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HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI thank the Minister for his statement, for advance sight of the White Paper, and for our frequent conversations about it since I was appointed to my post. The catastrophe in Gaza…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI thank the Minister for the copy of his statement and for his call last night. Four weeks on from the horror of 7 October, it is hard to comprehend the scale of the devastation…08 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael, Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access and Human RightsMay I take this opportunity to thank the Minister of State for Development and Africa for the constructive cross-party way that we have been able to work together since I was…24 Oct 2023HANSARDHouse BuildingThe Secretary of State wants to talk now—why did he not take the question? I suspect it is because he has again run into so much opposition from his Back Benchers about a story…10 Jul 2023HANSARDHouse BuildingDo the Government realise how absurd all of this sounds? Their own flagship Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, which is currently making its way through the House of Lords, has…10 Jul 2023HANSARDHouse BuildingIt is literally in the Government’s own Bill—they are trying to block new houses from being built. They have had 17 housing Ministers and three planning overhauls, and house…10 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillSouth Africa is obviously a different case, but the point my hon. Friend makes remains and is well founded, because this Bill concentrates the decision making and judgment of…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House, while opposing any discrimination or prejudice in the economic activities of…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThis is precisely the question that the Government have yet to answer, but we hope that will be forthcoming during this debate. I would add to what the right hon. Gentleman said…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThis is a debate that needs far less heat and far more light, because we are talking about real people—about communities in the UK who are among the most marginalised and…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady for raising those concerns. We are keen that all the voices in this debate ought to be heard; I have heard different views from across…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI thank my hon. Friend for raising that concern, which has also been raised with me. I defer to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI hope, as the debate goes on, that there may be an answer to this, but I have to confess that so far I am at a loss as to what it might be. Where does this leave our commitment…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI will not give way, if my hon. Friend will forgive me. A lot of people are wishing to speak, and given that she has made one intervention, I will make a bit of progress. As if…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI can assure the right hon. Gentleman that I feel strongly that BDS offers no meaningful route to peace either for the Palestinians or for the Israelis. I can assure him that when…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI listened carefully to what the hon. Gentleman had to say and I support it, but he should please not try to tarnish Labour Members with a record on antisemitism. There are those…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThat is absolutely right. In fact, the Union of Jewish Students, which has expressed real concerns about the Bill—the very students who have often been the targets of the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend. Like me, she will have had the experience of going into schools and colleges in our constituencies, and had the privilege of meeting survivors of…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. There are many, many lessons to learn from the darkest era of our recent history, but one of those lessons must surely be the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillAbsolutely. As a former student of Holy Cross College in Bury, I have met many of my hon. Friend’s constituents over the years. I know how important it is to them that they hand…28 Jun 2023