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HANSARD Middle EastI welcome the Government’s intention to recognise formally the state of Palestine at the UN later this month—which many Labour Members have pushed for ever since our election, and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI warmly welcome the content of the Home Secretary’s statement, particularly the UK-France migrant deal, which provides a safe and legal route for all those families who are…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMusic Streaming: Label-led PrinciplesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, I declare an interest, in that my son Fin is a member of the band Big Huge New Circle, whose latest single “Pearl” is out on Spotify, and…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastEarlier this month I hosted in Parliament Dr Waseem Saeed, a British surgeon who had returned from working in the Nasser hospital in Gaza, where he treated children for severe…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseHanson Springs in Rochdale was founded 62 years ago by Malcolm Hanson, and it has gone from strength to strength. This year the company is investing £3 million in new plant,…17 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. Workers in Rochdale on the minimum wage received a much needed pay rise this summer, thanks to this Government, but honest businesses are being undermined by the menace of…16 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingThe shadow Minister makes a point about the state funding children. Does he accept that a million families that have three or more children receive child benefit presently? If he…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingThe Minister is making an important speech with which many Labour Members will agree. She will be aware that 59% of families with more than two children and which are on universal…15 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationOn Friday, the BBC interviewed an Egyptian economic migrant named Obaida in Calais who said that he had tried and failed four times to cross the channel but, since the Prime…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseRochdale is the historic birthplace of the co-op movement, so it is fitting that we will host the UK Co-op Congress 2025 this weekend. There is an impressive array of speakers,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 July.02 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsWhen this Labour Government extended free school meals to half a million more children last month, Laura—a working mum in Rochdale—told me it would save her £500 a year. She said:…02 Jul 2025HANSARDSupporting Economic GrowthAfter years of unfunded and undelivered promises from the Conservatives on levelling up, places like Rochdale are finally getting the fairer share of money that they really…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis weekend, the England women’s football team play their final friendly before they defend the Euro championship trophy they won so brilliantly in 2022. I am delighted to say…26 Jun 2025HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsRochdale has been a proud home for Ukrainians ever since they were forced to flee Soviet starvation, murder and oppression in the 1930s and 1940s, so many in my constituency will…26 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyRochdale Training provides local apprenticeships in engineering and other skills that we desperately need, and works with local employers to deliver that. Its chief executive,…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?20 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI listened with cold fury to what was coming out of the mouth of the Leader of the Opposition, because much of it was beneath contempt. I commend the Home Secretary for her…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Iran-Israel ConflictThe nuclear ambitions of a bloodthirsty terrorist-sponsoring regime in Tehran pose a real threat to world peace, but does the Foreign Secretary agree that Israel’s own conduct as…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and there is a wider point here about the Henry VIII powers in the Bill. This would be the third such power added to the Bill since Second…13 Jun 2025