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HANSARDSecurity VettingThe Prime Minister has gone on at considerable length about process and procedure, but ordinary people do not really care about process and procedure; they want transparency, and…20 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastThe Iranian regime is a threat to us all, not least to its own population. I implore Ministers to remember the importance of a debate in Parliament, just as we had on Iraq, if we…23 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastThe Prime Minister will be aware that very many of our constituents remember the Iraq war, and they will have noted the similarities with this war: both in the middle east and…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThe Secretary of State will be aware how traumatic it is for a child to grow up with special educational needs and to support such a child. She will also be aware that…23 Feb 2026HANSARD VenezuelaNobody in this Chamber wants to defend the regime of Maduro, but what some of us want to do is to stand up for the importance of a rules-based international order. I might add…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaBlithe. I know that the Opposition are blithe about what Trump is doing, but let me say this: there will be countries that will look at Trump’s attitude and carelessness towards…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaMy question is: what would the Foreign Secretary say to British voters—ordinary British voters; not left-wing British voters in particular—who do not understand why a British…05 Jan 2026HANSARDCriminal Court ReformThe entire House is concerned about victims, including the victims of attacks on women and girls. However, the entire House is also concerned about the men and women who will…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Secretary will be aware that Hurricane Melissa is of huge concern internationally, to those who have friends and family on holiday in Jamaica and to those of us of…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthA young lady who came to work for me years ago said that she had never seen the word nigger so often in her life, and she did not expect that.23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthIn this Black History Month, I am sorry to have to say that any objective assessment of the current state of racial justice in this country would not be a wholly positive one.…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthI do agree. We have to be very careful about talking about progress when, as my colleague says, a lot of the debate on race is pursued by using code, but the issue still remains…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthI agree with the hon. Member that some of this negativity around race and asylum has always been there. Does she agree that the rise of Reform has emboldened people who always…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthThe entire House is concerned about the educational outcomes of working-class children in general, but does the Minister accept that if we only ever talk about white working-class…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe Minister will be aware that many of us in this Chamber think that Palestine Action is in a different category from the other two organisations that he is seeking to proscribe.…02 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillMillions of disabled people will listen, view or read about this debate and its consequences, and feel fear. For some Members of the House, this is just an afternoon’s political…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis may be the most fateful Bill that we discuss this Parliament. It is literally a matter of life and death. I have heard talk today of the injustices of the current situation.…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThere has been a lot of talk about there being no evidence of coercion, but within the family, the most powerful coercion is silence: it is the failure to answer when a question…20 Jun 2025HANSARDChurch Assets: Historical Link to Slavery10. Whether the commissioners have made an estimate of the proportion of the Church’s assets that may have a link to historical involvement with slavery.22 May 2025HANSARDChurch Assets: Historical Link to SlaveryMy hon. Friend will be aware that there is a lot of interest in the relationship between the Church and the slave trade. Is she able to say over what period the Church made…22 May 2025