Sudan: Humanitarian Situation

Debate between Laura Kyrke-Smith and Nusrat Ghani

Monday 15th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Order. I urge colleagues to keep their questions short.

[Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab)]

I welcome the additional funding and the sanctions that the Minister has updated us on. There is currently a rapid escalation of violence in the Kordofan region, with a repeat of the tactics seen in El Fasher, including siege and sexual violence. What will the Minister do to protect civilians and prevent future atrocities in the Kordofan region?

Farming and Inheritance Tax

Debate between Laura Kyrke-Smith and Nusrat Ghani

Wednesday 4th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab)]

Farmers in my constituency tell me how much they are struggling to see a GP and to get public transport—the buses just are not there. The rural economy has been ruined by 14 years of Conservative Government. Can the Minister reassure us that the necessary actions that we are taking in the Budget will get our public services working again for our farming and rural communities?

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Order. Interventions should relate to the debate in hand.

UK Leadership on Sudan

Debate between Laura Kyrke-Smith and Nusrat Ghani

Thursday 28th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

I call another member of the International Development Committee.

[Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab)]

I thank the Minister for her updates. Part of the reason that Sudan is becoming not just a devastating conflict but a protracted one is the involvement of state and non-state actors from elsewhere in Africa, the middle east and further afield. Does she consider Sudan to be a foreign policy priority as well as a humanitarian priority, and what diplomatic actions is the Department taking with the warring parties and their backers to urge de-escalation?

Business of the House

Debate between Laura Kyrke-Smith and Nusrat Ghani

Thursday 24th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Order. Around a dozen Members wish to speak, and we have only a few minutes left, so let us try to be as short and sharp as we can.

[Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab)]

Last week, I joined Rabbi Neil Janes and Father Stuart Owen on a walk through my constituency to mark the Jewish festival of Sukkot, and to thank and raise funds for local organisations that support people in need of all faiths. Will the Leader of the House grant a debate on how we can support and encourage interfaith understanding, dialogue and action, of which this walk was a really powerful example?