Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice — 15 Nov 2023 at 18:51

“and submit to Your Majesty that this House wishes to see an end to the violence in Israel and Palestine; unequivocally condemn the horrific terrorist attack and murder of civilians by Hamas, call for the immediate release of all hostages and reaffirm Israel’s right to defend its citizens from terrorism; believe all human life is equal and that there has been too much suffering, including far too many deaths of innocent civilians and children, over the past month in Gaza; reaffirm the UK’s commitment to the rules-based international order, international humanitarian law and the jurisdiction of the ICC to address the conduct of all parties in Gaza and Hamas’s attacks in Israel; call on Israel to protect hospitals and lift the siege conditions allowing food, water, electricity, medicine and fuel into Gaza; request the Government continue to work with the international community to prevent a wider escalation of the conflict in the region, guarantee that people in Gaza who are forced to flee during this conflict can return to their homes and seek an end to the expansion of illegal settlements and settler violence in the West Bank; and, while acknowledging the daily humanitarian pauses to allow in aid and the movement of civilians, believe they must be longer to deliver humanitarian assistance on a scale that begins to meet the desperate needs of the people of Gaza, which is a necessary step to an enduring cessation of fighting as soon as possible and a credible, diplomatic and political process to deliver the lasting peace of a two-state solution.”

“Despite you having been rejected by a majority of Party members…and thus having no personal mandate to be Prime Minister”.

“This was a document with clear terms to which you agreed in October 2022 during your second leadership campaign. I trusted you.”

“how Israel does this matters. We democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard, even when it is difficult…Our humanity-the value that we place on human life and human dignity-that’s what makes us who we are.”

“neither the long-term security of Israel nor long-term justice for Palestine can be delivered by bombs and bullets.”-[Official Report, 14 November 2023; Vol. 740, c. 510.]

“England and Wales are arguably safer than they have ever been.”

“What use is a four-hour pause each day to hand communities bread in the morning before they are bombed in the afternoon? What use is a brief cessation in hostilities when hospital wards lie in ruins and when roads used to deliver medical supplies and food are destroyed?”

“Prices have trebled. The market is almost empty. There is a major shortage of essential foods and essential items. No bread, no dairy products, no salt, no milk, no canned food, no blankets or mattresses. Access to basic services is very limited. No electricity, no water, no gas, no health system and no education. We feel trapped.”

“The Law Commission report, published in 2020, found that the process for applying for search warrants was extremely inefficient and delays caused by this increased opportunities for evidence to be lost.”

“no intention to cause any harm and no obvious risk of anything more than minor harm”,

“one rule for the allies of the US and another rule for the rest.”-[Official Report, 17 March 2003; Vol. 401, c. 728.]

“The state of affairs in Scotland for policing at the moment is pretty bleak.”

“I understand that V division in Dumfries and Galloway is struggling to meet the demands of its large rural region with the current number of officers… What specific action is being taken”-

“to recruit police officers to rural areas such as Dumfries and Galloway as a priority?”-[Scottish Parliament Official Report, 25 October 2023; c. 22.]

“our place in this our United Kingdom”.

“a choice between Labour’s opportunity society which invests, which educates and which cares, and the sad reality of neglect, division, and rising crime that is Tory Britain today; a choice between Labour’s commitment to democratic renewal, rights, and citizenship, and John Major’s centralised, secretive and shabby Government”.

“The first duty of Government is to uphold the law. If it tries to bob and weave and duck around that duty…then so will the governed, and…nothing is safe-not home, not liberty, not life itself.”

“The Bill will also make sure vile criminals who commit rape and other serious sexual offences face the full consequences of their actions and spend every day of their sentence behind bars”.

“vile criminals who commit rape and other serious sexual offences”.

“Yusof kissed me and said goodbye”.

“a place where no human being can exist.”

“an end to the violence in Israel and Palestine.”

“the jurisdiction of the ICC to address the conduct of all parties”,

“lift the siege conditions allowing food, water, electricity, medicine and fuel into Gaza”.

“guarantee that people in Gaza who are forced to flee during this conflict can return to their homes and seek an end to the expansion of illegal settlements and settler violence in the West Bank”.

“an enduring cessation of fighting-

“as soon as possible and a credible, diplomatic and political process to deliver the lasting peace of a two-state solution.”

“in the name of humanity”

“Jesus said: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’. He did not say: ‘Blessed are those who won the war, those who had sufficient resources and advanced weaponry to crush their enemies’. He said: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’-those who work to build a world of peace. We can all be peacemakers.”

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