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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will not; I am short of time. Just how strong are the Bill’s safeguards? We are not commentators; we are legislators. Our job is to scrutinise, to test and to test again the…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe point of my amendment is to make sure that a future Secretary of State would have to come before the House with primary legislation. Report stage is not about the principles…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. The dangers of what is happening in America provide a real lesson for us here. As the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) put it,…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to speak in support of the amendment in my name, which seeks to strengthen new clause 14 tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater). Why do we…13 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, as a proud Lancastrian like myself, you will be aware that this Friday is Whit Friday, and that across the north-west we still have a strong tradition of Whit walks…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI warmly welcome today’s decision by the UK Government to work with other international allies to sanction these extremist Israeli Ministers. Just to remind ourselves how…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentAndy Burnham’s Atom Valley mayoral development zone for advanced manufacturing will be based in Rochdale, Oldham and Bury, and it is so named in honour of Ernest Rutherford’s…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentThe median average income of a pensioner in Rochdale is £15,000, which is way below the amount we expect people to live on with the national living wage, so I thank the Minister…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseRochdale’s award-winning trading standards team has led the country in exposing the spread of ghost car number plates, which allow child sex offenders, speeding motorists and drug…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsAs someone who grew up on free school meals in Rochdale, I know what a massive difference today’s announcement will make to more than 8,000 of my constituents. One of my…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthThe Mellor bus factory in Rochdale was the perfect place for the Chancellor to unveil this £15 billion investment in transport infrastructure today, and also to give a first taste…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe horrific historic tragedy of the Palestinian people, and particularly the people of Gaza, is that they are at the mercy of two sets of extremists: the extremists of Hamas, but…04 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe children of Gaza are being not just starved to death but bombed to death as Israel tries to wipe Palestine itself off the map, so I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement,…20 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend told our Select Committee yesterday that it is not for us to give away the labour of other people to third parties for free. Given that the Government have now said…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI thank the Minister for his personal commitment to this cause, and the UK Government for putting this matter on the record at the UN yesterday as a matter of extreme urgency. May…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationThe UN’s Philippe Lazzarini is right, isn’t he, to say today that Israel is committing a “massive atrocity” by blocking aid to the children of Gaza? As well as the urgent need for…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Situation8. What steps he is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.13 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe murder of 26 civilians in Pahalgam was truly horrific, but India’s airstrikes have resulted in the deaths of 26 civilians in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. This cannot be a…07 May 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateLet us be clear, the masked murderers of Hamas could end the suffering of the Gazan people today if they released the hostages and agreed to a ceasefire. But let us also be clear…06 May 2025HANSARDCounter Terrorism Policing: ArrestsI pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of the counter-terrorist specialist firearms officers who took part in the arrest of an Iranian national in Rochdale over the…06 May 2025