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HANSARDEngagementsThis is a crisis where lives hang in the balance and where the enemies of peace and democracy would like nothing more than for us to become divided and to abandon our values. Does…18 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsYesterday I also met charities with staff working in Gaza and heard their accounts of the harrowing humanitarian crisis: children fleeing their homes; hospitals barely able to…18 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for his answer. The terrible news last night came as we are still mourning the terrorist attack on Israel last week, with Jews taken hostage, mutilated,…18 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the Prime Minister for the advance copy of his statement and for the updates the Government have provided to Labour Front Benchers over the past few days. Last Saturday,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe truth is, the Government are presiding over mayhem in the criminal justice system. Only a few short months ago, Zara Aleena’s family said that Ministers had—these are their…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in his words about the Clerk of the House. I pay tribute to the police who tracked down the escaped terror suspect from Wandsworth prison last week.…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsEvery week, whatever the topic, the Prime Minister paints this picture as if everything is great and fine out there. It is so at odds with the lived experience in the real world.…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsThat certainly was not a yes. What the Prime Minister says now is totally at odds with the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament report of July. That set out that the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsEvery week the Prime Minister comes here, protesting that nothing is his fault and trying to convince anyone who is still listening that everything is great. The truth is that the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsProbation, prisons, schools, China—yet again, inaction man fails to heed the warnings and then blames everyone else for the consequences. On Sunday, the Home Secretary celebrated…13 Sept 2023HANSARDG20 SummitMay I thank the Prime Minister for an advance copy of his statement? I join him in sending my condolences and those of the whole House to those affected by the devastating…11 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsWell, Mr Speaker, Conservative Members want more, so let me continue. Ferryhill School in County Durham was on Labour’s building list in 2010. The Government scrapped that, and…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsI just do not think the Prime Minister gets how, “It’s all fine out there” is at odds with the lived experience of millions of working people across this country. Let us go…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsCarmel College in Darlington was on Labour’s building list in 2010. The Conservatives scrapped it, and now children there are in a crumbling school. On the one hand, we have the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in congratulating the Lionesses, and also in his comments about Sergeant Saville; I think we speak for the whole House when we speak on that subject. I…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister claims to be a man of detail, but there have been 100 parliamentary questions from the Opposition on this issue, and an Opposition day motion. Let us continue:…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsIf you can believe it, Mr Speaker, in April this year, the Education Secretary signed a contract for refurbishment of her offices. It has her personal stamp of approval on it. It…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsWood Green Academy in Sandwell was on Labour’s building list in 2010. The Conservatives scrapped it, and now children there are in a crumbling school. The head of the National…06 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker— [ Interruption. ]19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsLabour in government was proud to repeal the ban on LGBT+ people serving in our armed forces, and today we strongly welcome this apology from the Prime Minister as a recognition…19 Jul 2023