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HANSARD Palestine Statehood (Recognition) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I start by drawing the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Last September I…17 Mar 2023HANSARDPrimary Care Staff NumbersIn January, over 45,000 people in Oxfordshire waited more than two weeks to see their GP and 12,000 waited over a month. The top reason given when I visited surgeries was that…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Science and Technology FrameworkI welcome the Secretary of State and her team. I hope she will join me in celebrating the achievements of Oxfordshire’s researchers, not just at the universities but in the great…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPrimary Care Staff Numbers19. What steps is he taking to increase the number of GPs.07 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryI thank the Minister for thanking local authorities, because they have done an extraordinary, incredible job—South and Vale have taken a wraparound approach and been very…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) on securing such an important debate. I could not…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesThe scenes in Turkey and northern Syria are without doubt a tragedy. My heart goes out to all those who have lost their lives or who find themselves without shelter or sanitation.…01 Mar 2023HANSARDCovid Pandemic: Testing of Care Home ResidentsMy heart goes out to the bereaved families and I cannot imagine what they must be feeling again today. My heart also goes out to care workers, many of whom lost their lives having…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolMay I welcome the change in approach, the co-operative spirit with which we have got to this point, and the positive and, I hope, pragmatic relationship moving forward? However,…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationAs a Palestinian myself, I fully agree with the hon. Member about the value of education to a community that feels completely abandoned and let down. Will he join hon. Members…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationWill the Minister give way?22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationI might expand on this point later. I was struck in a conversation I had with someone working in one of our embassies who remarked that, from their perspective, the D in FCDO is…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationDoes the right hon. Gentleman share my concern about the impact of these cuts, particularly on the LGBT community? We know that there are Governments in sub-Saharan Africa who…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationWhen NGOs that are based here have had to make cuts, the in-country staff have usually faced the deepest and quickest cuts. That is a real shame, because it takes expertise out of…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationThe hon. Member is absolutely right. We want to celebrate the fact that we are a big donor. It is vital work that is literally saving lives, and it is such a shame that the…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I start by declaring an interest. Last week, I went to Kenya with STOPAIDS and Unitaid to look at public health…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationDoes the Minister accept that the point about a percentage is that as the economy shrank, the amount of money was always going to shrink? The issue with taking it down to 0.5% is…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationI am proud to represent young people in my constituency and also the students at Oxford University and at Oxford Brookes. One of them wrote to me, saying: “It is outrageous that…21 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Company PerformanceAs the Minister knows, Wolvercote Mill Stream in Oxford became the second river in the country to get designated bathing water status. Can she therefore understand our frustration…21 Feb 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakeI thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House so that we can express our sorrow and solidarity with the people of Turkey and Syria, and with families up and down this…07 Feb 2023