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HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillI doubt the Minister intends to be the first to accuse me of waving a white flag on anything. I put it to him that the Government said that the use of the park would not be…22 May 2024HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillMy right hon. Friend is right, and most people will agree with him, even if their job is to stand up and say something different. I will not spend much time on the planning…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe House will understand that my remarks will be subsidiary to those of the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson). It is 36 years since I was with…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry ReportThe thousands of people at Central Hall thanked Sir Brian Langstaff, and he thanked them. As has been said, we should acknowledge the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull…20 May 2024HANSARD Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory GuidanceI thank the Secretary of State for putting forward proposals that children need and that teachers, parents and school leaders have wanted. It seems to me that a lot of people are…16 May 2024HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for reminding himself and us that the ombudsman has, unusually, suggested that Parliament should get involved. Some were asking for £10,000…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeWill the Minister give way?13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeIn one of the Government responses to the petition, they said that applications could be made through “Egypt, Jordan and Turkey”. Are we to understand from the Minister that there…13 May 2024HANSARDGlobal Health Agencies and Vaccine-Preventable DeathsI reflect that it is 45 years since I served on the Select Committee on Overseas Development, before 1979. The point that I would like my right hon. Friend to consider, if not to…09 May 2024HANSARDGlobal Health Agencies and Vaccine-Preventable DeathsI apologise for not having been here on time. I think to make a speech would be wrong; I hope it will be acceptable to intervene on one of the Front-Bench speakers.09 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend indicates in provisional business for the week after next the remaining stages of the Holocaust Memorial Bill. She is familiar with early-day motion 711.…09 May 2024HANSARDRecognition of Western Sahara as MoroccanI am listening with interest to the case that my hon. Friend is making. In essence, he seems to be saying that, because Morocco is important to us, we should recognise that…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe question of local council elections has been raised. Those who want some amusement can read Acts 5:41, quoted in today’s Times and provided by the Bible Society, although I am…02 May 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI thank the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for her introduction to the debate. When Frank Field spoke in one of the first major debates on euthanasia, he told the story…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekI apologise to the House for intervening, but I have to go with my wife to celebrate her 17 years as chancellor of the University of Hull. The hon. Lady is rightly talking about…25 Apr 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMay I follow the tributes to the great Dame—the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson)—for what she has been doing? I have been actively involved in…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWe will remember Doug Hoyle’s smile, we will remember him with a smile, and I remember that he got elected eight months before I did. Questions on the Cass report in this House…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThe hon. Gentleman has made a sensible, serious point. Ministers here and in other countries knew that when they set up the global vaccines study. For those who want to know about…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Building SafetyIt is some years since our late colleague, David Amess, led a few of us who were interested in fire safety even before Grenfell. We must remember that in the months after…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI wish to raise two brief things. First, the Leader of the House will soon see the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on women’s state pension age and its…21 Mar 2024