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HANSARDAirport ExpansionFor me and for you, Mr Speaker, there is more than an element of déjà-vu in this debate. The Minister has said that what we have heard is speculative, but the Chancellor’s…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Certificate of Common SponsorshipI can see that the hon. Member is on his last paragraph. I apologise to him, and to you, Dr Huq—I am chairing a meeting next door, so I will have to leave. I intervene because he…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Speaker and the Deputy Speakers have been helpful and generous in allowing us to raise the case, using various parliamentary…21 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMay I bring the Foreign Secretary back to the issue of the recognition of the state of Palestine, because I agree we have to maintain momentum of hope for all concerned? Although…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI certainly will, Dr Murrison. I welcome the Minister to his position. I am so pleased that he has been given such an easy policy to resolve as his first task. Reference has been…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI will address new clauses 5 to 7 and amendments 9, 5 and 6, which deal with rent controls. Before I do so, I should say that I take a particular interest in new clause 9, tabled…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Foreign Secretary update us on the representations that he and the Prime Minister have made to the President of Egypt to secure the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah? His…14 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaThe Minister has expressed his frustration and distress. I think he shares the depth of anger that most of us in this House feel. Over the Christmas period, while we have been…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Pro-democracy Campaigners: ArrestsI will use this opportunity to ask the Minister whether she and the Chancellor on next week’s visit will raise the case of my Unite colleague Carol Ng, who became the general…07 Jan 2025HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI will be careful with my language here, but one of the frustrations, in this debate as well, is getting the truth about what is happening and what is contributing to the murders…16 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineEvery week of the last year, virtually, we have had a debate in this or the main Chamber: questions are asked and then we go home and watch on television the bodies of children…16 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI am careful about not mentioning any names. I am raising the issue of the process itself, which is the use of counter-terrorism powers against direct action groups. The last…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahI assure you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that the word “you” will not pass my lips during this debate. I have called this Adjournment debate to raise the urgent matter of the ongoing…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahAlaa’s case is becoming a cause célèbre, not just in this country but across the globe, as demonstrated by the number of significant figures and also by the number of constituents…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahYou got me on that one, Madam Deputy Speaker. Hands up. I will hand myself in later. Our former Prime Minister the right hon. Member for Richmond and Northallerton (Rishi Sunak)…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahI will come on to some of those issues later in my speech, but this was a running theme in the debate that took place earlier as well. To follow on from what my hon. Friend the…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahWe expected a significant change of approach from the last Government because the previous methods failed, so I would welcome an update from the Minister to the House on whether…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahI want to make it explicit that nobody who has raised this case wants to prevent the UK Government from providing aid and assistance, particularly given the issues that are…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahThe Minister is coming to a conclusion. Can we have an assurance that we will receive a report to the House in the coming month about the effectiveness of the actions the…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Pakistan: Freedom of ReligionI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing the debate and thank the Backbench Business Committee, through which he secured it. I also congratulate him…28 Nov 2024