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HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-FattahI completely understand and appreciate what the Foreign Secretary has said about maintaining a relationship with Egypt because of the issue in Gaza, but the reality is that Mr…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperGiven the empty Opposition Benches, it looks like the Conservative party has adopted a policy of a three or two-day week to tackle the unemployment problem. I refer to my entry in…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI say this to my hon. Friend as constructively as I possibly can: a number of us have sat here for months and have asked questions about sanctions, but the response from Ministers…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Jailing of Hong Kong Pro-democracy ActivistsI look forward to the Minister’s report on the audit of the relationship with China and of the continuum of actions, from sanctions onwards, that the Government are looking at. In…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI want to make three brief points. First, my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) raised the issue of the children who have been seriously injured in Gaza…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise for raising a point of order out of sequence, and I will explain why I am doing so. It relates to the case of Mr Alaa Abd…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI can see no other option now. We have tried everything else. We have tried dialogue. We have tried pressure. We have tried to form alliances and to support progressive forces…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Have you received any notice of a statement from the Government? I know that a number of Members have written to the Foreign Secretary, in…06 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) not just on securing the debate, but on his work over the past couple of months or so on raising the…30 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) for securing this debate. I think I have attended every one of these debates over a number of…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanIf I have the Government’s argument correct, it is that there is a window of opportunity now between the decision by the Israeli Parliament and the implementation of the measure…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesThis debate has been helpful in expressing the concerns that people have. I am worried that we have been in this situation many times before, relying on an action plan that is…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesI do not want to disagree with my hon. Friend, but that is a distorted reading of the Justice Committee report. It actually saw resentencing as enabling a refocusing on these…29 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI declare an interest: I am the honorary life president of the Prison Officers Association. I thank the Secretary of State on behalf of the POA for her open-door policy on…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillI remind the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Shastri-Hurst) that across those European countries with the highest union density, people have the best wages and…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillYes, and as a result, people will work better, increase their productivity and improve the profitability of companies, which is beneficial to us all. It is as simple as that.…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonWhy do the Government allow to remain in our country Israeli diplomats who advocate a “Greater Israel”, and who oppose a Palestinian state and therefore the potential for a…15 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI want to raise again the issue of the evacuation of seriously injured children from Gaza. When the Ukraine war started, we very rapidly put in place a mechanism for the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidI am sorry to interrupt the Minister’s flow, but before he sits down, can he give me some assurance that he will take back to his colleagues the issue about the evacuation of…10 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastToday is a day for sombre remembrance of the suffering on all sides, but if the threatened war against Iran takes place, we will need to revisit that discussion in this Chamber. I…07 Oct 2024