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HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessI absolutely agree that it is time to take the historic step of recognising a state of Palestine. I have some questions for the Minister, but first I want to put one more thing on…10 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ2. After almost two decades of the SNP—10 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. After almost two decades of the SNP and 14 years of the Tories, Kirkcaldy High Street has been in a state of decline. That is why the Chancellor was right…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessI beg to move, That this House has considered humanitarian access to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. We meet…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessI agree with my hon. Friend, and I will have much more to say about that. Thousands more are likely dead under the rubble as well. There is man-made famine. Schools, hospitals,…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessI agree on both points. We have to remember that Qatar was asked by the international community to undertake the hugely important role that it plays in trying to bring about peace…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessMy hon. Friend knows exactly what she is talking about. I agree completely, and I ask her to convey our solidarity to the Palestine director of the World Food Programme when they…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; I will come on to say more about that issue.10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am sure that the Minister has heard what she said, and I have a lot more to say about how we can protect civilians and aid workers,…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAt the peak of summer this year, at the height of tourism season, beaches in Kinghorn and Burntisland were closed because sewage spills made the water unsafe to enter. My…04 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesHere we are, with another Opposition day debate and another tedious motion from the Conservatives that completely ignores the catastrophic economic inheritance they left for this…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastThe Foreign Secretary will be aware that increasing numbers of human rights experts and genocide scholars assess that Israel’s actions in Gaza equate to a genocide, with famine…01 Sept 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is a great pleasure to speak in this summer Adjournment debate and to remember the star of the show in years gone by, Sir David Amess, whose plaque sits behind us. I also…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Changing Places ToiletsThe Minister is talking about the importance of a single integrated app that would bring together accessible toilet facilities and transport. Does he agree that we need this…22 Jul 2025HANSARD UkraineI thank my right hon. Friend for his important update. It is clear that Russia’s growing aggression undermines our security at home. Does he agree that the outcome of the war in…17 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am not the only Member who is deeply concerned by reports this week of armed police in Kent threatening a peaceful protester with arrest for holding a Palestinian flag and…17 Jul 2025HANSARD SudanThe humanitarian situation in Sudan is horrific, with the growing perpetration of atrocity crimes against civilians. This is part of a growing pattern of mass atrocity crimes…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Further Education InstitutionsI thank my hon. Friend for being so generous with her time. Fife college in my area does hugely important work, but it has had its budget slashed by 20% over the last three years…16 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesLike many of my constituents, I welcome the investment that was announced by the Chancellor at the time of the spending review for the long-awaited regeneration of Kirkcaldy town…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesThe shadow Chancellor talks about interest rate rises. Will he enlighten us as to why he thinks we should take lectures on economic competence from his party, which has a shadow…15 Jul 2025