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HANSARDFlood Protection FundingWhile the far right and shamefully even some MPs in this House are busy denying climate change and trying to turn it into the latest culture war, people in our communities are…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Internet Service Providers and Suicide-related ContentThe hon. Member is correct that everyone should exercise great moral responsibility when putting stuff out there for people to see and be influenced by. Joe Nihill’s mother…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Internet Service Providers and Suicide-related ContentThe reason I have sought this Adjournment debate on internet service providers and suicide-related content online arises from a terrible tragedy that happened in my constituency.…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Internet Service Providers and Suicide-related ContentI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. This is not a freedom of speech issue; this is a particular website linked to the deaths of 50 people in our country and many more…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Internet Service Providers and Suicide-related ContentI thank the hon. Member for her intervention, and I will mention her constituent’s horrific experience later in my speech. I agree that there is much further to go to ensure that…18 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineWill the Minister give way?16 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe United States has confirmed that all F-35 parts in the global spares pool are tracked by the US Government. Our Government have admitted that, too. Do the UK Government have…16 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. We cannot carry on with a business-as-usual approach to Israel. That has become a green light for war crimes. That…16 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaIt has been deeply moving to see Syrian families reunited after years in Assad’s prisons. On the wider situation, it is important that we learn the lessons from the past—not least…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Detention of Alaa Abd el-FattahMy right hon. Friend rightly lists figures of national and international significance who are backing the campaign for Alaa’s release. Does my right hon. Friend agree that in…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have the deepest respect for my hon. Friend, but one thing that concerns me is societal or systemic coercion. At the moment, elderly people in our society pay thousands of…29 Nov 2024HANSARDCOP29The Secretary of State was absolutely right to say at the close of the climate talks that the only way to keep the British people safe from extreme weather and economic disruption…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperIt is vital that people are helped into fulfilling, well-paid work so that they can realise their potential. The Secretary of State rightly mentioned the importance that she…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter the issuing of the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, can the Foreign Secretary confirm when the Government will impose the scale of sanctions on…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Online Safety: Children and Young PeopleOn a number of occasions during the passage of the Online Safety Bill in this House, I raised the story of my constituent Joe Nihill from Leeds, who sadly took his own life after…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI must press the Minister on the question of F-35 arms sales. He mentions direct and indirect arms sales, and he says that the indirect arms sales are either irrelevant or…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationLast week, a United Nations special committee found that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war, and that Israel’s methods of warfare in Gaza are consistent with genocide.…19 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe devastating scenes of flooding in Spain remind us all of why urgent investment is needed to deal with the deadly consequences of climate change. Does the Minister agree that…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Social Security Advisory Committee: Winter Fuel PaymentGovernment Members will obviously not take protestations about poverty from the Conservative party with anything other than a mountain of salt. But the Government spend £1,300…12 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The Budget is a welcome break from more than a decade of austerity, and especially from the Tories’ slash-and-burn plans announced at their last Budget, which would have meant…05 Nov 2024