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HANSARDHospice FundingThe shops that do the fundraising for our hospices have been mentioned, but an unmentioned group of heroes are the shop volunteers who provide a wonderful service in my…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI think this is a disgraceful Bill and I want to oppose it at every opportunity. However, to follow on from the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson), we have to accept…22 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingI set myself up for that, didn’t I? I congratulate all those who did run, but running a marathon might well see me off. Over the last year or two, our hospice has merged with the…22 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingI am a trustee of Harlington hospice, and have been for the past decade. I hope to stand down shortly, because we have recruited four excellent new trustees and I am terrified…22 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWe are at that stage in the legislative process where Government obstinacy sometimes overcomes rationality. There is no way that these can be described as wrecking amendments—I…17 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaThe situation in Gaza is having its impact on the west bank. Tragically, this week a 14-year-old Israeli child was found dead, and that set off a process of settlers rampaging…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe other lesson I have learnt from meeting a wide range of asylum seekers—and this, in a sense, follows on from what my right hon. Friend has said—relates to the skills they can…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI only want to make four brief points, which are based on my experience in my own constituency. At the height of the number of asylum seekers being placed in hotels, I think I had…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateThere is rightly consensus across the House to call for restraint from the Israeli Government, but we have called for restraint before: we called for restraint with regard to the…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsI will try to be as brief as possible, so that others can contribute. Before I come to the general topic, I want to make one specific point to reinforce what my hon. Friend the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe Minister said there was precedent on the non-publication of legal advice. There was a precedent set—you and I were here, Mr Deputy Speaker—in the debate on the Iraq war, when…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Women’s State Pension AgeThe report is absolutely clear that the DWP’s systemic failure is that it did not even draw upon and learn from its own research into the failure of communication with those…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillThere seems to be a focus on motorists, but there is now a multiplicity of electric vehicles. I have got one of them. I used to have an electric bike, but I now have an electric…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI do not know whether my hon. Friend has found this in her constituency, but in mine there has certainly been a significant rise in the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillThe issue we have focused on today is respiratory conditions, but, like me, my hon. Friend has been working on air pollution issues around our airport. I do not know whether she…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI served on the Bill Committee for that Act. At first, the Conservative party opposed the restoration of a Mayor for London and a Greater London Authority, but as we went through…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThere has in the past been the argument that trophy hunting performs the role of culling for protected species. We have always been able to negate that argument. There are times…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that it would be better for us to spend parliamentary time looking at a comprehensive strategy that tackles air pollution and respiratory conditions,…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseCould the Leader of the House ask one of her ministerial friends to come to the House before recess to give us a report on the civil service pay negotiations? A recent independent…21 Mar 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise; I could not give notice of my point of order because it arises from the urgent question, which has only just…19 Mar 2024