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HANSARD Covid-19Does my hon. Friend agree that, despite the evidence on the disproportionate impact on BAME communities and poorer communities, the Government have yet to take the steps required…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19The coronavirus pandemic has turned our world upside down. It is the biggest global threat to health and wellbeing in our living memory, with so many lives cruelly taken. The…28 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, the Treasury Committee reported on economic crime, finding that an estimated £90 billion of dirty money was laundered through the City of London every year. As the Home…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I could not agree more. I hope that Ministers learn from the things that could have been done better and ensure that those lessons are learned quickly. That is all we want. That…28 Sept 2020HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that one of the major obstacles to young Palestinians being able to do what he describes is their lack of freedom of movement and their…24 Sept 2020HANSARD NHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting what many women have been suffering in silence. The Minister’s reaction to this is profound. Does my hon. Friend agree that the…24 Sept 2020HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) on securing this important debate. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial…24 Sept 2020HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesDoes my hon. Friend agree that, despite what has recently happened, the Israeli Government have not ruled out normalisation of annexation for the long term, that it is a temporary…24 Sept 2020HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesDoes my hon. Friend agree that given Britain’s unique history in relation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, it is important that our Government continue to work…24 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe £150 million spent on faulty masks, the £120 million spent on contracts awarded to a Tory council and the staggering £1 billion-worth of contracts awarded without proper due…09 Sept 2020HANSARD Detention of Uyghur Muslims in XinjiangI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this very important debate. Does she agree that if the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing and genocide are not prosecuted—as in the case…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEmployment LevelsI thank the Minister for her answer, but my question is about the job retention scheme and employment levels. Given that some employers will be paid to retain workers who are…21 Jul 2020HANSARDEmployment LevelsWhat assessment he has made of the effect of winding down the coronavirus job retention scheme on employment levels.21 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalI could not agree more. The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee found that the £1 billion building safety fund would pay for only 600 of the buildings, when…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalI could not agree more. In debates on these matters I have called time and again on the Government to use their powers and stand with leaseholders and take action, because at the…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalI agree with my hon. Friend. I will come to that point, and I hope the Minister addresses the point about the need for private developers and freeholders to take action and also…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalYes, absolutely, and I hope that the Minister will, along with his Treasury colleagues, look at this very quickly to resolve the matter, because it affects people who are trying…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalI very much agree with my hon. Friend. As the Minister can see, this is a short debate but there is a lot of interest and concern. I hope that he will hear these concerns and…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalIt is beyond belief that it has been three years since that terrible night at Grenfell Tower. I want to begin by paying my respects to those who lost their lives, and we will…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I urge the Minister to use his powers and his position to look at these issues in the round, so that he can sleep at night and feel…14 Jul 2020