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HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I congratulate all those involved in bringing the petitions to Parliament, including all my constituents who signed…16 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIsrael’s behaviour towards Palestinians, as I saw 30 or 40 years ago, only worsens the chances of peace. It builds in children’s minds the idea that peace is a long way off. In…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for introducing this very important debate, and I…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseI, too, read the briefing from the British Fireworks Association, and what concerned me was that it seemed to underemphasise the damage being caused by providing the tiny…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We know that it is possible to buy bright, colourful, exciting fireworks that do not make nearly so much noise, and some jurisdictions already…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. A block of 50 flats in my constituency was built by the public sector 60 years ago and has now been found to have a major structural fault that will cost over £1 million to…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceThe Transport Secretary’s statement is hugely welcome. Bringing privately owned train operating companies into public ownership as well as setting up GBR will inevitably add to…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Flight CancellationsLast month, 18 flights between Belfast City and Heathrow were cancelled, and I can only imagine how difficult that must be for Members from Northern Ireland and their…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)As Chair of the Transport Committee, I will focus my remarks on transport, a sector that is essential to delivering the Labour Government’s missions on growth and decarbonisation…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanUnder international law, Palestinian refugees retain their right to return. By seeking to dismantle UNRWA, Israel could, as part of a wider plan, be pressurising Palestinian…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw attention to my membership of the GMB. I support this landmark employment Bill, the biggest expansion of workers’ rights for a generation. Today we see the difference that…21 Oct 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingMy constituents rightly want to see more neighbourhood policing teams on their streets. I welcome the Government’s commitment to bringing in 10,000 more neighbourhood police…21 Oct 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood Policing3. What steps her Department is taking to improve neighbourhood policing.21 Oct 2024HANSARDCornwall and Isles of Scilly: Transport NeedsThe Government’s bus reforms are welcome, but rural areas such as Cornwall have perhaps the poorest bus services in England, as well as less well developed partnerships than, say,…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportAs the Prime Minister so painfully said, the Grenfell fire destroyed lives and ripped families apart, but constituents of mine are suffering, too. They are afraid to go to sleep…04 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the former Chancellor that emerged this morning clearly stated that the failure by the last Government to hold a spending review…03 Sept 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationThe World Health Organisation has warned that the lack of sanitation and clean water caused by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza poses a real risk of polio spreading undetected…30 Jul 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Situation22. What steps he is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.30 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI am old enough to remember British Rail. On quite a lot of measures, British Rail was improving before it was privatised. While the hon. Lady wants to make an ideological attack…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Road Safety on the A1I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate and on the excellent work she has been doing in her constituency to successfully get modifications made on her stretch of the…29 Jul 2024