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HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMay I say how delighted I am to see the introduction of a commissioner for our armed forces and veterans? It is badly needed, and I am sure that the commissioner will be…21 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI thank the Secretary of State—he is doing what he should be doing and what should have been done before: telling truth to the people and the Commons. I will not waste any time. I…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTaiwan: International StatusI do not want to go on too much about organ harvesting, because it gives me sleepless nights. China takes organs from 28-year-olds because it gets more for them, as there are…28 Nov 2024HANSARDTaiwan: International StatusI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Renfrewshire (Blair McDougall) on securing the debate, and my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Alison…28 Nov 2024HANSARDDefence: 2.5% GDP Spending CommitmentRussia has gone to war in Europe, starting in Ukraine. It was America and Britain that saved Europe in the last war; it looks like this will be the same. Europe simply must step…11 Nov 2024HANSARDUyghur and Turkic Muslims: Forced Labour in ChinaIt is a pleasure to work under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for East Renfrewshire (Blair McDougall) for securing this essential…06 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)No. It is good that, in the short term, a Labour Government will target additional grant funding at the councils that are most in need, but that needs to be the start of a process…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)This Budget will deliver to communities such as mine. May I begin by welcoming the mineworkers’ pension scheme resolution? It means that £1.5 billion of miners’ pension payments…05 Nov 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsThe bottom 50% of the population owned less than 5% of wealth in 2021, while the top 10% stacked up 57% of it—up from 52.5% in 1995. In our communities, the less well-off are…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving Standards5. What steps she plans to take to help improve living standards.29 Oct 2024HANSARD China: Human Rights and SanctionsI am honoured to have met Sebastien Lai and his legal team, who are fighting for the release of his father, Jimmy Lai. Jimmy is 76 and a diabetic, and there are serious concerns…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn). May I congratulate all Members who have been returned to the House of Commons, and in…17 Jul 2024HANSARD UkraineFor more than two years Ukrainians have been fighting this war on behalf of us all. The brave Ukrainians are fighting for our shared values. They are fighting for our democracy,…20 May 2024HANSARDChildren Remanded in CustodySome 44% of places in youth custody are taken up by children and young people on remand who do not go on to receive a custodial sentence. Yet children held in young offenders…14 May 2024HANSARDChildren Remanded in Custody1. What recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the number of children being remanded to custody.14 May 2024HANSARDApprenticeship AchievementsGiving all young people a good education is key to levelling up our country, yet the number of apprenticeship starts has fallen by a third over the last decade and there are 3%…29 Apr 2024HANSARDApprenticeship Achievements2. What assessment she has made of trends in the number of apprenticeship achievements.29 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and I thank the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) for securing the debate. It has been a wonderful and sincere debate, but…22 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingI thank my hon. Friend for her wonderful contribution to the debate. Many people want to stay at home—I have stayed with four people right through to their deaths at home—but…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTime Spent in Cells: Reoffending Rates6. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the length of time that prisoners spend in their cells on reoffending rates.20 Feb 2024