the problems are the same across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI very much welcome what the Government are bringing forward. It is good news and, as the Minister says, if anyone is against that, there is certainly something wrong with them. I…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillWill the Minister give way?23 Feb 2026