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HANSARDIsrael and GazaI am sure that the Minister agrees that it is profoundly in the British interest for there to be a properly functioning system of international rules and laws, and that the…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Speaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There are two points in what Mr Speaker just said on which I seek your clarification. First, he implied that the proceedings of the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaI, too, was on the emotional cross-party visit with Yachad to Israel and Palestine last week. We stood at the site of mass murder in Kibbutz Be’eri and Netiv HaAsara and heard…21 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy right hon. Friend will forgive me if I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick. He is making a strong case for his amendment, but I have one nagging doubt in my mind. I…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI am very supportive of the theme of my hon. Friend’s amendment. She made an extremely important point about consistency for parents. Those of us who are lucky enough to have…30 Jan 2024HANSARDGazaIf we cannot have a ceasefire, a humanitarian pause would of course be very welcome, but it will only be of any use if we can get the aid that is so urgently required into Gaza.…30 Jan 2024HANSARDExtreme Weather Events: ResilienceI welcome the Minister’s statement and the excellent work by the team at the Cabinet Office, who I know work extremely hard on these problems. As he will know, my constituency is…24 Jan 2024HANSARDRoad Traffic and Street WorksI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about speeding offences on roads to which a 20mph limit applies; to make provision about the enforcement of…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareThe expansion of childcare is extremely welcome, and I have every confidence that the Minister and the excellent team at the Department for Education will deliver this current…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillAgain, as I said on Second Reading and on Report, I speak with a heavy heart and in some dismay, but I tell those on my Front Bench that I will be voting against the Bill this…10 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMembers of the Israeli Government have expressed their desire that settlers should return to Gaza at some point after the conflict. Away from the terrible massacre taking place in…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyThe Minister did say that too many Palestinians have died in pursuit of a solution to the Hamas problem, but I wondered: does he genuinely believe, and is it the Government’s…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing Billrose—06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillMy right hon. and learned Friend is being so generous—it is kind of him. Given what he has said about technology, does he share the view that for the first time in offender…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillAs my right hon. and learned Friend knows, I support this move, and I said so when he made the previous statement to the House. However, he will have picked up, as I have, a sense…06 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationIf the RAF can fly surveillance planes over the Gaza strip in the much-needed search for hostages and to help their release, what is to stop us from flying cargo planes over and…04 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI share my right hon. Friend’s slight misgivings about that clause; it will be interesting to hear the argument that the Minister makes. Obviously, there are already circumstances…28 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseAs the Minister knows, there has been no pause in violence in the west bank, whose largely defenceless population has been subjected over a number of months now to a campaign of…27 Nov 2023HANSARD Housing Associations: ChargesIt is great to see my hon. Friend at the Dispatch Box for the first time and I congratulate him. I am grateful to my constituency neighbour my right hon. Friend the Member for…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Carer's Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2023It is a pleasure to appear before you, Mrs Harris. I have some questions for the Minister on the operation of the scheme. First, however, it is worth reflecting on the fact that…14 Nov 2023