Speeches by Mathew.

“I was going to come to you next, Emina. We have heard so many stories today. In your opinion, do Israeli attacks on Gazan hospitals violate international law?”

“I have some questions on healthcare facilities. Before we move on to that, Sam, can you tell us a little about the basic water supply and how that is dealt with? Are you dealing with desalination? Are you dealing with water that is pumped from Israel? How is water getting to the people?”

“I was going to come to you next, Emina. We have heard so many stories today. In your opinion, do Israeli attacks on Gazan hospitals violate international law?”

“Can I ask a question about the drone thing specifically? When they are shooting at people, are these single shots or machine guns? Are they targeting individual people with a one-off shot? How does it happen?”

“Some of my constituents in Melksham and Devizes, who until recently have had an NHS dentist in Chippenham, now find that the service has been stripped away from them. They now have to pay a monthly fee, which totals up to more than £150 a year at a minimum. Does my hon. Friend agree that that and the state of children’…”

“Many Members have welcomed aspects of today’s Budget, and I do, too, especially the additional funding for the NHS and for school rebuilding in the face of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis. However, the impact on small farms that are slightly larger than the £1 million threshold will be devastating and…”

“Can the Minister assure us that the Government’s commitment to ODA will not be further reduced to 0.3% of GNI? Is there a timeline to restore it to 0.7%?”

“I speak as someone who knew Gaza in the happy times when, as a young university researcher, I went with my Israeli friends from Kibbutz Re’im to meet their Arab friends in Gaza City to drink coffee and trade. We have heard in the debate about the horror and the passion. We have also heard of solutions, a recognition of…”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, but carbon capture can be done in a number of ways. Anaerobic digestion plants, for example, produce as much CO2 as methane, which can be ducted into greenhouses to produce bigger tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuces. Will such natural carbon capture be included in the project,…”

“Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, and congratulations on your new role. I also congratulate the new Secretary of State. I thank all those who have made maiden speeches, including—I have a list, too—the hon. Members for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean), for South Ribble (Mr Foster), for Stevenage (Kevin Bonav…”

“I congratulate the Home Secretary on her appointment and on her statements to the House. Following on from a previous question, but perhaps with a nuance, will asylum seekers—perhaps after initial registration—be allowed to work and pay taxes while their applications are pending?”