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HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryBut it is not hate.29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Sharma. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Exeter (Mr Bradshaw) on securing this important debate. Section 28 was…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Targets: Businesses16. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the contribution of businesses to helping meet the UK's net zero targets.28 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesThe Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre based at Heriot-Watt University in my constituency is doing incredible work on the green transformation across the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Elliott, and a particular pleasure to follow the speech of the hon. Member for Easington. I am grateful for the…27 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseFew of us can imagine the trauma of being permanently displaced from our homes and never allowed to return. Can the Minister reassure the House that Israel will not take land in…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023It is not for me to say what the balance should be; that is for the law. For the time being—thank goodness—this country is a signatory to the European convention on human rights.…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023To take the Minister back to the legal point made by the hon. Member for Easington, he will recall that the Joint Committee on Human Rights produced a report on the Act under…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023I will just finish the point. Will the Minister explain how he is satisfied that preventing 75% of workers across the force, and all workers in certain ports and airports, from…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023On that point, will the Minister give way?27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023To be frank, these are the kinds of laws and consequences that workers in Russia and Hungary face. We do not want them here in the United Kingdom. Of course there should be…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023The Joint Committee made that point in our initial report. A trade union’s involvement in an illegal strike could result in damages of up to £1 million. Any individual worker who…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023The hon. Lady is going on about the rights of the public. Yes, of course the public have rights. The public have the same rights as the workers—in fact, many members of the public…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023That is what happens in many other European countries. Of course, any interference with the article 11 rights has to be proportionate, and given the extent of these regulations,…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention— [ Interruption. ]27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023Thank you, Ms Elliott. Article 11 goes on to say that there can be an interference with that right only in accordance with law in a way that is “proportionate”. The whole point…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023I am grateful for the opportunity to make a few comments about the human rights aspect of the regulations in my capacity as acting Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.…27 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe Minister is absolutely right to say that international development and climate change are inseparable, and I commend him for his work in this area. However, many of my…21 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Legislation3. Whether he plans to take legislative steps to help end violence against women and girls.21 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: LegislationLast month, Sex Matters presented the Prime Minister with a letter signed by almost 15,000 people asking him to “take urgent action to halt an escalating campaign of violence and…21 Nov 2023