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HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillIn the last Parliament, Labour MPs and their leader did everything they possibly could to keep us in the single market. If they had succeeded, we would never have been able to ban…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany people with impaired mobility conditions depend on their cars for the freedom to live the lives they want to lead. Will the Government therefore crack down on Labour’s…13 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsGiven the appalling reports of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October and the risk that hostages could have that treatment inflicted on them as well, will the Prime…13 Dec 2023HANSARDIranThe regime in Tehran has been blatant, public and even unapologetic about its backing, funding and arming of Hamas—terrorists who we now know are not just murders but rapists. In…12 Dec 2023HANSARDIran9. What steps he is taking to help tackle destabilising activities by Iran in the middle east.12 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. England has shot up the international rankings in education, but schools in Wales have not. Does that not show that Conservative education reforms are helping kids to thrive…11 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael-Hamas War: DiplomacyThe Prime Minister has repeatedly expressed his unequivocal support for Israel’s right to defend itself. May I urge the Government to maintain that position, to stay the course…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe headline of Christina Lamb’s article in The Sunday Times at the weekend was “First Hamas fighters raped her. Then they shot her in the head”. In the light of the profoundly…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Cyber Interference: UK DemocracyThe Intelligence and Security Committee was one of the first to sound the alarm on this issue in its Russia report. More recently, we have highlighted the risk that China poses…07 Dec 2023HANSARDRisk and Resilience: Annual StatementThe reports of disruption at the British Library, and reports in The Guardian today that computer systems at Sellafield may have been hacked by foreign actors, are an alarming…04 Dec 2023HANSARDCOP28This country has one of the strongest records in the world on reducing emissions, not least given our very successful COP26 summit in Glasgow. What progress is being made on…29 Nov 2023HANSARDUniversity PerformanceStaff and students at Queen’s University Belfast are doing some incredibly impressive work on cyber-security. What can Ministers do to ensure that that expertise is deployed to…22 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Operational IndependenceI know that the police are in a really difficult position, and that their powers to ban marches are constrained by law, but I have to say that I am deeply troubled by this march…09 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI appreciate that the Minister is limited in what he can share on sensitive diplomatic matters, but will he assure the House that the UK Government are doing everything possible…08 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI would like to begin by highlighting my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which includes some shareholdings and a long-leasehold flat let to tenants. I…07 Nov 2023HANSARDCandidate Diversity: Democratic Process2. What steps the Government are taking to help increase the participation of minority ethnic groups in the democratic process.25 Oct 2023HANSARDCandidate Diversity: Democratic ProcessI have a thriving British-Albanian community in my Chipping Barnet constituency, making a really positive contribution to our culture and economy. What more can the Government do…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI would like to speak against all the amendments and new clauses before us today and in support of the Bill as currently drafted. We need this Bill. I thank the Government for…25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI would like to start by thanking the Minister for her involvement in the very long saga that is the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which, finally may be drawing to a close.…24 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Foreign Secretary make representations to his Pakistan counterpart about deeply worrying human rights abuses committed against Hindus and other minorities, especially…24 Oct 2023