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HANSARD AI Seoul SummitI would like to thank Sir Roger Gale, who has just left the Chair. He has been excellent in the Chair and I have very much enjoyed his company as well as his chairing. I thank the…23 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and the other Madam Deputy Speaker, the right hon. Member for Doncaster Central (Dame Rosie Winterton). You have both generally dealt with my…23 May 2024HANSARD Finance (No.2) BillI very much liked the earlier comment, Madam Deputy Speaker, about your being a good example to women in this place and someone whom people look up to. I agree with that, and I…23 May 2024HANSARD Media BillI will hold on to the thank-yous because I will probably be here again tomorrow, and can say them then. We have supported the Media Bill throughout its passage and will continue…23 May 2024HANSARDSmartphones and Social Media: ChildrenThank you for chairing this debate, Sir George. I congratulate the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates) on securing it. I want to talk about a number of…14 May 2024HANSARDSmartphones and Social Media: ChildrenI wanted to talk about education among a number of other things. Children can absolutely be shown things on the bus, and stuff like that; children and young people will do what…14 May 2024HANSARD Prevention of Sexual Violence in ConflictYes, the ones who did survive—absolutely. But we also need to ensure, where people are still in a hostage situation, that they get the support they need once they are freed so…14 May 2024HANSARD International Health RegulationsWe cannot have a repeat of what the WHO called the catastrophic failure of the international community to ensure that covid-19 was fought everywhere with all of our abilities. It…14 May 2024HANSARD Prevention of Sexual Violence in ConflictI thank everyone who has taken part, especially the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson), who secured the debate. I also thank the staff team of my hon.…14 May 2024HANSARD Global Intergenerational Week 2024The Minister has made me think about Cruyff courts. I do not know if he knows anything about them—another one is opening in Aberdeen on Monday, and I am massively excited—but in…09 May 2024HANSARD Global Intergenerational Week 2024I commend the hon. Member for highlighting that group of women. She is absolutely right: they do not get talked about enough. It is a responsibility of parliamentarians to ensure…09 May 2024HANSARD Global Intergenerational Week 2024Thank you for chairing this meeting, Mr Efford. It is great to speak in this debate alongside my hon. Friend and SNP colleague the Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion…09 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseOutside of London, Aberdeen has the highest proportion of non-UK-born citizens anywhere on this island. Today the Home Office looks set to remove and detain someone who fled…02 May 2024HANSARD Preventable Sight LossI appreciate what the Minister is doing in this policy area. Some of the initiatives he just mentioned, such as electronic assessments and triaging electronically, were put in…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Preventable Sight LossThank you for chairing the debate, Sir Mark. If my voice goes during my speech, I will just sit down, and hon. Members can assume that the rest of it would have been fabulous. I…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Telegraph Media Group Ltd: AcquisitionI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. My Front-Bench colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), and the SNP…30 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformFollowing today’s statement, the announcement made a couple of weeks ago and all the proposed changes, people are scared. They are scared because they rely on these payments,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Second Interim ReportHaving a child with a rare condition who continues to get sicker despite treatment is every parent’s worst nightmare. Recent revelations that children as young as three were…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, the UK Government promised to relocate hundreds of civil service posts to the north-east of Scotland. It has now been confirmed that the total number will be 35. Given…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe recent announcements on fit note reform are just the latest in a long string of attacks on the most vulnerable people in society. Sick and disabled people are being vilified,…23 Apr 2024