Speeches by Byrne.

“No; that is a fair point.”

“Absolutely, Michael, yes.”

“It will be a long chapter.”

“I think people do get confused when you say you are still following the Whip, but you are suspended, and they say, “You are an independent now, aren’t you?” It is all in people’s minds, so I think it needs clarifying.”

“No, I think we could agree to a form of words when it happens. I was suspended; I think that was fine. I did want to keep the Labour party, and I think that is what John was looking at and I was as well, just to avoid the confusion within the constituency—because it did cause an awful lot of confusion. People who obvio…”

“Just touching on that, you talk about the Bill Committees. I was suspended in July. I am the lead for the Hillsborough law in Parliament that is coming down the line. Hopefully, it will get laid down before the anniversary in April. I think it would have been a loss if I had not been able to put myself forward to be on…”

“To build on what John said, I was elected proudly as a Labour MP. We have done what we did. We have received the punishment, but it has confused constituents on a huge level when it comes up “independent”. I think John and I were in full agreement, and the other Members who have been suspended were as well: how we are …”

“Ian Byrne, Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby.”

“Absolutely, yes.”

“Like a technical group you are talking about?”

“To an elected MP, yes.”

“Then be amended if suspended.”

“It is an honour, Mr Efford, to serve under your chairship. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Normanton and Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) for securing this hugely important debate; I have enjoyed the contributions to it. According to the latest data from the House of Commons Library, almost one in five people—17%—in my c…”

“First, I welcome the Government’s commitment to scrapping the costly and inhumane Rwanda plan, repealing much of the previous Government’s draconian legislation, and overturning the pause on processing asylum applications. They have averted a meltdown by cutting the delays built in by the previous Government. The Gover…”

“At the weekend, President Trump called for a “clean out” of the Gaza strip, proposing to forcibly deport Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinian inhabitants. That would amount to ethnic cleansing and a crime against humanity. Will the Minister join me in condemning President Trump’s remarks, and will she set out what ac…”

“Knowsley, an area in my constituency, has the highest proportion of obese and overweight children in England, according to NHS data. Knowsley council’s director of public health recently described to me how this was an issue of poverty and deprivation. We know from research into universal free school meals in London th…”

“1. What assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing free school meals for all primary school pupils.”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) on getting this important debate in the House. People sometimes talk about rising levels of obesity as simply a consequence of individual choices; they say the issue is no more complex than the fact that people are choosing not to eat healthily and not to e…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) for securing this important debate and for his passionate contribution. It is shocking that, on average, only one third of hospice funding is provided by government, with the rest coming from charitable donations. Rising costs, inconsistent income and a shortage of stat…”

“Q9. The parliamentary ombudsman concluded that an injustice was done to 1950s-born women and ruled that they are owed compensation, and asked Parliament to intervene to deliver justice. I have more than 5,000 women affected in my constituency. Alongside a great many Members in this House, I believe these women are owed…”