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HANSARDDigital IDOrder. The mover of the debate must make progress.08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDOrder. I will have to impose an immediate three-minute limit. The more interventions there are, the fewer Members will get in. I can see a number of senior Members in the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI call Jeremy Corbyn. Can you come forward to a microphone, please?08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDOrder. The Doorkeeper must remove that person from the Public Gallery immediately. [ Interruption . ] Don’t just stand there!08 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineWestern societies are visibly divided over how to respond to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and those divisions play directly into Vladimir Putin’s strategic aims. Putin’s…04 Dec 2025HANSARDProposed Chinese Embassy5. Whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with the Chinese Government on the proposed Chinese embassy.04 Dec 2025HANSARDProposed Chinese EmbassyWill the prayers of long-dead medieval monks save us from this hideous mega-embassy, right next to the most totemic building in the United Kingdom, the Tower of London? On 14…04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsBut the Government could have done this right and come to Parliament with a statement today. Instead, once again we wake up to overnight briefings. Cancelling elections is always…04 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairFor what it is worth, I think the OBR has become too powerful. We live in a parliamentary democracy, not a quangocracy, and the Chancellor alone should be responsible. Does the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Minister give way?02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAs a matter of interest, why did Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton resign?02 Dec 2025HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: Support for ChristiansI agree with everything the Leader of the House has just said. The fact is, the pressure by illegal settlers on Christians and Muslims in Jerusalem and the west bank is absolutely…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Right to Trial by JuryI feel so strongly about it.27 Nov 2025HANSARD Right to Trial by JuryI served as a young barrister in criminal courts, and I have served on a jury, and I can say that I was deeply impressed by the care that people on the jury, from all walks of…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe benefit bill is now unsustainable in this country. Really, the main reason I will say what I want to say today is that I hope we can create some consensus in the House to try…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI was not actually making that point. What we were discussing earlier in the year was people seeking work, and trying to encourage people to get back into work. I can understand…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI am careful, actually, to look at the data and constantly refer to facts that are accepted by the OBR and the Government. These facts are not challenged. We have 300,000 people…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI will make some progress, if I may. The Centre for Social Justice estimates that by 2026 there will be a gap of over £2,500 between earnings and combined benefit income for…26 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Reforms: Humanitarian Visa RoutesOrder.25 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Reforms: Humanitarian Visa RoutesI cannot comment on the content, but the delivery of the last speech was certainly very powerful.25 Nov 2025