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HANSARD Financial Distress in Local AuthoritiesI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for this important report, which makes sobering reading for Members across the House. Does he agree that the reason his measures are so…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Household Support FundIs my hon. Friend, like me, seeing more and more people coming to his constituency advice sessions who are in desperate need, pushed into penury and really struggling to make ends…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, in keeping with the expertise that she has in this area. I agree that one of the great driving causes of the epidemic of mental ill…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe International Court of Justice is the world’s top court and a leading body of the United Nations, and its orders are binding. It has called on Israel to take all measures…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI grew up, like the shadow Minister, in a region ripped apart by the economic vandalism of Thatcher. Is it not the case that the Tories are repeating the mistakes of the past and…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksTo follow up on the Prime Minister’s comments on Gaza, 25,000 people have now been killed there, so is it not time that our Government did more than express sympathies and instead…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI want to put on record that, like others, I miss our friend and colleague Tony Lloyd so much. He was a public servant of the highest order and a socialist of wit, wisdom,…18 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Sector Pay 2024-25I am listening very carefully to what the Minister is saying. Why does he think that nursing staff are leaving the profession in droves? Does he agree that it is because they are…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Sector Pay 2024-25My hon. Friend is making an incredibly important speech on the need to pay our public sector workers properly. Does she agree that the crisis in our public services will not and…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesWe are now in a very dangerous moment, when the war in Gaza risks spreading into a much wider and even more deadly war across the middle east. There is a real risk that our…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI have been listening carefully to what the Secretary of State is saying on that point, but last year, the Government stated: “The UK has a clear position on Israeli settlements…10 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I very much welcome the speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham. I want to make a brief point about harmful…09 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTo reduce reoffending we need a strong, locally focused and stand-alone probation service—similar to how things were before privatisation—so why are the Government moving in the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIsrael is committing war crimes on a daily basis in Gaza. We have seen the forced displacement and collective punishment of Palestinians, starvation used as a weapon, healthcare…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaHuman Rights Watch has warned that the Israeli Government are using the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza. Let us be clear, that is a war crime. Amnesty has…19 Dec 2023HANSARDDestitution14. What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people experiencing destitution.18 Dec 2023HANSARDDestitutionIt is absolutely heartbreaking that in the world’s sixth-richest country we now have 4 million people living in destitution. We know that disabled people are more likely to live…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelThe Minister will have heard hon. Members detail the horrors rained down upon Gaza in the past few weeks, but can he answer this: how many of the people who have been killed in…12 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyShamefully, our Government refused to back the ceasefire at the UN Security Council last week, when a motion was supported by 100 countries, including France, Spain and Portugal,…11 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIt is the case that 1,400 of my Leeds East constituents have signed these petitions, so people out there do care. When my hon. Friend reflects on the UK Government’s shameful…11 Dec 2023