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HANSARD Disabled People on Benefits: EHRC InvestigationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) on securing this urgent question and continuing her fantastic work in this Parliament on the…23 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportThere are aspects of this report that I welcome. For example, the careful cataloguing of the harassment and intimidation of gender critical feminists across the United Kingdom is…22 May 2024HANSARDDefence: North Sea7. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defensive capacity in the North sea.20 May 2024HANSARDDefence: North SeaI thank the Minister for his answer. In the north Atlantic, Russian submarine activity has approached the most significant level since the cold war. Operations such as Dynamic…20 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaOn the jurisdiction of the ICC, the Government’s statement is out of step not just with the prosecutor but with the impartial independent panel of experts on international law…20 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandOf course, this judgment has UK-wide relevance because of the declarations of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act. In our reports on the Illegal Migration Act and the…14 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeThank you, Mr Vickers—I was not expecting to be called so early on. I thank Gaza Families Reunited and all those who signed the petition, particularly my Edinburgh South West…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeI agree with the hon. Lady and particularly her last point about the right of return, but the right of return must not be cynically used by the Government to justify not having a…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeCynically, I am not particularly baffled by it, because I know that this Government have a strange attitude towards their international legal obligations in relation to refugees.…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeMy question was not about the cap. It was about when the Government are going to introduce the safe and legal routes that they promised during the passage of the Illegal Migration…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeMy hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) mentioned that we have constituents who are sisters and who have an elderly mother. We have both spoken about this, and…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeJust on that—13 May 2024HANSARDImmigration UpdateWhen I was first elected to this House, we often debated safe and legal routes, but we do not hear much about that any more. Many of my constituents are writing to me because they…01 May 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformMy constituent Elizabeth has been a very hard worker, but also someone who has suffered from ill health. She came to see me at my surgery on Friday to express her alarm about the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Will my hon. Friend take an edifying intervention?29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Is my hon. Friend as surprised as me that the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), a former prosecutor, does not understand that prosecutions do not go…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Having regard to the evidence of Professor Chalmers, who of course is regius professor of criminal law at Glasgow University—that addressing this problem would be best done in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I sense that the right hon. Gentleman is reaching his peroration, and as we are both Scots lawyers, I wonder if he will join me in correcting the Labour party spokesperson, the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Has the Minister taken the time to read the evidence taken at the Justice Committee when Professor Chalmers said that the purpose of the Bill is to make sure convictions can be…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Will the Minister give way?29 Apr 2024