Speeches

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes. It was also a pleasure to hear the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) introduce the debate...

The Council of Europe debated a report called "Strengthening the decision-making process of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning credentials and voting"...

In this speech I challenged the Council of Europe to look at what it does and how it does it. This was in the continued absence of the money owed by the...

This report tried to lift the silence around the shroud of silence surrounding violence to women. I gave a speech in this debate pointing out how the UK had...

In this speech I pointed out that a balance needed to be struck to take account of the situation where patients were at risk of harm to themselves or others. I...

I asked the President of Portugal what the positon was regarding amtisemtism in Portugal and more widely in Europe. This followed my visit with the Council to...

I gave a speech in this debate to empathise with the calls to protect children. I pointed to the importance of the Lanzarote Convention the first international...

In speaking in a debate on Syria I praised the actvities of Jordan in accepting so many Syrian refugees. Jordan is the 10th driest country in the world and is...

Pushback is the growing practice of making life difficult for refugees to stop them entering or staying in a country. It is inhuman and degrading. The demands...