Speeches by Owen.

“Q12. Stellantis could not have asked for more from the workers at the Luton plant. Like every generation of Vauxhall worker in Luton, they meet every target set, they make every innovation demanded of them and they never give up. Contrast that with Carlos Tavares, the CEO who quit days after making the decision to thre…”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair today, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for presenting the petition. We have this debate every single year—it is heartening to see the widespread support for the debate and for the petitions. I want to thank every single member of the pu…”

“I welcome the Minister’s thorough response. On the point about loosening the licensing laws to accommodate other sellers so that they can sell fireworks at times when people actually want to buy them—such as for fireworks night and new year—does that not seem a perverse way of doing things? If people are buying firewor…”

“I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Before I start, I want to put on record that the 1,100 people who will be losing their jobs in Luton today deserved much better than the response from the Conservative Front-Bench representative. It was very far from factual, and very far from…”

“I welcome the Minister’s confirmation that the UK will be upholding the ICC arrest warrant for the Hamas general and Israeli leaders. The ICC found grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant “each bear criminal responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of …”

“7. What steps she is taking to help end discrimination against disabled people.”

“I am sure that many of us will welcome commitments from the Government to remove barriers to work for disabled people, but disability charities have outlined concerns about the Government’s plans for work capability assessment reform and changes to personal independence payments and the Access to Work scheme. Will the …”

“Thank you, Chair. Yes, I ran here from a really inspiring meeting of women Ukrainian MPs. I wanted to be with them as long as possible, so I am grateful for that time; thank you. This is the first time I have done this; it is unusual. We are applying for a debate on tackling Islamophobia. We usually have one once a yea…”

“A Chamber debate ideally, please.”

“I have spoken to my co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on British Muslims, who is a Conservative, Robbie Moore. He is not on that list, but he should be and wants to be on the list. We are continuing to get other Members’ names.”

“Good—excellent. I wanted to make sure we got the updated one. But Members are still coming through thick and fast to add their names to the application, so I imagine that we will see many more from across the parties. I think many of our Conservative colleagues were a little preoccupied at the time when we were trying …”

“I would say that that would be less than ideal. Given the number of people who have indicated their support for this, 90 minutes would leave very little time for anybody other than the Minister and the shadow Minister, I think.”

“Thank you very much for your time.  ”

“All of them would be eminently qualified to answer this, but I do believe that it should fall into the faith category. That is what has happened previously. For previous debates, it’s been faith, and I feel that ideally that is where it should lie.”

“The hon. Gentleman talks about investment in our country and in businesses, but I just question whether he would prefer to have investment from our Government, or investment from maybe the Russian Government.”

“It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson). He has dedicated his entire life to working people and defending their rights, and it is no different when he is sitting on these Benches. After today, let no one pigeonhole women in politics or put limits on our abi…”

“The Israeli Government’s banning of UNRWA shows blatant and cruel disregard for human life. Without access to necessities that only UNRWA can provide, such as food and medicine, thousands of innocent Palestinians are facing malnourishment, disease and death. Given that Netanyahu has shown no interest in supporting legi…”

“Ahead of any Budget, there is always talk about tough decisions. Could the Minister remind us why we are in this difficult position in the first place, and will he please update us on progress on clawing back covid fraud, where we saw taxpayers’ money being handed over to former Ministers’ mates?”

“It is a pleasure to follow the first black Liberal Democrat MP, the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde). We have talked about historical trailblazers, but we are all privileged to serve alongside trailblazers like him. I want to talk about another trailblazer. It is such a joy to see the Parliamentary Secretary…”

“7. What recent progress he has made on establishing the infected blood compensation scheme.”