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HANSARD Great British Energy BillI rise to speak to my amendment (a) to Lords amendment 2, which I hope might act as a bridge between our two Houses. Although I welcome this Bill, from the moment it started its…25 Mar 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank everybody who has spoken in the debate, and express my deep regret that some were unable to do so, but there are many avenues in this House for Members to make their…05 Mar 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The work that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has done to protect the most vulnerable—I am thinking particularly of children,…05 Mar 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank my hon. Friend and fellow Committee member. As he is well aware, the Committee is doing a value-for-money inquiry, and Gavi is one of the best ways to get value for money…05 Mar 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank the Backbench Business Committee for selecting this subject for this very timely debate, which is in my name and the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Islington…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government procurement budget is around £300 billion. Can the Minister please tell us what percentage of his allocation will go to British businesses? Will he confirm that…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI rise happier than when I sat down. I thank the Minister for clarifying that. The sector has legitimate concerns that the DRS will lead to poor environmental outcomes, with less…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI am very proud that Beatson Clark manufactures glass right in the heart of my constituency and has done so for 270 years; it employs 200 people directly and a further 2,000 in…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI think I heard the Home Secretary adopting my five-point plan, so I thank her for that and thank everybody across the House who has been campaigning on the issue. If I could ask…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and support every word that he has said. No one wants a ceasefire more than I do. I cannot describe the tears that I and others in…16 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe inquiry the hon. Gentleman seeks was part of the overarching inquiry. There were 12 separate inquiries. One of them lasted two years, and resulted in a 185-page report that…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI welcome the Bill because it addresses a lot of the underlying problems we have in our schools and education and, indeed, in the protection of children. I welcome the Secretary…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI absolutely echo what the hon. Member says; that work is so important. Recommendation 13 is on mandatory reporting. I was keen to hear the Home Secretary say that it will be one…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this question. I also thank the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for all the work that she has done trying to highlight…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLabour committed in our manifesto to phasing out animal testing—a goal that is not only widely supported by the public, but critical to advancing scientific innovation. However,…12 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaSince 28 November, almost a million Syrians, most of them women and children, have been displaced internally due to the recent violence. More than 7.2 million Syrians are…09 Dec 2024HANSARD UK Supply Chains: Uyghur Forced LabourI thank the Minister for his statement, but, with the greatest respect, what he has described is clearly not working. Yesterday’s “Blood on the shelves” BBC investigation has…03 Dec 2024HANSARD UK Supply Chains: Uyghur Forced Labour(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if he will make a statement on the links between the UK’s supermarket supply chains and Uyghur forced…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaI cannot process that this conflict has been going on for 13 years. From where I am sitting, I have a direct line of sight to the memorial shield for our former colleague from…02 Dec 2024HANSARD UK Leadership on SudanYesterday, in the Committee’s session on Sudan, Dr Eva Khair, director of the Sudan Transnational Consortium, made it clear that we should regard this not as a civil war but as a…28 Nov 2024