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HANSARD Valedictory DebateIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Devon (Peter Heaton-Jones). I will start, if I may, by thanking everyone with whom I have had the honour to work in this…05 Nov 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerMr Speaker, I am delighted to join the congratulations on your election yesterday on behalf of the people of Liverpool. An important element of soft power is our commitment to…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Disability-inclusive DevelopmentI beg to move, That this House has considered the Thirteenth Report of the International Development Committee, DFID’s work on disability-inclusive development, Session 2017-19,…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Disability-inclusive DevelopmentThank you, Mr Evans, not only for your chairmanship today but for your service on the Committee. I wish the Committee well in future. You anticipated one of the things I was going…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Liverpool City Council FundingThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to put on the record the amazing contribution that LCVS makes, as do similar councils in other parts of the country. In the 12 years that I have…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Liverpool City Council FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered the funding of Liverpool City Council. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. Liverpool has borne the brunt…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Liverpool City Council FundingThe hon. Lady’s intervention precisely anticipates my next paragraph. At that unprecedented meeting, members of the Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and Liberal parties agreed…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Liverpool City Council FundingI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for his kind words, and I echo his comments about our friend, the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree. He is absolutely right about the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Liverpool City Council FundingI am a strong supporter of the city region devolution. The deal the Minister describes is welcome. However, the strong sense in Liverpool is that what the Government have given…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Liverpool City Council FundingI welcome the additional powers for the city region Mayor, and I pay tribute to Steve Rotheram for his work. I absolutely echo what the Minister said about the renaissance in the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI congratulate the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) on securing this urgent question and agree with everything he said. I want to raise with the Secretary of…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the WorldI wish to address the commitment in the Queen’s Speech that “Government will ensure that it continues to play a leading role in global affairs, defending its interests and…15 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaAs ever, it is innocent civilians who will suffer the consequences of the humanitarian disaster that will follow this decision. May I press the Minister to respond to the question…08 Oct 2019HANSARDForced MigrationIn north-east Nigeria, almost 2 million people have been internally displaced. In a disturbing development, the Nigerian Government have closed two major international…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Yemen( Urgent Question ): To ask the Foreign Secretary to update the House on the latest developments in Yemen.01 Oct 2019HANSARD YemenI thank the Minister for that response. As he says, the humanitarian consequences of the Yemen conflict are devastating. The United Nations has estimated that, by the end of this…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)The Court of Appeal identified a failure by the Government to meet their legal obligation to make a systematic assessment of past possible violations of international law. The…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Girls’ EducationI congratulate the Secretary of State on his appointment to this important role in government. I welcome very warmly both his statement and the commitment the UK made at the G7 to…05 Sept 2019HANSARDCeasefire in YemenIt is a pleasure to join in this cross-party presentation of petitions relating to the situation in Yemen. It used to be said that the crisis in Yemen was a forgotten war. Thanks…24 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Health CoverageIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I draw your attention to a relevant entry in the register—I visited Liberia in 2017 with the fantastic…10 Jul 2019