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HANSARD UK-EU RelationsI welcome the Minister’s statement on closer co-operation with the EU on defence and security, but on the day the Bank of England cut its growth forecast from 1.5% to 0.75%, does…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Low-income Countries: Debt CancellationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank the hon. Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) for bringing this important issue to the…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesPresident Trump’s proposals for the forced displacement of Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants would constitute a grave violation of international law, and threaten the fragile…06 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionMy teachers in Esher and Walton have greeted today’s announcement with a degree of cynicism, which is to be expected after feeling ignored for the last 10 years. One wrote to me…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationI join colleagues in supporting efforts to uphold the ceasefire agreement and release the hostages. I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to the families of the eight…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI note that the Minister did not mention noise pollution in his statement. As he grew up under a flightpath, I hope that he enjoyed the noise. Eight routes currently pass over my…28 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational Day of EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) for securing today’s debate. As he…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Education, Health and Care PlansIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Marie Goldman) for securing this debate. My surgeries are…22 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceGiven that the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the fiscal test of returning to 0.7% will not be met in this Parliament, and that there has been no equivalent…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationMy constituents are well served by the fiscal stewardship of their district council of Elmbridge, and are rightly concerned that they will be forced to take on the debt of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDBritish Council10. What assessment he has made of the British Council’s financial sustainability.14 Jan 2025HANSARDBritish CouncilMr Speaker, may I declare another interest as the officer of the British Council all-party parliamentary group? The British Council delivers more than £1 billion-worth of global…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Sudan: US Determination of GenocideWhen the Government last announced their aid package, one area was in famine and four were on the brink. Those five areas are now in famine, another five are expected to be by the…13 Jan 2025HANSARDBurglaryIn my local authority area, 92% of burglaries went unsolved, with police failing to identify suspects—that is the worst figure for any community in the country—and in Surrey as a…13 Jan 2025HANSARDBurglary5. What steps she is taking to support the police to tackle burglaries.13 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Social Media AccountsDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is about not only mental health harm, but inattention? I speak to many headteachers in my constituency who tell me that children are unable to…13 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Social Media AccountsWill the hon. Member go further and say that Ofcom’s implementation so far has been weak, overly cautious and fundamentally disappointing? Does he concur that it is unfair to put…13 Jan 2025HANSARDImpact of Conflict on Women and GirlsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and I thank the hon. Member for Norwich North (Alice Macdonald) for securing this incredibly important debate, in…09 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillLet me starting by saying how much I welcome the Bill, as an important step in strengthening the role of education and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, so that we can…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaI am pleased that the Prime Minister recently met UNRWA’s Commissioner-General Lazzarini and pledged further funding, but in three weeks legislation to ban UNRWA will come into…07 Jan 2025