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HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessI hope that the Secretary of State will give a little more consideration to the rather important point raised by the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy) about 16 and…15 Dec 2025HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionLike every other communist regime that has ever existed, the Chinese Government behave with ruthlessness, impunity and unmitigated mendacity. I therefore welcome the strong words…15 Dec 2025HANSARDNATO: European SecurityHaving sat through the debate on Ukraine on 4 December, has the Minister taken on board the important message for our NATO colleagues that if there is a forced division of…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionI find it rather shocking that when the Secretary of State for Health has offered the BMA leadership an opportunity to strike a few weeks later, they have turned it down,…10 Dec 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryFew of us here today were present in 2003 when the then MP for Keighley, Mrs Ann Cryer—a courageous Labour Member on the left of her party—spoke out about the grooming gangs. For…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Operation KenovaI am sure the Secretary of State will agree that running any double agent inside a murderous organisation is bound to be a moral nightmare. The justification for such action is…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanIt is fairly clear that my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy) is right that this was a predetermined decision, and that the evidence was something for which…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsI am afraid that the Minister’s treatment of the 60% figure only tends to confirm my belief that one is better off with the common sense of 12 ordinary people than with one legal…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleIt is hard to think of a comparable disaster without going back to perhaps the early 1960s and the cancellation successively of Blue Streak and Skybolt. I worry that if and when…08 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineOne way in which we could continue to lead would be by giving a very firm commitment that if the frontlines are indeed frozen, a coalition of the willing would have military…04 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineHas the hon. Gentleman noticed that point 26 of the 28-point Witkoff plan is a general amnesty for everyone? That would mean that whoever committed the most atrocious war crimes…04 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineOne of the advantages of being called at a late stage of the debate is that I can put my hand on my heart and truthfully say that every single speech in this debate so far has…04 Dec 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the PastI agree entirely with the Chairman of the Committee that reconciliation depends upon uncovering the truth. Does her Committee’s report go into the incompatibility of that aim with…04 Dec 2025HANSARDDawn Sturgess InquiryHave the Government formed a view as to why President Putin—the killer in the Kremlin—chose to target Sergei Skripal after he had been pardoned and exchanged? Nothing that I am…04 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillThe Minister has indeed been most accessible, and I am extremely grateful to him for the meeting he held with members of the ExxonMobil pensioners group. I am still being lobbied…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillMay I applaud the hon. Lady’s speech? That is exactly what has happened to so many ExxonMobil pensioners in my constituency and beyond.03 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI applaud what the hon. Gentleman has said about the AEAT pensioners’ difficulties. It is quite shocking that, despite the fact that a previous Conservative pensions Minister,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageHaving previously read out in this Chamber the relevant section of the Official Secrets Act 1911, I am pleased that the report concludes that the decision not to prosecute under…03 Dec 2025HANSARDVenezuela: US MilitaryPresident Trump would no doubt argue that there is a parallel between this situation and George Bush senior’s invasion of Panama in late 1989, but does the Minister agree with me…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe Government seem to be keen to maximise the gravity of the OBR’s accidental leak while minimising the gravity of the Chancellor’s deliberate leaks. The Minister has twice…03 Dec 2025