Speeches by Corbyn.

“I am delighted that we are having this debate. I compliment the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) not just for securing the debate, but for the decent, human way that he presented the case for people who want peace in the region. That must be the message that we all put forward today. The images tha…”

“There have now been 60,000 known deaths in Gaza. Israel is already accused by the ICJ and the ICC of war crimes, including genocidal acts, and it is now committing a new war crime by denying food and water to the people of Gaza. What will it take for the British Government to cease all arms supplies to Israel and to en…”

“We all want to see an end to this ghastly conflict in Ukraine and an end to the loss of so much innocent civilian life, as well as an end to the deaths of soldiers of all sides. Can I take the Prime Minister back to the answer he gave to the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) earlier? Under what circumstances …”

“Will the Minister for a moment acknowledge the hardship and horrors that all Chagossians have been through since they were illegally expelled from their islands many years ago? They all deserve recognition, the islands themselves should never have been separated from Mauritius anyway, and what we are doing now is corre…”

“Before the Minister concludes, will she put it on record that this debate is about the most grotesque injustice that was done to people under colonial subjection by this country? Since the 1980s, they have fought for their right to return to their islands. Righting the historic wrong done to the Chagossian people shoul…”

“It is disappointing that the Prime Minister’s statement did not include any reference to the United Nations, or a pathway to end the dreadful conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Clearly, his statement will have a massive effect on the poorest people in the poorest countries in the…”

“Could we take a moment to reflect on the hundreds of thousands of lives that have been lost in this war—Ukrainian civilians, Ukrainian soldiers, Russian soldiers—and all the families who are mourning today? Efforts were made earlier on by Latin American and African leaders and the Pope to try to negotiate an end to thi…”

“I strongly support the request of the hon. Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) for a statement on Thames Water. This company pays out its huge profits to shareholders and executives, presides over leaks across the region and pollutes our seas and rivers. To me, it is an example of the disaster of privatising the wat…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman) for securing today’s debate. I was at the International Court of Justice when the South African application was originally made, and I think we should congratulate South Africa on what it put forward and the work it has done to apply international law f…”

“I am most grateful to the Home Secretary for giving way. Nobody in this House supports criminal gangs or people smugglers. We recognise that they are grotesque people who exploit those in very vulnerable situations. However, the people who get on those boats are desperate. Many of them are victims of war and the most g…”

“Does the right hon. Gentleman not agree that the European convention on human rights and the European Court of Human Rights are not a pick and mix? If we are signed up to the convention, we have to abide by the decisions taken by the Court. The right hon. Gentleman seems to be taking an approach that does not accept th…”

“Is there a timetable for that?”

“As with everything.”

“Thanks for inviting us. We have discussed this beforehand and agreed to speak at breakneck speed to get as many questions in as possible, so we will get into it. I have obviously been a Labour candidate on many occasions, both local government and parliamentary, and before that I was a Labour party agent, so I am very …”

“I hope a recommendation that you come up with is that when someone is nominated as a candidate, from any party, the returning officer makes sure that they are fully apprised of and provided with at least a booklet on electoral law, and also pointed in the direction of the relationship with the police and security. My o…”

“I think a code of conduct is helpful, but it is no more than that. It is not law or legally enforceable; it is merely a code of conduct. Again, the returning officer has to be careful that they do not step over the boundary, but when you are trying to organise a debate or something between candidates, there is nothing …”

“It is a hard thing to decide, because candidates get very excited and they think that their personal animosity towards other candidates is somehow shared by the entirety of the population, but it does not always work like that. A lot of the public get very put off by it. It is hard to know how you can put it down. An e…”

“Do you want a statement from us to summarise what we have said today? Would that help?”

“The five of us had quite a long discussion this morning, which Iqbal and I thought we should do as a way of consultation before coming here. We will happily send you a statement.”

“Is there a timetable for that?”