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HANSARD Crisis in IranLike the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison), I am a bit upset that I have not been sanctioned yet. I obviously need to try harder, so here goes. We are…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsJudging from the earlier answer, can the public now assume that the Government are happy for Royal Mail management to drive the company into the ground, sack 10,000 people and…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateGovernment insiders are busy telling the press that the Bank of England is “playing roulette” with the British economy. Is that helpful or unhelpful?17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationA few minutes ago, in answer to the hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Bim Afolami), the Chief Secretary said that the costs to the Treasury of the Bank of England’s…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will be aware that there have been a number of hospital rebuilds in the pipeline for a long time, but the money does not seem to be forthcoming from the…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenUnlike probably every previous speaker, I met the Queen only once. Appropriately enough, it was when she visited the Queen’s theatre in Hornchurch, my then constituency. When she…09 Sept 2022HANSARDIranWhen we are talking about the people in power in Tehran and their proxies around the world, whom my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (John Spellar) mentioned, we are…06 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionCould the Secretary of State send a copy of the statement he has made today to those people who claim to run Thames Water? So far in their correspondence with me they have refused…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Holocaust Memorial and Learning CentreAs the Minister indicated earlier, the holocaust is now slipping from memory into history. I am convinced that that at least partly explains the rise in antisemitism and holocaust…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentLike everyone, I think, I am very pleased to be speaking in the Sir David Amess debate. We were both regular contributors to whingeing gits afternoons before each recess—that is…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI am grateful for that intervention. I was going to mention the hon. Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore), because I have talked to him about this issue, and it is very much in his…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseFurther to earlier questions, MPs on both sides of the House will be acutely aware that the Home Office’s MPs’ inquiry line for visas and passports is on its backside. Waits are…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat discussions has the Secretary of State had with local authorities and other Departments about what seems to be a threat to the future of community swimming pools from rising…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThere have been times occasionally when Prime Ministers have been temporarily incapacitated. There has never been a period in British history where a Government have been…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI associate myself with the comments made a few minutes ago about David Amess, my former neighbour. One of the many consequences of rising energy prices is that hundreds of…07 Jul 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsOn the basis of what the Minister said earlier, will the number of rape prosecutions be doubled by the end of this Parliament?28 Jun 2022HANSARDHousebuilding: Urban DensificationDoes the Minister agree that high density does not equate to high rise? In the light of tragedies such as Grenfell Tower, Ronan Point and others, will he look less than kindly on…27 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House will be aware that many of us on both sides of the House frequently raise the scourge of knife crime, which affects constituencies not just in London but…16 Jun 2022HANSARDViolence against Religious Groups: NigeriaWhat is happening in Nigeria has been going on for more than a decade, and it more or less meets the UN definition of genocide. We are increasingly seeing attacks on Muslims; for…06 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWe probably all saw the reports at the beginning of the week on the incarceration and torture of the Uyghur Muslims in China, which prove something we all thought was happening…26 May 2022