Speeches by Harding.

“Will the Prime Minister confirm the exact limits of defensive operations and guarantee that those limits will not change, and will the UK withdraw consent to use our bases if there is proof that they are being used by the US to carry out offensive missions?”

“Children with SEND do not conform to neat packages and definitions, and those with complex needs require fluctuating levels of support. There is real fear among my constituents that the Government’s proposals will downgrade the level of support available to those with high needs, and may not be flexible enough to respo…”

“Any contribution to this debate must surely start with a tribute to the remarkable courage of the Ukrainian people. Four years ago, at the start of Vladimir Putin’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many people expected Russian tanks to be on the streets of Kyiv within days. They did not come because brave Ukraini…”

“Is Sudan not eclipsed by other conflagrations elsewhere? Where does it sit, geopolitically, in the State Department? I am particularly interested in humanitarian aid. Is there any public sentiment towards Sudan in the US?”

“Can I come back to the difficult questions that the UK should be asking of allies? I take Rosalind’s point that this expands beyond the UAE to all the proxies or to all the regional actors. I understand that we should push the conversation towards the long-term security of the region, and that that would be better for …”

“I agree. There is a systematic and joined-up failure that we need to unravel, and I will come back to that in my speech. When there was scrutiny after 2011, there was still a failure of oversight. What does that say about our society, how we protect privilege and what we are prepared to accept on behalf of the British …”

“Talking about stopping the violence, what appetite is there in the US for sustained diplomatic pressure and support and humanitarian support?”

“I want to speak about transparency and accountability in public life and how the system we find ourselves in has been maintained and got us to where we are. In the early noughties, I was working overseas with the British Council, as I have said. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor visited us as part of his role as a UK trade en…”

“According to some of the conversations I have had with the UN and others, there are conversations with belligerents to let aid access open in order to get food in. Those conversations are also about the application of international humanitarian law. Are you aware of conversations about the rights of women and girls und…”

“My hon. Friend is quite right. This is about systemic failure, and we are at the very beginning of this, not the end. For the victims of Epstein, we must do everything we can to ensure that this investigation and inquiry continue. On behalf of those victims and those who are suffering right now from the same thing, we …”

“My right hon. Friend is talking about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as a trade envoy. When I was working overseas for the British Council, Mountbatten-Windsor came to an exhibition I had put on about Dolly the sheep, which was a fine example of British scientific innovation, but he stood up in front of Japanese dig…”

“I was interested in the hon. Member’s survey. I have done my own very unscientific survey of young people, and all of them seem to want some form of regulation. With that in mind, we must hurry up—does the hon. Member agree?”

“The hon. Lady is making a powerful speech about the evolution of social media platforms. I have four children; the first was born in 2004 and the last was born in 2011, so their births have spanned that evolution. Facebook began in 2004; TikTok began in 2016. If that evolution was the industrial revolution, we would be…”

“Can I come back to the difficult questions that the UK should be asking of allies? I take Rosalind’s point that this expands beyond the UAE to all the proxies or to all the regional actors. I understand that we should push the conversation towards the long-term security of the region, and that that would be better for …”

“Is Sudan not eclipsed by other conflagrations elsewhere? Where does it sit, geopolitically, in the State Department? I am particularly interested in humanitarian aid. Is there any public sentiment towards Sudan in the US?”

“Does the hon. Member agree that it is quite extraordinary that we are urging the Parliament of a foreign country—Congress—to investigate this matter when it concerns our trade envoy and a member of the royal family?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing the debate and for bringing his expertise to this issue. More than two years of devastating conflict has left Gaza in ruins. Over 70,000 Palestinians have lost their lives. More than 1 million people r…”

“According to some of the conversations I have had with the UN and others, there are conversations with belligerents to let aid access open in order to get food in. Those conversations are also about the application of international humanitarian law. Are you aware of conversations about the rights of women and girls und…”

“Talking about stopping the violence, what appetite is there in the US for sustained diplomatic pressure and support and humanitarian support?”

“The situation in Sudan is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. I welcome the increased funding and the sanctions, which are long overdue, but why do the sanctions still fall short of the EU action? Why do they still fail to target the heads of the SAF and the RSF? Why has it taken this long? Will the Government now…”