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HANSARDUkraineI join those thanking the Prime Minister for setting out how clearly the safety of the world and the future of Ukraine relies on this moment. I for one am saddened that the hon.…03 Mar 2025HANSARD Women’s HealthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq, and to hear so many brilliantly powerful speeches. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye…27 Feb 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainOnly refugees whose cases prove that they would be at harm if they returned home are given indefinite leave to remain in this country—30,000 people last year. They will not leave…24 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraineI am sure that our Ukrainian allies will listen to the steadfast support in this House and feel heartened, and that they will also notice whose voices are absent from the House at…24 Feb 2025HANSARD US Steel Import TariffsI echo Labour Members’ support for steel as a nationally important infrastructure industry that we must protect in this country. Further to the comments of my hon. Friend the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsI thank the Minister for the thoughtful way in which he is proceeding. We all recognise that climate change is a threat to growth rather than a driver of it, whether that is…10 Feb 2025HANSARD UK-EU RelationsI guess I should not be surprised to hear the Conservatives trying to defend an impossibly bad deal for British business, which is why I am so relieved that the grown-ups are…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Youth Mobility Scheme: EUI welcome the Liberal Democrats’ interest in youth mobility. Those of us who bought their first album recognise that one of the challenges here is to get the right deal for…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Youth Mobility Scheme: EUI know more than most how much work my right hon. Friend has been doing on this issue. As for rejoining the pan-European scheme, it already exists; it is not a bespoke scheme. On…29 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewFor nearly 25 years, I have been part of campaigns to either save or rebuild Whipps Cross hospital. For the last 10 years, I have stood shoulder to shoulder with the Secretary of…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI know that for the next couple of days everybody in this House will hold in their hearts my constituent Sharone, whose father Oded is the oldest hostage we are awaiting news on;…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Debt Advice ServicesWe all value the debt advisers. As my hon. Friend has just said, “buy now, pay later” companies do not yet contribute to the levy that pays for those people, but the companies…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Debt Advice Services“Follow that!” is the first thing to say. Let me try. I will start by saying that often the British public would rather talk about sex than debt. Both can equally cause a lot of…09 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaI am sorry that the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith) is no longer here because he is right that Hamas are terrorists, but we need to be clear in this House that…07 Jan 2025HANSARDWorkplace Pay GapsI am pleased to hear that the shadow Minister thinks that gender pay gap reporting is something that should drive change. Does he therefore want to apologise for the fact that the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDWorkplace Pay GapsIt is, as ever, a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger and I wish you a happy new year. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler), who…07 Jan 2025HANSARDWorkplace Pay GapsI absolutely welcome the commitment to look at these issues, but I want to put on record that many of us believe that shared parental leave has set us back in terms of equality…07 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMay I just say, on behalf of every decent-minded MP across the House, how powerful and important it is to see the Safeguarding Minister here on the Front Bench with the Home…06 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth and Adult Social Care ReformI welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to tackling the backlog of appointments—all our constituents would benefit from that—and his honest recognition that there is a risk,…06 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI hope the hon. Gentleman recognises that I am talking about a specific function of the way in which the childcare sector operates and the fact that it generates public Exchequer…17 Dec 2024