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HANSARDSerious ViolenceIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker). I can only agree with the urgency that he injects into this debate and the focus that he brings to it. We…15 May 2019HANSARD British Sign Language Users: Access to NHS ServicesI draw hon. Members’ attention to the fact that our proceedings are being made accessible to people who are deaf or hearing impaired. The interpreters in the Chamber are using…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceFirst, I thank the Minister for agreeing to meet Yvonne Lawson of the Godwin Lawson Foundation from my constituency, who lost her young teenage son to knife crime two years ago.…15 May 2019HANSARDRefugees in Sri LankaWill the Minister undertake to raise with Sri Lanka the need to seek UNHCR assistance in managing the settlements so that they are not de facto detention camps? Also, further…09 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ5. People are fed up with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition blaming each other and only caring about a Brexit that suits them. Meanwhile, in Enfield, 34,000…08 May 2019HANSARDIran Nuclear DealIran’s actions announced today are highly regrettable and are the inevitable consequence of President Trump’s decision last year. However, I echo what the right hon. Member for…08 May 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseI draw hon. Members’ attention to the fact that our proceedings are being made accessible for people who are deaf or hearing impaired. The interpreters are using British Sign…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)Does my hon. Friend agree that Iran’s desire to wipe out the state of Israel is based on an ideological hatred? Iran and Israel are a thousand miles apart. They have no regional…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)Can the Minister therefore confirm—this is what I think he is saying—that all the individuals and entities currently sanctioned by the EU will remain sanctioned by the UK under…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Sanctions)I am not in any way opposing the regulations, but if we are going to continue, and we should, to work closely with the EU—I agree with what the Minister said about a united front…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very disappointed to hear the tone that the Leader of the House is taking. I think it absolutely demonstrates why we have such a problem here. She fails to acknowledge that…08 Apr 2019HANSARDMiddle EastI utterly condemn the latest rocket attacks that the hon. Member for Aberconwy (Guto Bebb) raised. We know that Hamas is given tens of millions of dollars a year by Iran to fund…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Andrew Lindup was killed in a hit and run in December 2016. By the time the driver was arrested, it was too late to breathalyse him and gather evidence for a charge…28 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiWe hear reports that aid trucks are stuck on impassable roads and that conditions are limiting air operations. Bearing in mind what the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThank you for your guidance, Mr Deputy Speaker. The reasons my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South left the Labour party have a direct bearing on his work as a member of the…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI sincerely thank my hon. Friend, as I am sure her hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South will, for those remarks and for her courage in saying that she will not follow this…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI thank the hon. Gentleman, the Chair of the Committee, for those remarks, which I think are well received and well deserved by my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South. I take…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeAssuming the Labour Whips represent the Leader of the Opposition and are the vanguard for delivering his will, that gives ample evidence that there is something very personal…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI rise to speak against the motion, in the main on behalf of the Independent Group of MPs, but I also associate myself with the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThe hon. Gentleman has made that point before, and I could not disagree with him. In my view, this is entirely about Members who declared their independence just a couple of weeks…19 Mar 2019