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HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseMy hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. I asked the Minister whether he had regrets about his Department’s approach in the earlier stages of the most recent conflict. How long will…24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseI beg to move, That this House has considered the UK response to international human rights abuses. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Maria. I would like to start by…24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK Responseindicated assent.24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseI thank my hon. Friend not just for his intervention, but for the work he does in this space to champion and fight for recognition of a definition of Islamophobia in this country.…24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseThe Minister is being generous with his time, but he has been asked a number of specific questions today—I myself asked specific questions about Gaza, Kashmir and China—and I know…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024I do not know whether I fell off the Minister’s list of questions to be answered, but I would be grateful for a clarification as to whether the Indian-controlled region of Jammu…10 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair today, Ms Bardell. I take note of all the points made by the Minister, but I will echo some of those made by our shadow Minister and the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia Bill (Fifth sitting)Does the Minister not find it slightly perverse that the top-billing podcast, “The Rest is Politics”, which is the most listened-to podcast, is not subject to the requirements,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Sixth sitting)Just to add to those points and those made by the shadow Minister, I have often relied on the third parent that is CBeebies, as I imagine many other Members and many of our…12 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for noting all those car manufacturers. As the representative of Luton North, I would like to include van manufacturers as well, particularly Vauxhall.12 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling IslamophobiaOn the anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia that the Minister describes, could she define what that Islamophobia is? In May 2023 one of her ministerial colleagues in the Department…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling IslamophobiaI thank the Backbench Business Committee for proposing today’s important debate, and all my fellow members of the APPG on British Muslims for their work. I also thank somebody…07 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Fourth sitting)On the point around Ofcom drawing up guidance, will Ofcom seek—and will the Government press it to—consultation with viewers, readers and listeners affected by these local…07 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)In that list of protected genres, I note the exception of music. Does the Minister agree that the BBC has an integral part to play in the UK’s cultural landscape as the biggest…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way again; he is being very generous with his time. At what point would the backstop power be initiated? Is there a standard below which the…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Resolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Resolution of Central Counterparties: Partial Property Transfers and Safeguarding of Protected Arrangements) Regulations 2023
Draft Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023On a point of order, Mr Paisley. I just want some clarification, if I may, as to why there is a suspended Member of the Conservative party sitting on the Government side of this…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationWe know that multiple respected humanitarian organisations on the ground in Gaza and Israel have called for a ceasefire of all parties. We know that, historically, ceasefires…08 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael, Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access and Human RightsThousands of innocent people have been killed, and aid workers are included in that devastating loss. UN experts on the ground have given repeated warnings that the current…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael, Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access and Human Rights21. What diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure access to Gaza by humanitarian organisations.24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaOver the weekend, the Archbishop of Canterbury said that “The price of evil cannot be paid by the innocent”, yet in Gaza, Palestinians have had no access to food, water or…16 Oct 2023