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HANSARDEngagementsQ11. The Cherwell Larder in Kidlington does incredible work to serve nearly 2,000 of my most vulnerable constituents, but there simply is not enough food to go around at the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeWill the Minister give way?16 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeAs my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) says, the reason this has touched the hearts of so many people is that they can imagine being in this position. The…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMay I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) on the way she has taken up this cause? I also pay tribute to Richard Ratcliffe and his…16 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThe hon. Member will no doubt be aware that I am seeking water bathing status for the Thames along Port Meadow. One reason why that is so important is the dire state of our…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseDoes my hon. Friend agree that this has been a distraction from one of the most important sets of debates going on at the moment, at COP26? When our constituents were tuning in to…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusI could not agree more. No doubt many other places in the country would want the same thing. It is worth noting that our application has the support of Thames Water. In fact, it…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusI congratulate the hon. Gentleman’s group on bringing that forward, because we want to double the number of rivers with that status—indeed, to triple or quadruple it in this room…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his advice and intervention. Here we are: we are five in the room. That compares with France, which has 573 designated swimming areas. Germany…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusI beg to move, That this House has considered bathing water status for the river Thames in Oxford. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. Achieving…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt was such a missed opportunity and such an own goal. Does my right hon. Friend agree that there were other things that the Government could have done, such as the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting the urgent question and I thank the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) for doggedly pursuing the issue, both of…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government ResponseJust yesterday, the Italian Prime Minister pointed at this country as an example of what not to do. We are now such an embarrassment that we are encouraging people elsewhere to…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateBack in June, the Prime Minister committed the UK and other G7 nations to vaccinating the world by the end of 2022 and “to end this terrible pandemic”. Can the Secretary of State…14 Sept 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thank you very much for your answer, because it helped to provide clarification, and I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow…14 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI thank the Minister for her statement. I thank Vale of White Horse District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council, who have opened their arms and absolutely said that…13 Sept 2021HANSARD British CouncilI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Would she agree that, especially since the broken manifesto pledge on 0.7%, we are beginning to see that this…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingFirst, I warmly thank all hon. Members who have contributed to the debate today. As many have said, and as I know, there are other Members of the House in all political parties…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingThe problem with the step process, though, is that those people who do not want to go into a hostel do not get on to that first step, and therefore remain on the street. In light…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingOn the rough sleeping initiative, I would seek a point of clarification, and I think that many council officers would also be desperate for a clear answer on this. Councils…08 Sept 2021