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HANSARD OfstedWhen my sister Lee took what were then called her GCE exams in the early 1960s, she was given a specific mark for each exam result. By the time I took mine in the late 1960s, that…03 Sept 2024HANSARDSudanI commend the Minister on having made her visit so promptly. The conflicts in Ukraine and the middle east get coverage on the news night after night. It seems to me that this…03 Sept 2024HANSARDEconomic StabilityGiven that the House of Commons Library estimates that the covid disaster cost the country between £315 billion and £415 billion, can the Minister explain how it is that even her…03 Sept 2024HANSARDUkraineDo the Government have a view on why certain far-right politicians in the United States, Europe and even, dare I say it, Britain seem to have a soft spot for President Putin’s…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateCan the Foreign Secretary assure the House that what appears to be a carefully calibrated response to a dreadful situation will not in any way impair the valuable co-operation…02 Sept 2024HANSARDViolent DisorderDoes the Home Secretary agree that one reason why what might be called her shock and awe policy successfully shut down the violence so quickly was the speed with which the…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeThe infected blood scandal is the health service equivalent of the Post Office Horizon disaster, with the added torture that it has gone on much longer. It took 40 years—over 40…02 Sept 2024HANSARDLeasehold ReformI thank the Minister for expressing the wish of many of us to see this awful system disposed of. Will he draw his colleagues’ attention to the fact that people like me, living in…02 Sept 2024HANSARDNATODoes the Foreign Secretary share my concern that the dominant strand in the US Republican party is, at the moment, falling into the trap of renewed isolationism? What can we do to…30 Jul 2024HANSARDSouthport IncidentMay I draw the attention of the House and the wider public who may be watching to the fact that the Sky News feed has a link to the JustGiving website to raise money for the…30 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceCongratulations on your election, Madam Deputy Speaker. I cannot hope to match the splendid double entendre of the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy), but I may I say to the…29 Jul 2024HANSARDElections: Foreign InterferenceI warmly welcome the appointment of the Minister and congratulate him on it. Like me, he will appreciate that the security and intelligence agencies are reluctant to be seen to…29 Jul 2024HANSARD International Immunities and PrivilegesI know it is thinking very far into the future, but does my hon. Friend accept that one of the lessons from the Ukraine conflict, where we have had to give indirect support, is…24 Jul 2024HANSARD International Immunities and PrivilegesI entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s analysis of past strategic defence reviews, and I particularly remember the 1998 SDR, which was after a Labour landslide. It was…24 Jul 2024HANSARD International Immunities and PrivilegesAnd the Navy.24 Jul 2024HANSARD NATO and European Political Community MeetingsMay I congratulate the Prime Minister on his election victory, and particularly on the very strong commitment he gave at the beginning of his campaign to the maintenance of the…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressWho would have ever dreamt, Sir Edward, when we first met in October 1981, that so many years later both you and your equally radical and progressive friend, my constituency…17 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you for your service to this House, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I place on the record my tribute to the director and staff of the Intelligence and Security Committee for their…23 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportI personally find it reassuring that this matter is being debated by two gallant hon. and right hon. Members—my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom…22 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI ask this question in my personal capacity, not as Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. In general, I am a strong supporter of the work of the ICC. The terrorist…20 May 2024