Speeches by Huq.

“Just a yes or no answer, can you ever really be unbiased? Surely the selection of the stories of what goes in is demonstrating bias. I do not know if it is ever possible. The reason why Trump pulled out of “Sesame Street” is that he said that it was partisan, or public service broadcasting.”

“I have been looking at your report, well done, a nice-looking report. You said that 72% of young viewers come to stuff via video sharing, and this says that you have four times more output on children’s TV than everything put together, not just the public service broadcasters. Do you think that voluntary will be good e…”

“Door-knocking in Ealing yesterday, I met a student whose parents fled Iran in 1979, and who told me how overjoyed they are to get rid of this despotic, tyrannical regime. Yet the methods used surely risk undermining the rules-based order. A girls’ school was hit, with 150 kids killed; we appear to have normalised the b…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of defeat devices in diesel vehicles. It is a true pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. It was over a decade ago that the automotive industry, and indeed the world, was rocked by dieselgate, the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The public were horrifie…”

“I like what I have heard so far because, up to now, this has all been a bit mysterious. I wonder if it might be a good idea for me to meet the Minister. As a London MP, I have experience with ULEZ—we have a riding school in my seat, and an exemption was made for a horsebox. As I have experience of what happens in Londo…”

“The hon. Gentleman makes such an excellent point as he always does. It is an honour to be intervened on by him. As he said, this was done with intent all over the British Isles, in all our nations. He mentioned the VW scandal. As I say, there could be worse round the corner. Despite the outlawing of these defeat device…”

“After 40 years in the UK, it was the proudest moment of Petra Gartzen’s life when she obtained British citizenship. She is on holiday in Spain, and was shocked to discover that she will not be able to re-enter with her normal German travel document, because she is a dual national. Up until now, she has never needed a B…”

“I completely agree with my hon. Friend. He used to work for Save the Children, which has also been de-registered—the shame of it. We must act. There has been a systematic discrediting of the UN. United Nations Relief and Works Agency buildings have been destroyed, and Francesca Albanese has been accused of being a witc…”

“We have seen UK recognition of Palestine become a reality and a Gaza ceasefire under Labour, but still 70,000 Palestinians have been killed—a figure now accepted by Israel—including 500 people since the ceasefire. We have seen repeated forcible displacement and whole neighbourhoods gone. Is this genocide, like Srebreni…”

“I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on last week’s handsome wins, including on visas in China—I just wondered whether the same issue arose in Japan. I did a brilliant visit to the Japan London school in my seat the other day, but that school is finding the dogmatic visa changes made by the Conservative Gove…”

“Do you know what the mascot will be?”

“Do you know what the mascot will be?”

“After the false dawns of the Arab spring and the “zan, zendegi, azadi” movement, I ask my right hon. Friend to stand firmly with the Iranian diaspora here—many of whom came after the ’79 revolution—against this brutal, repressive and tyrannical regime, particularly those who are critical of it from here? The TV station…”

“Order. I am being told by the Clerk that this is getting way out of scope. We are debating a petition to have a general election.”

“When you were “in love with a beautiful woman”!”

“Order. We will suspend for 15 minutes for a Division in the House.”

“I think they all had to ask for permission. They should return for the concluding speeches, but we are finishing a bit earlier than we thought. We are already on the Front-Bench speeches. Usually, that would be 45 minutes before the end. I can inform the Chairman of Ways and Means and get some clarification for the fut…”

“Order. That is a bit on the long side for an intervention.”

“We will resume with Kevin Hollinrake.”

“Welcome and congratulations. You are still in the honeymoon period, I guess, if it is the first few weeks. First of all, thank you, Historic England. I often write to you when we have local planning applications in conservation areas. You are a statutory consultee so councils have to go to you. How would you say your r…”