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Detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

I have called this Adjournment debate to raise the urgent matter of the ongoing detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah. That name was raised in the earlier debate and I am grateful for the number of Members who highlighted the case, but this debate gives us the opportunity to go into…

There’s a threat lurking right underneath Labour’s nose – and it’s from the left: John McDonnell Guardian 6th January 2025

Labour campaigned for 14 years to get rid of the Tories, and emerged from the general election with the biggest majority in recent history. So why, after only six months, do so many Labour supporters feel anxious? The persistently depressing polling figures and Labour’s vote dropping like a stone in many council…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Westminster Hall debate on Israel and Palestine

Every week of the last year, virtually, we have had a debate in this or the main Chamber: questions are asked and then we go home and watch on television the bodies of children being dug out of rubble—body parts, in some instances—with those white wrappings around their bodies. In…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Westminster Hall Debate on Occupied Palestinian territories: Humanitarian Situation

I want to make three brief points. First, my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) raised the issue of the children who have been seriously injured in Gaza and the west bank. I think this is the ninth occasion on which I have raised the same issue,…

John McDonnell’s contribution to Children’s Hospices: Funding debate in Westminster Hall

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) not just on securing the debate, but on his work over the past couple of months or so on raising the funds for Zoe’s Place. He rounded up every Scouser he knew, including those of us who…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the IPP Sentences debate in Westminster Hall

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) for securing this debate. I think I have attended every one of these debates over a number of years. I declare an interest: I am an honorary life member of the Prison Officers’ Association and a…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the debate on the Employment Rights Bill

I remind the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Shastri-Hurst) that across those European countries with the highest union density, people have the best wages and working conditions and the greatest productivity, which somewhat undermines his last argument. I refer you to my entry in the Register of…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the debate on Gaza and Humanitarian Aid

I want to raise again the issue of the evacuation of seriously injured children from Gaza. When the Ukraine war started, we very rapidly put in place a mechanism for the evacuation of injured children from Ukraine to hospitals here, to ensure that they had the appropriate treatment. It was…

Fighting over freebies, power and pay? This is not what Labour government is for – and members must say so. Guardian Opinion 20 September 2024

The disappointment so far is not the challenges we face, but how the new administration has reacted. Conference should make that clear As delegates assemble for Labour’s post-election conference, there is a palpable relief that the Tories have been thrown out, but it’s hard to detect the sparkling optimism that would…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the debate following the Kings Speech

I add my commendations for the speeches that introduced this debate. I have only one anecdote about my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd), who was in my Treasury team: he is a fan of Shostakovich, and on one occasion, we went to the Royal Albert Hall to…

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