Middle East
Debate between David Mundell and Judith Cummins(1 month ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Judith Cummins)
I am aiming to finish this statement at around a quarter to 8. Given the length of questions, Members will be able to see that not everybody will get in.
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) (Con)
Everybody condemns the deaths as people queue for aid, but this aid system that was enforced is only possible because of the support of the United States in its delivery—so what is the Foreign Secretary doing to persuade the United States that this is not the way to deliver aid into Gaza?
Farming and Inheritance Tax
Debate between David Mundell and Judith Cummins(8 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Samantha Niblett (South Derbyshire) (Lab)
I am quite astonished because, as we sat in a pub car park in the run-up to the general election, farmers in my constituency told me—I kid you not—that they know they do better under a Labour Government but they often vote Conservative. It feels like the Conservatives have taken their loyalty for granted. The right hon. Gentleman has been talking about how hard things are, and I agree with him. Farmers talk about their margins, and those margins are tight, but who caused them to be in that situation? We are now in a position of power—
Madam Deputy Speaker (Judith Cummins)
Order. I remind Members that interventions need to be interventions. They should be brief and ask a question that is relevant to the speech being made.
David Mundell
I do not know whether the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett) was here for the speech of the hon. Member for Penrith and Solway, but he set out exactly what happened to him as a Labour MP, having given farmers assurances about what Labour would do in government and the farmers finding that they had been betrayed. Now, the choice is not final, as he said, and hopefully this debate has shown the passion of both farmers and those who represent rural constituencies.