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HANSARDNHS DentistryDid my hon. Friend see the report in today’s Times that showed that NHS dentists are performing only 75% of the procedures they are contracted to do? In Devon and Somerset, where…09 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyOn illegal settlements, does not the experience of the past two decades show that words have absolutely no impact on Prime Minister Netanyahu? I welcome the Minister’s…11 Dec 2023HANSARDGender RecognitionWell, Madam Deputy Speaker, not wishing to be upstaged by the ex-Home Secretary, the Minister whose job it is to defend vulnerable minorities chooses to make her first statement…06 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that obesity now costs the NHS and our economy much more than smoking, why does the Secretary of State support a total ban on smoking but think that measures to tackle…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsHow can the Secretary of State reassure me that the defence resources and attention now been focused on the middle east will not in any way reduce what we are able to commit to in…05 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationThe Home Secretary has admitted several times that we are losing people from the health and social care sector, both domestic workers and people whom the Government have brought…04 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationPalestinians have lost all hope of a two-state solution thanks to the policies of the Netanyahu Government in recent years. Would it not give them some hope if we followed other…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryThe hon. Lady just touched on an important point, which I omitted from my speech for time reasons. One of the great damages caused by section 28 at the time of the AIDS pandemic…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryI completely agree with my hon. Friend. That is the difference a Labour Government make. I am sure some of our SNP colleagues will be making the same point about Scotland a little…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryYou can’t be old enough!29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryI beg to move, That this House has considered the 20th anniversary of the repeal of section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988. I can’t tell you how glad we are to see you, Mr…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryThank you once again, Mr Sharma, for stepping into the breach, rushing over here to save this important debate. As I said at the beginning, the fact that the Parliamentary…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryI completely agree, and I will come on to talk a bit more about that in a second. Our first attempt to repeal section 28 in 2000 was thwarted in the House of Lords, but we…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryI take the hon. Member’s point, but parents already have such powers. I gently make the following point back to him: a significant proportion of young homeless people are LGBT…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryWhen I became the first openly gay person in Britain to be selected to fight a parliamentary seat more than 27 years ago, my Conservative opponent described being gay as a…29 Nov 2023HANSARD UkraineHow is it possible that our NATO ally Turkey has seen a more than threefold increase in exports to Russia this year of goods vital for Putin’s war machine, and what are the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseWhat is the Minister’s understanding and assessment of the Netanyahu Government’s medium and long-term strategy for the Gaza strip?27 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to ask the right hon. Lady about this again, because I know she is one of the angels on this matter, but when I asked her last summer about conversion therapy, she…16 Nov 2023HANSARDSame-sex RelationshipsI am sure the vast majority of Members on both sides of the House will warmly welcome the outcome of Synod yesterday, and I thank the hon. Member for the role he played in…16 Nov 2023HANSARDSame-sex Relationships5. What recent progress has been made on implementing the decisions taken by the General Synod in February 2023 on blessing same-sex relationships and relating to clergy in…16 Nov 2023