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HANSARDEngagementsThe Horizon system was introduced by Tony Blair, the former Labour party leader and of course now a Knight of the Garter. The Horizon system was defended by the current leader of…10 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI do not think that the Prime Minister quite gets it. This is not just a plague on all their houses; it is a plague on this House itself, because injustice goes far beyond the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsIf the current actions of the Israeli Government continue, it is estimated that almost 1,400 more children will die between now and Christmas day. In the United Nations last…13 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsWill the Prime Minister please share his Christmas message for children being bombed in Gaza this winter?13 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsOf course, it is not just in relation to Margaret Thatcher that the Tory and Labour leaders appear to agree; the same is true of the Government’s latest migration policies. Those…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsIs the Prime Minister worried that he is projected to be the first Conservative party leader to lose a general election to a fellow Thatcherite? [Interruption.]06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsI appreciate that it is difficult for the Prime Minister to empathise when he quite clearly cannot understand, but to be clear to him and, indeed, the whole House: this is not a…29 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsIn good news for kids in Aberdeen this morning, it was snowing; when they looked out of the kitchen window, they would have been filled with delight. But many of their parents who…29 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsUltimately, what we need is not a pause in the killing of children, but an end to the killing of children, and I can think of no better time than now for the Prime Minister to…22 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsI think all of us in the Chamber are united in our relief at reports that hostages are due to be released by Hamas in Gaza, but we cannot afford to lose sight of what will come at…22 Nov 2023HANSARDWest Midlands: Economic GrowthHow much worse does it need to get? In Gaza, 4,609 children are already dead. Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit are dying because they do not have access to oxygen. For…15 Nov 2023HANSARDWest Midlands: Economic GrowthIn 2010, the then Prime Minister and now Foreign Secretary, David Cameron, said: “People in Gaza are living under constant attacks and pressure in an open-air prison.” Does the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressThank you, Mr Speaker; was it something I said? Like snaw aff a dyke. I wish to begin, as is customary, by passing on my thanks to King Charles and the Queen for their most…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressThe hon. Member for Moray is always one for detail, but I represent Aberdeen South, not Aberdeen North. It is just seven days since the Government announced 27 licences for…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI believe that I was talking about nationalised water in Scotland, and it is not just water that is nationalised in Scotland; our railways are nationalised as well. If you want to…07 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI said last week that history would judge us based on our response not just to the abhorrent terrorist attack in Israel but to the humanitarian crisis that was undoubtedly…23 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy ask for a ceasefire is done with all sincerity, not only in order to protect civilians, but to ensure that we have the safe creation of humanitarian corridors, which will allow…18 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe all continue to unequivocally condemn the abhorrent terrorist attack on the Jewish people and the Israeli state. We fully support the defeat of Hamas and, of course, the safe…18 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaRabbie Burns once poignantly wrote that “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!” It is with those words echoing in all our hearts that we send our thoughts and…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs someone who spends more money heating their swimming pool than the total value of the UK state pension, the Prime Minister—I think it is safe to say—might not be as invested in…13 Sept 2023