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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
China Audit

"As chair of the all-party parliamentary groups on Uyghurs and on Hong Kong, I have lost count of the number of responses I have had from Ministers that have referred to today’s audit. I hope the Foreign Secretary will forgive me if I take today as the start of a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"When the Foreign Affairs Committee was in Washington recently, we raised the Diego Garcia deal with the Administration. They could not have been more enthusiastic for this deal, because they recognise that it secures our strategic interests in the area. Does the Minister agree that it is perhaps time for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Middle East

"I associate myself with the Foreign Secretary’s condemnation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but we need to match that condemnation with accountability. Here in the UK, Jewish communities in particular are deeply concerned about what lies ahead. Last week, the Iranian ambassador acknowledged before the Foreign Affairs Committee that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Business of the House

"The town of Barrhead in my constituency is full of extraordinary young people, which is why my Scottish Parliament colleague Paul O’Kane and I have reinstated the Barrhead Young Citizen of the Year award. However, after years of Tory and SNP neglect, Barrhead is also blighted by youth-led antisocial behaviour. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Political Prisoners

"My hon. Friend makes an important point about making the case to China. Does he agree with me that this is about more than just Jimmy Lai, because the rights that Jimmy Lai was exercising when he was arrested were guaranteed under the joint declaration, and that brings into question …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"I rise to speak in support of amendment 15, which is tabled in my name. I will minimise my comments to maximise the time available to other hon. Members.

Owing to the widespread unease among NHS practitioners and the growing number of concerned voices about the Bill’s shortcomings, if it …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"The hon. Member makes an important point that we have to consider. We must recognise that, as he says, people’s choices are limited by the unfair distribution of wealth, the injustices that disabled people face throughout their life, or the attitudes of the powerful in society towards those who are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"I will come to that point shortly.

We have a duty to ask whether the poorest and most vulnerable will be coerced into choosing assisted dying over palliative care because of economic disadvantage. Will they be exploited by those with a financial interest in their choosing to end their life? …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"My hon. Friend makes an important point. Amendment 15 seeks to recognise that there is a difference in where private providers’ income stream comes from and that that raises moral issues...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"I do not wish to exacerbate your bronchitis, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will continue.

Amendment 15 touches on a fundamental point at the heart of the debate. Disabled people and the sick, in every aspect of their lives, have to fight every day for resources from a state, a …..."

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