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HANSARDBBC LeadershipI was pleased to hear the Government announce last week that they will tackle fake news in the curriculum. I always say to children when I go into schools that, “You can trust…11 Nov 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanMy Jewish community have been coming to me for years to say how unsafe they feel and that antisemitism has reared its head in this country for many years. The Secretary of State’s…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillThis has been a wide-ranging and important debate on a vital Bill. There have been many valuable and informed contributions, not least from the hon. Members for Glasgow North…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillI will not be drawn quite into that trap about releasing Joint Intelligence reports. However, the hon. Gentleman makes an important point, because there is no doubt that we are…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillI was about to finish, but I will give way to the hon. Gentleman.16 Oct 2025HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for that important intervention. The hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) raised the importance of mainstream media. We are grateful for her apology…16 Oct 2025HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Ming Campbell was a good friend of mine. There is a body called the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which has not been mentioned yet…14 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationI think the hon. Lady might be rather upset if— [ Interruption. ]14 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings) on securing this important debate. For any…14 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationThank you, Mrs Harris. It is interesting that the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings) mentions the leader of her party, who was of course an Energy Minister at…14 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationI will not give way, because time is very limited. I remind the Chamber that we removed coal from electricity generation; we increased renewables to 47.3% of energy production; we…14 Oct 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI took that intervention because I knew the hon. Gentleman would not be able to help himself. The reality is the Prime Minister made all this thing about, “I’ve appointed an…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesLet us not shy away from what this is about: this is about a man who defended a convicted paedophile, which most people know would lead to any vetting process being failed because…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn). My right hon. Friend the Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis) was able to outline so…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI am afraid I will not. I do not want to test the patience of the House—a lot of people want to speak. The question the Minister has to answer decisively today is, “Who knew what…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI accept that private data cannot be disclosed, but is there a mechanism by which the Minister can ask the Intelligence and Security Committee to look into the question of whether…16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesDoes my hon. Friend agree it is a vital point that if our right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition had not taken down the Prime Minister step by step last week, we may have…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward), not least because of the…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessI apologise sincerely, Mr Stringer. Has the Minister got the plans for what will be said to the President of the United States to cover these very important aspects? Why is there…10 Sept 2025HANSARDGeorgia: DemocracyIt is indeed time for a step change in the UK’s response to the sinister crackdown on freedom and political opposition in Georgia. It is welcome that the Minister is assessing…02 Sept 2025