Speeches by Moran.

“Over 450 days on, we all know the statistics—45,000 Palestinians killed, 100 hostages missing, 2.3 million people desperate—but I want to tell a single human story. I have previously spoken about my friend, consultant surgeon Mohamed, who operated on me when I had sepsis. His family are trapped in the Jabalia refugee c…”

“Following the theme raised by my hon. Friend and neighbour, the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller), may I make a plea for Summertown health centre? They are my doctors, by the way, so I declare an interest. They operate in an old Victorian building and are desperate to move to new premises. That heal…”

“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in northern Gaza.”

“I received an email from Laura, a constituent in Abingdon. She lives in an area that has been flooded three times in the past year—in fact, there is a flood warning for the River Ock again today. She says that the flooding means she cannot sell her house—nor can any of her neighbours —as estate agents say that it must …”

“Given that the Health and Social Care Committee’s first inquiry is “Adult social care reform: the cost of inaction”, we welcome any action. As the name of the inquiry suggests, we are concerned about the length of time taken, because every year without reform costs money, not only to the NHS, but to the wider economy a…”

“Last Friday, I visited Sherwood Pharmacy in Abingdon. Ben, who owns it, told me that local pharmacies stand ready to help. In fact, they are more than keen to help, but there are two things that he needs from the Government. First, there needs to be a real push for GPs to refer people to pharmacies, in particular for v…”

“That is helpful. Yes, cancer rates have improved certainly recently, but we also know that the UK is behind a number of other comparable countries. What are they doing differently?”

“Will £70 million for new radiotherapy machines make a dent—that is the question I am really asking—given that many of them are old? What in this detection space will be needed to shift the dial, as opposed to tinkering around the edges, in terms of funding? Is that a question you feel able to answer?”

“I was heartened to hear from the Department that it is intending to bring back a cancer plan. That is good news. I hear from both of you themes around detection. Can we focus on that just for a moment? I think £70 million has been earmarked for new radiotherapy machines. Off the top of your head, do you know how much a…”

“Thank you. Professor Patel.”

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much, both of you, for being here today. I will be focusing, as you might imagine, a little bit on the here and now and how we can get the NHS to really embrace these innovations. Perhaps I could start with a relatively broad question to both of you. From where you sit, what are the …”

“Thank you.”

“You are not clinicians, so I fully understand that. Just to go back to the research side of it, they will not be able to fund everything all the time. Of the many innovations, of which you have already listed a number, what are the ones you would bet on? If the NHS was to have any extra money in this space, where would…”

“The focus of the Committee’s report in the last session was on future cancer. The theme that we have been speaking about today is future innovations, and it is very exciting. When we get to the nub of this, it would seem that getting some of the basics right is going to make a massive difference. You are both nodding y…”

“Dr Torode, do you have anything to add?”

“My hon. Friend is entirely right that, within Palestine, recognition is seen as a prerequisite for what might come next. It is not a replacement and is not top-down. That is deeply felt—in fact, it was promised to the Palestinian people when my great-grandfather was alive. Does my hon. Friend also recognise that, along…”

“Is it not the case that the review itself was drawn very narrowly, focusing just on Gaza, and did not look at the west bank? We know that there are violations and other issues in the west bank, and that they are getting worse and worse. Will the Government consider increasing the scope of their review to include the we…”

“Does the Minister agree that it is not just the big schemes that need consideration, but the small ones too? Elite capture can happen at higher education and infrastructure level. Peking University HSBC business school in Oxford wants to expand. The local planning authority narrowly passed the proposal. I asked the pre…”

“That Bill is really important; I have tabled a similar Bill every single year that I have been in Parliament. One thing I find remarkable about certain speeches from Members in this debate is that Palestinian voices seem to be rather missing, forgotten or, in this case, erased. Will the hon. Gentleman look at what has …”

“My hon. Friend makes a powerful point about international law. Does he agree that the judgment that we all need to look at is the ICJ advisory opinion on the occupation? The Government are working through the process of understanding what it means—including, potentially, in respect of banning illegal settlement goods—b…”