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HANSARDPost Office Board and GovernanceWhat we saw yesterday was unedifying and, at points, a fiasco. Sub-postmasters watching will have rightly been dismayed and will have felt that, if anything, they were moving…28 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Board and Governancerose —28 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. The birth of a child, and their early years, are crucial periods for the child and their development. They are special…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationMay I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement? The Horizon scandal has rightly left the public outraged by the scale and shocking details of the injustice that has…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Management CultureI, too, thank the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) for all her work, including on the all- party parliamentary group on post offices. Members across the…08 Feb 2024HANSARDMortgage Interest Rates: Impact on Disposable IncomeI thank the Minister for his answer, but since his party’s disastrous mini-Budget fiasco under the previous Prime Minister, food prices have soared, extreme damage has been done…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanAs well as providing support to young people—I welcome the £100 million of existing funding to divert and support young people through preventive work—does my hon. Friend agree…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMortgage Interest Rates: Impact on Disposable Income10. What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in mortgage interest rates during this Parliament on household disposable income.06 Feb 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesCan the Minister explain what impact the review, and the time it will take, will have on the aid that is provided to people? I recognise what he has said about what will happen in…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdThe Post Office Horizon scandal is one of the most insidious injustices in our country. It has robbed innocent people of their livelihoods, their liberty and, all too sadly, their…29 Jan 2024HANSARDSMEs: Operating CostsBusiness closures now exceed new business openings, with 345,000 businesses across the UK closing in 2022—the highest since records began. This week, the Financial Times reported…25 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportWill the Minister give way?23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and congratulate her on exposing this scandal that is affecting children across our country. In my borough, the problem has gone up…23 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesSince the outbreak of war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as well as the crisis in shipping security, which has now led to the UK military response to protect British interests,…15 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Since the outbreak of war in Gaza, over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed, including 10,000 children, and forced displacement is causing a humanitarian catastrophe. There…10 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe only way this war is likely to be brought to an end is through Government pressure—US pressure on the Israeli Government, and the Arab countries playing their part in applying…08 Jan 2024HANSARD UkraineIn July this year, I had the opportunity to visit Ukraine with Siobhan’s Trust and the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). It was clear…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaAhead of today’s UN Security Council vote, a group of foreign policy and military experts, including the former chief of the UK armed forces, General Richards, have called for the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I know that the Minister will be keen to make sure that these mistakes are never repeated and that the lessons are learned. It is…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillI am pleased that the Bill will pass and make at least some effort in addressing this injustice—to the extent that that is possible. What the sub-postmasters have gone through is…19 Dec 2023