Speeches by Charalambous.

“Professor Lewis, the Contempt of Court Act, and the recommendations contained in your report for reform thereof, revolve around concepts such as “non-trivial”, “substantial risk” and “serious impact”. Can you tell us a bit more about how those are defined?”

“Professor Lewis, the Contempt of Court Act, and the recommendations contained in your report for reform thereof, revolve around concepts such as “non-trivial”, “substantial risk” and “serious impact”. Can you tell us a bit more about how those are defined?”

“Peter has overseen a number of elections in Enfield over the years, including ones that I have been involved in. My question is about excessive electioneering. Do you see that excessive electioneering tends to have a negative impact on candidates’ electoral fortunes? Some people would say of some candidates, “The more …”

“We are doing an inquiry into the internal elections in Parliament for Select Committee Chairs. The candidates putting themselves forward are all from the same political party, because it has been agreed beforehand which Committees will be chaired by which political party. Would your answers in relation to hustings and …”

“What about the effectiveness? Many MPs from that particular party would know the candidates, but others from other parties may not, particularly if they were newly elected MPs. We recently had the situation in which more than half the House were freshly elected, and they were asked within weeks to choose Select Committ…”

“Peter, it’s good to be reacquainted—”

“Does Dr Kumar have anything to add?”

“Does Dr Kumar have anything to add?”

“Dr Fox, you have partly touched on this point. If call lists were introduced, do you think there would need to be any subsequent or accompanying changes to other aspects of parliamentary procedure?”

“Dr Fox, you have partly touched on this point. If call lists were introduced, do you think there would need to be any subsequent or accompanying changes to other aspects of parliamentary procedure?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) on securing this important debate and on his excellent speech. I declare an interest as the chair of the APPG on global education. I will focus on the transformative nature of ODA for the educati…”

“This week, we have had discussions about various cases at different stages of legal proceedings. We have had the China spy case, on which there was a whole debate yesterday, and the Epping asylum seeker who committed sexual offences and was deported. Today, one Opposition party leader mentioned a former Reform MEP who …”

“Do you think we have the right balance between MPs having the freedom to speak and not undermining the rule of law?”

“This is a question for Saira or Eve about the international perspective, given the ECHR judgment in the case of Philip Green v. the UK. Tell us a bit about the judgment and its impact on sub judice for the House of Commons.”

“We have had evidence suggesting that the House should publish a list of waivers that are in place at any one time. I wonder what your views are on having such a list.”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on his excellent speech and the members of the Procedure Committee, which I am part of, for their hard work. In particular, I congratulate the Chair of the Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Cat Smith), on her excellent stewardship. I have a question for my hon. F…”

“T5. The most recent figures for the three NHS cancer waiting time targets for diagnosis, referral and treatment showed that those targets were missed. Longer waiting times can have a serious adverse effect on cancer patients, so can the Minister confirm whether those targets will be given a high priority in the nationa…”

“2. What steps she is taking to recruit teachers.”

“I congratulate the Secretary of State on the Department for Education being more than a third of the way through recruiting those 6,500 teachers. A recent Public Accounts Committee report showed that schools with a high proportion of disadvantaged pupils experienced the worst teacher shortages. Will the Secretary of St…”

“Gaza is facing catastrophic, famine-like conditions and people are dying in appalling circumstances. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is fundamentally failing to properly distribute adequate humanitarian aid and is turning distribution into another frontline in Gaza. What actions is the Foreign Secretary taking to ensu…”