Speeches by Charalambous.

“The year 2025 is a jubilee year, and this is of great significance to many Christian organisations that are interested in debt relief—particularly CAFOD and Christian Aid, but also organisations like Debt Justice—so I am seeking a debate to look at the issue of global debt and how it affects low-income developing count…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) on securing this important and timely debate. The provision of hospices and palliative care is an essential part of our nation’s health service, playing a unique and vital role in our communities and often providing services that the NHS simply cannot cater for. …”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate and on her excellent speech. One of the consequences of war and conflict is disruption to education. The educational void is catastrophic, not just for girls themselves but for their families, communities and nations, too. A lack of education for girls als…”

“The year 2025 is a jubilee year, which is a motivation for many Christian organisations and others to campaign to cancel the debts of global south countries and tackle the root causes of the endless debt crisis. More than 3.3 billion people live in countries where more is spent on servicing debt than on health and educ…”

“I welcome the Minister’s statement. Earlier this week I met Alevi, Kurdish and other communities who are deeply concerned about what will happen to minorities in Syria now that HTS has seized power there. The UK has rightly proscribed HTS as a result of its links with al-Qaeda. Can the Minister reassure the House that …”

“First, I declare my interest as a member of the UK CPA executive. It has been great to see the swift progress this Bill has made thus far and the cross-party support it has received. It is a short but important Bill that defines the status of the CPA and the ICRC. This is the third time it has been brought before the H…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for securing this timely debate and for her excellent speech, much of which I agreed with. I declare an interest as chair of the APPG on music education. I will therefore focus on the provision of musi…”

“This is an application for a debate on the UN International Day of Education, which is actually on 24 January. That is not a sitting Friday, but we would like it to be as close as possible to that date, so the preference would be for the Thursday. We have cross-party support on this. The Members who have signed it are …”

“I think Westminster Hall would be fine on that Thursday, if that were a possibility, but I leave it in your hands. I appreciate that there are other debates, but to hold the debate as close as possible to the day would be my preference.”

“I think three hours would be a push, but we will do our best.”

“There is interest, and I will get back to them and make sure that they do take part. This is not just people who have a development interest. It is also an opportunity for anyone who has an interest in education to highlight things that are happening in their local areas.”

“It would probably be FCDO, because of the development links, as it is linked to SDG4.”

“I begin by thanking all the teachers, support staff and senior leaders in my constituency of Southgate and Wood Green, and across the country, for their hard work ensuring that our children receive the high quality education they deserve. Teachers’ pay, their workload and the environment in which they work have been hi…”

“13. What steps she is taking to improve teacher recruitment and retention.”

“I remember a time when Tulip Siddiq, I think, had recently given birth. She was unwell and she had to be wheeled in to vote in a wheelchair. I think it was on a Brexit vote.”

“On the first issue about baby loss and maternity leave—that was the first iteration and it seems to be working. The serious illness or injury one—that is a bit more problematic. Do you think it is the standing orders, or is it the operation of the scheme?”

“Lucy, you have alluded to this in your previous answers. The arrangements for proxy voting were introduced for serious long-term illness and injury as a pilot scheme in October ’22, and they remained in force until the end of the last Parliament. They have now been reinstated on a temporary basis. Our predecessor Commi…”

“I am sure, with the Chair’s indulgence, it is something that we will look into.”

“You talked about people who have an illness but are still on the estate. In the past, we used to have the nodding-through process, whereby if you agreed with the other Whips that the person was on the estate but not well enough to—”

“One of the central aspects of the reconciliation process arising from the Good Friday agreement is the need to facilitate and encourage integrated education, so will the Secretary of State join me in welcoming the continued support for integrated education in the autumn Budget?”