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HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseThe Minister is being very generous with his time. If there are concerns in the Foreign Office, as per the internal assessment, why did the Foreign Secretary recommend continuing…24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Maria. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) on securing this important debate. I would like…24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseThe Minister has yet to come to the topic of what is happening in Gaza, but I repeat the question that I asked: why did Foreign Office Ministers not reveal the fact that their…24 Jan 2024HANSARD International Human Rights Abuses: UK ResponseWill the Minister give way on that point?24 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKDecades of underinvestment and managed decline have devastated our steel industry, as the news from Port Talbot painfully brings home, but as the Unite the union’s workers’ plan…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIn my four years as a Member of Parliament, I keep coming back to this question: whose interests does this place serve? Do the laws we pass and the structures we maintain serve…22 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Sector Pay 2024-25It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I too pay tribute to our colleague Sir Tony Lloyd, the hon. Member for Rochdale, who has sadly passed away. He will…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) on securing this important debate. For the…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In line with the House’s rules, I informed the Member in question that I would be referencing him. In the statement, the hon. Member for…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesPast mistakes in the middle east should have taught this House that military intervention that starts out as limited can quickly escalate, risking a sequence of events far larger…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Free School Meals: Children with SENDIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) on securing this important debate, which…10 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineLast week, when the Israeli ambassador was told she was making “an argument for destroying the whole of Gaza”, she replied, “do you have another solution…?” Genocidal rhetoric…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaLast week I attended a briefing with Professor Ghassan Abu Sitta, a heroic British Palestinian doctor who had just returned from Gaza. Because the Israeli siege prevents medical…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLocal Government Funding and Food Voucher ProvisionI rise to present a petition on behalf of resident of the United Kingdom regarding local government funding and food voucher provision. The petition states: The petition of…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelMany hands are going up—I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy)12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. Later I will touch on how we halted arms sales to Israel when David Cameron led the Government. So it has happened in the past,…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelI beg to move, That this House has considered arms export licences for sales to Israel. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I am pleased to have…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelThe Minister referenced the Government repeatedly saying that Israel must conform to international law. What assessment have the Government made of Israel’s compliance and…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelI agree with the hon. Gentleman. British credibility has been damaged, especially by the vote at the UN Security Council. If we are to show true leadership—moral leadership—that…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelWe have a licensing regime, but there are loopholes that are often exploited, which is what we are seeking to address.12 Dec 2023