Following the Urgent Question on the arrest of the Sudanese Prime Minister, Andrew Mitchell calls for any plans on debt relief schemes with Sudan to be put on hold until a lawful regime is put in place and for the Government to consider sanctions, including the Magnitsky sanctions, against those who have illegally taken over Sudan.
During the debate on the Second Reading of the Health and Social Care Levy Bill, Andrew Mitchell seeks an assurance that the Government will report back every six months on the progress on tackling the NHS backlog as a result of this levy.
Andrew Mitchell calls on the Prime Minister to use the UK’s experience, membership of the UN Security Council and its G7 chairmanship to ensure the whole international community focuses on supporting the people of Afghanistan through the mechanism of the United Nations.
Andrew Mitchell calls on the Government to ensure there is an impact assessment before the decision is made to privatise Channel 4 and asks about the future of content investment and jobs, as all previous reports have concluded that Channel 4’s remit is better served in public ownership.
Andrew Mitchell urges MPs to vote against the Government’s compromise motion on the 0.7% aid target which is, he says, just “1% of the borrowing that the Chancellor rightly made last year to shore up our country from covid.”