Speeches by Adam.

“I think similarly, prior to being elected, with due respect—I am sure Iqbal will say the same—we had not even heard of each other, Iqbal, Ayoub and Adnan. I think I had heard of Adnan, but I did not know him. We had come into this completely independently. We campaigned on a lot of similar things, on NHS and so on, but…”

“It is very difficult to say because before the alliance there was only about four weeks, and I was still getting lost getting to the Chamber at that stage. We had the recess and then we formed the alliance. I honestly cannot compare and contrast. I would not be able to say whether I have noticed any difference in the p…”

“I will just emphasise one point: the word that Iqbal used is co-ordinate. We can co-ordinate a lot better now as an alliance, because we are an informal loose alliance. We can discuss things and co-ordinate certain projects and statements and so on. The other thing is that we do not have a Whip. We can vote as we will.…”

“No.”

“I was not aware of that.”

“In terms of procedural, no. In terms of the mechanisms that go behind being part of a political party, then obviously that opens up a whole different can of worms.”

“It is not something that I have spent too much time thinking about. I am not advocating for it. It is not something that has really crossed my mind. Obviously, not being part of a political party means that we are at a disadvantage with what we could spend our resources on in terms of assistance, and so on. There are p…”

“I think it was a bit of both. I suspect that outside it gave people something, “There is a unity among the independents”, so they were pleased that we were working together. Procedurally, we would hope that with our numbers there would be certain changes as well going forward.”

“Back on 17 October 2023, when the first hospital in Palestine was bombed, the al-Ahli Arab hospital, much conversation was had about who could have committed such a heinous crime. Since then, the Israeli army has destroyed all medical facilities in Gaza, and now we have a President of the United States using gangster-s…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter) on securing this vital debate. I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am an NHS optometrist. I rise to highlight two critical issues: the severe …”

“I thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate. He is making a passionate speech about the situation in Gaza. One of the biggest arguments made against the abolition of slavery was the financial cost to our country, so does he agree that the Foreign Secretary’s statement that we will not have economic sanct…”

“The eyes are not only the windows to the soul, but a window to our health. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the team at Moorfields eye hospital who, alongside a team at University College London, have done some work on a simple retinal scan that can detect Parkinson’s disease seven years prior to any symptoms. D…”

“There but for the grace of God go I. Like everyone in this House, I appreciate the need for security at our borders and the need for a sensible discourse around immigration, but we must be very careful and mindful of our approach, rhetoric and implementation. Our approach must always be guided by compassion, legality a…”

“I would like to thank the Minister for her update yesterday, which was greatly appreciated. Does she agree with me that we are standing on the precipice of a new and dangerous world order, leaving behind one that based global peace on global justices that we have recognised? Close to 48,000 Palestinian men, women and c…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes); I have a business in Peterborough, and I concur with everything he said. Let me begin by highlighting the remarkable return on investment that apprenticeships provide. I know from my time in…”

“I could not agree more; that would be vital for pensioners. Ever since I was elected, emails from pensioners on that issue have been in the top three issues—it is a real issue. If alongside increasing pensions we could reverse the cuts to the winter fuel payment, that would save lives.”

“It is a real honour to participate in this debate. I may not be as illustrious as previous contributors, but I will try my best to make whatever small impact I can. I start by commenting on a point made by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for East Wiltshire (Danny Kruger) about believing in people and wanting the b…”

“I also thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement, for Sudan is indeed the forgotten conflict, despite 8 million internally displaced people and 24.5 million people on the verge of famine. I lend my sentiments and honour the three United Nations peacekeepers from Uruguay, South Africa and Malawi, the country of my b…”

“Extreme misogyny associated with far-right ideology is a major factor in extremism. It should be dealt with, to counteract the one women killed every three days in this country, and to ensure that the horrendous Southport killings, the five killings by Jake Davison in Plymouth and the 51 massacred in Christchurch, New …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. Not being able to articulate one’s thoughts verbally is, I suspect, not something that many of my parliamentary colleagues suffer with, but unfortunately it is the truth for hundreds of thousands of people in this country. Speech therapy is not limited to c…”