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HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank Grace and my hon. Friend the Member for Burton and Uttoxeter (Jacob Collier). I want to make a speech on…27 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI suspect that one reason our optimism is cautious is that many of us are acutely aware that the damage that has been done will last a generation—on all sides of the conflict. For…14 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI join colleagues in expressing my condolences to the families of those who lost a loved one in last week’s attack. I also put on record—I think this whole House will agree—our…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI appreciate the Secretary of State setting out the Government’s ambitions. I have to pick her up on something, though, because she said this policy would be free, but ultimately…13 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportThe hon. Lady is making a very powerful case, and we all agree that we want to get the system right. Can we also all agree, because there is not a Reform Member here, that the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDQatar: Israeli StrikeThe Minister is absolutely right to call for a session at the United Nations—nobody can think that attacking the people trying to broker peace is going to lead to a ceasefire—but…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceOur constituents with links to Poland will understandably be terrified by last night’s development, but they will also be reassured that the Polish people, like the Ukrainian…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsNearly 1,500 people have now been arrested because of concerns about proscription. There is clearly a problem with violence and intimidation in our politics, and we have to get…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI do apologise, Mr Speaker. I was advised that it was three minutes, but that is my fault. Terrorism is different from terrorising opponents, but both should be criminal offences.…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and Protests(Urgent Question): To ask if the Home Secretary will make a statement on the proscription of Palestine Action and public protest.08 Sept 2025HANSARD Early Education and ChildcareI welcome the Minister’s recognition of the impact of this policy on equality. He will know that this Monday was Mums’ Equal Pay Day. Mums earn 33% less than dads, so from 1…04 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumIt was Orwell who urged us to be proud of our countries and to call out the nationalists trying to demand that we express our pride or be called traitors accordingly. Let us be…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI think we all hear the frustration of the Foreign Secretary. He is leading in a way that other nations have not on this challenge, but it is that leadership role that we are…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastMy hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi) is right; we have been waiting weeks for this statement. The truth is that our constituents do not…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityI think many of us agree with the Minister when she says that it is important that we are able to debate immigration and refugees and how we as a country support them, and that we…21 Jul 2025HANSARDGlobal Plastics TreatyMy hon. Friend is giving an incredibly powerful speech. Microplastics are also part of what we are wearing, and microfibres are a key part of the problem with plastics. I wonder…17 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanIt is a very shocking story that the Secretary of State has told us today, and I pay tribute to him for his commitment to be transparent about it. Sadly, this comes as no surprise…15 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI am sure that the Home Secretary shares my frustration that we could have been much further along with a returns agreement, because the shadow Home Secretary—the former…14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureThank God there is somebody in this Chamber trying to actually save the planet! Net zero makes good common sense for lots of our constituents when they recognise that this is not…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Billrose—09 Jul 2025