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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree with the right hon. Gentleman. As I said right at the beginning, I am not against assisting dying in any circumstances. If the Bill passes, we will have the NHS as a 100%…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have heard so many stories like that. The arbitrary cut-off of six months does not necessarily meet with the reality of sick people.29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is the point: coercion is something that there will be no material evidence of and that we cannot see. People keep saying that the Bill cannot be amended, but of course any…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) on bringing forward this Bill, which has been the occasion of a very important national conversation. I…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBut if the House passes this legislation, the issue that I have raised will become foremost in people’s minds even more so. We are told that there is no evidence of coercion in…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Robust safeguards for the sick and dying are vital to protect them from predatory relatives, to protect them from the state and, above all,…29 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityFirst, I express my sympathy for Chris Kaba’s family and his mother. Whatever he was or did, he was her son, and she deserves our sympathy and respect. I also acknowledge my hon.…23 Oct 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportDoes the Prime Minister recognise how painful it must be for the Grenfell community to have had that tower looming over them for seven years, and for it to have taken seven years…04 Sept 2024HANSARDElection of SpeakerI congratulate the Speaker-Elect on his election. He has been Speaker through tumultuous times, but he has never failed to serve with grace, expertise and fairness. I also…09 Jul 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationAs colleagues have said, the Home Affairs Committee found Mr Neal to be a very diligent and committed public servant. Does the Minister share the chief inspector’s concern about…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseThe massacre by Hamas on 7 October is completely indefensible, but the Minister will be aware that since then no fewer than 5,500 Gaza children have died and there are hundreds…27 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeWill my right hon. Friend give way?15 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister will be aware that President Macron, the United Nations and all the adjoining Arab countries are calling for a ceasefire. They are calling for a ceasefire because…14 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe Prime Minister said earlier that aid is flowing into Gaza. May I draw his attention to the fact that every single non-governmental organisation is saying that the aid is only…23 Oct 2023HANSARDGaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital ExplosionThe Foreign Secretary will be aware of the horror with which the missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, which caused hundreds upon hundreds of casualties, is regarded not just here…18 Oct 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonIs the hon. Lady aware that, in 2019, Max Hastings, the editor of The Daily Telegraph and a Tory, said about Boris Johnson: “Johnson would not recognise truth, whether about his…19 Jun 2023HANSARDStop and SearchThe Home Secretary spoke about black mothers. I am a black mother, and I know very many black mothers: they are my friends, my relatives and my constituents. I have represented an…19 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs a child of migrants, can I tell the Home Secretary how much I deplore her seeking to smear migrants as a whole as criminals and rapists? Can I also assure the House that I will…07 Mar 2023HANSARDUnsafe CladdingThe Minister understands what a terrible problem this unsafe cladding is. A development in my constituency, Dalston Square, has unsafe cladding and the builders, Barratt, have…09 Jan 2023HANSARDManston UpdateI am grateful to the Minister for coming before the House with his statement, but does he not agree that it should not have taken a death to make Ministers focus properly on…28 Nov 2022