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HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Alison Hume) on her excellent and evocative speech. I remember those sweeping coastlines and purple-topped…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Representation of the PeopleI welcome this statutory instrument, which puts right an inconsistency that should never have arisen in the first place. I am grateful to the Government for their rapid work to…13 Nov 2024HANSARDChagos IslandsIt is difficult to fathom concerns raised by the Opposition about the consequences of governmental transition, as it was the former Conservative Foreign Secretary, the right hon.…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Remembrance and VeteransSyd Little was part of the team which delivered life-saving supplies to Mount Sinjar on 9 August 2014, in the operation now known as Operation Shader. Flight Sergeant Little lost…28 Oct 2024HANSARDBlack History MonthI thank my hon. Friend for her powerful intervention about the important and necessary allyship of those organisations. It is of fundamental importance that we empower them and…24 Oct 2024HANSARDBlack History MonthAbsolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for his powerful and significant intervention. In particular, diversity is the strength of we 412 Members on the Labour Benches. Managed…24 Oct 2024HANSARDBlack History MonthI thank and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bathgate and Linlithgow (Kirsteen Sullivan) on her speech. She shared an important story about Peter McLagan, and I will…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour: Leyton and WansteadI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. As he will learn, a number of schemes have aimed to tackle antisocial behaviour in the community. However, the size of the problem…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour: Leyton and WansteadI thank my hon. Friend for his apposite intervention. People in both our constituencies have tolerated 14 years of failure, and 14 years of all our systems and services being…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour: Leyton and WansteadI am grateful to have this opportunity to address the House on an issue of pressing concern in my constituency. Persistent and serious patterns of antisocial behaviour have a…23 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI thank my right hon. Friend for her handling of the issue and the approach she is taking in response to the challenges she faces. This morning, I met local police leadership to…22 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraineI welcome the statement and the announcement of further funding. To ensure that we sustain the pace with which we are providing aid to Ukraine, and that we energise our own…22 Oct 2024HANSARDWhipps Cross Hospital: RedevelopmentWhipps Cross hospital is in my constituency and it is my constituents who have had to endure five years of the previous Government organising photo opportunity after photo…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Afghan Special Forces Relocation ReviewI praise my hon. Friend for his pursuit of justice with regard to the Triples, and not only in opposition but since he has entered power. On lessons learned, one of the tenets…14 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsI do not believe I ever had the pleasure of flying into our joint base on Diego Garcia, either in the US Air Force or as a pilot in our own Royal Air Force, but its strategic…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationLord Darzi’s report highlights the use of capital expenditure to cover in-year spending by successive Tory Governments. Money intended for long-term investment has been redirected…12 Sept 2024HANSARDUkraineI thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for the early opportunities he has provided for MPs from all parties to be briefed on the ongoing situation in Ukraine. I…10 Sept 2024HANSARDLevel 3 Vocational PathwaysApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker; I was not expecting to be called so soon. I thank the Secretary of State for her focus on T-levels and her recognition of the need for a pause. I…09 Sept 2024HANSARD International Immunities and PrivilegesI thank the shadow Minister for his speech. Mr Speaker, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to speak. It appears that for once my sense of timing has been…24 Jul 2024