That this House notes that Lena Hendry, a human rights activist in Malaysia, faces up to three years in prison and a fine of up to £5,500 for screening No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, an Emmy-nominated Channel 4 documentary, extracts of which have been screened in the House and in the UN, which exposes the shocking war crimes committed at the end of the war in Sri Lanka; further notes that in February 2017, Lena Hendry was found guilty of screening the film in Kuala Lumpur in 2013, allegedly in breach of Malaysia's censorship laws, and is due to be sentenced on 22 March 2017; notes with concern that the Malaysian authorities raided the screening in 2013 and arrested Ms Hendry after coming under pressure from the then Sri Lankan Government under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has since been voted out; and calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to make representations to the Malaysian Government to intervene in sentencing and reverse Ms Hendry's conviction.

That this House notes that Lena Hendry, a human rights activist in Malaysia, faces up to three years in prison and a fine of up to £5,500 for screening No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, an Emmy-nominated Channel 4 documentary, extracts of which have been screened in...

That this House notes that some employers are cutting staff allowances, reducing overtime and bank holiday pay, and overall compensation packages to offset the cost of the national living wage; is concerned that as a result of the changes, many low-paid employees will be left worse off even after minimum basic pay is increased; further notes with concern that the changes at B&Q will see up to 10 per cent of the lowest-paid staff losing up to £50 a week, or £2500 a year; calls for all employers to make a commitment to ensure that no employee is made worse off or is made redundant as a result of the introduction of the national living wage; and further calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to recognise these actions and push employers to protect the wages of their staff.

That this House notes that some employers are cutting staff allowances, reducing overtime and bank holiday pay, and overall compensation packages to offset the cost of the national living wage; is concerned that as a result of the changes, many low-paid employees will be left worse off even after minimum...

That this House is concerned that thousands of children with learning disabilities, who are estimated to be 28 times more likely to have a serious sight problem, are not accessing their right to a free NHS sight test; believes that work by the charity SeeAbility and others in special schools has shown that sight testing in a safe, familiar and convenient environment by professionals, helps a child co-operate with a sight test, understand the benefits of wearing glasses and to participate and achieve their full potential in school; draws attention to SeeAbility's report entitled, An Equal Right to Sight, which calls for a national plan to meet the eye care needs of children with learning disabilities in England; observes that paying optometrists the same fee for attending a special school as they receive for a high street sight test does not reflect the adjusted and specialist eye examinations these children crucially need; and, as a start, encourages the Government and the NHS to work together to create a comprehensive national programme and a properly-funded system to make sight tests available in all special schools in England, therefore supporting over 100,000 children in special schools who have the most complex needs.

That this House is concerned that thousands of children with learning disabilities, who are estimated to be 28 times more likely to have a serious sight problem, are not accessing their right to a free NHS sight test; believes that work by the charity SeeAbility and others in special schools...

That this House expresses its serious concern at the recent decision by the President of Sri Lanka to deny visas to the UN team investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka; condemns strongly the government of Sri Lanka's refusal to co-operate with the UN investigation or to heed the concerns of the international community on accountability and reconciliation; calls into question the timing and credibility of the President of Sri Lanka's decision to expand the mandate of the domestic Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances and to appoint a council of international legal experts to advise the Commission on war crimes allegations; notes the poor history of Sri Lanka's domestic commissions of inquiry to adequately investigate cases of human rights violations; further notes that the actions of the government of Sri Lanka continue to undermine the accountability and reconciliation processes in the country; urges the Government to reaffirm its strong support for the UN-mandated investigation and to condemn the President's denial of visas to the UN team; and calls on Commonwealth member countries, including the UK, to move to suspend the President of Sri Lanka from his position as Chairperson-in-Office of the Commonwealth, given his government is in clear breach of the values and precepts of the association.

That this House expresses its serious concern at the recent decision by the President of Sri Lanka to deny visas to the UN team investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka; condemns strongly the government of Sri Lanka's refusal to co-operate with the UN investigation...

That this House notes the case of the British national, Mr Masud Ahmad, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who is imprisoned in Pakistan under the country's draconian anti-Ahmadi laws after being secretly filmed reading the Holy Qur'an; condemns Pakistan's continued persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; further condemns the anti-Ahmadi laws that are used to target Ahmadi Muslims and the blasphemy laws that are used to target religious groups to deny them their right to freedom of religion; acknowledges the risk that ongoing detention poses to Mr Ahmad's life; and therefore calls on the Government to make representations to the Pakistani authorities, urging them to withdraw charges against Mr Ahmad and release him with immediate effect in line with the country's stated commitment to religious freedom and tolerance under the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

That this House notes the case of the British national, Mr Masud Ahmad, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who is imprisoned in Pakistan under the country's draconian anti-Ahmadi laws after being secretly filmed reading the Holy Qur'an; condemns Pakistan's continued persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; further condemns...

That this House notes disturbing evidence of an escalation in violence, harassment and intimidation against minority Muslim and Christian communities in Indonesia; is concerned extremists who are intolerant of religious minorities have been emboldened by the brutal murder of three Ahmadi Muslims in February, violent attacks on other Ahmadi Muslims on this and other occasions, the displacement of Ahmadi Muslims from their villages, and the destruction of Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques and Christian churches, as well as other restrictions on religious freedom; further notes with concern the continuing misuse of Indonesia's Blasphemy Law, and the resulting atmosphere of radicalisation, violence and hatred; further notes that statements made by members of the Indonesian Government calling for a ban on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community are in contrast to the country's stated commitment to religious freedom and tolerance; calls on the Government to raise concerns about religious freedom, and specifically the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and Christians in Indonesia, with the Government of Indonesia, as well as with the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief; urges Indonesia to revoke the 2008 Joint Ministerial decree against Ahmadi Muslims, to repeal the Blasphemy Law that is being misused to persecute minority communities, and to uphold complete freedom of religion for all; and further calls on the Government of Indonesia to ensure that all perpetrators of violence against minority communities are brought to justice and measures are taken to protect all citizens from further intimidation, harassment and violence.

That this House notes disturbing evidence of an escalation in violence, harassment and intimidation against minority Muslim and Christian communities in Indonesia; is concerned extremists who are intolerant of religious minorities have been emboldened by the brutal murder of three Ahmadi Muslims in February, violent attacks on other Ahmadi Muslims...

That this House notes that one in 20 of the motorists currently on Britain's roads are driving uninsured, and that according to the RAC law-abiding drivers will soon have to pay an extra ??60 on their insurance policies to cover the cost of uninsured drivers, with the death, damage and injury that uninsured drivers cause costing ??1 billion; regrets that the public and authorities have no easy means of identifying uninsured drivers; therefore supports proposals to make it compulsory for drivers to display a simple disc on their windscreens as proof of valid insurance; notes that RAC research shows that 87 per cent. of drivers would support a disc if it leads to lower insurance premiums, and that there was strong support for the Motor Vehicle Insurance Disc Bill, which received its First Reading on 28th January; believes that this should be accompanied by stronger punishments for insurance evasion, including larger fines, driving bans, community service, and custodial sentences for repeat offenders, because current penalties, which are often only around ??150, do not work as a deterrent, welcomes the Government-initiated review of these issues being conducted by Professor David Greenaway of Nottingham University; hopes that Professor Greenaway will recommend schemes similar to those operating abroad, where insurance disc schemes work well and there is less insurance evasion; and calls on the Government to support such proposals.

That this House notes that one in 20 of the motorists currently on Britain's roads are driving uninsured, and that according to the RAC law-abiding drivers will soon have to pay an extra ??60 on their insurance policies to cover the cost of uninsured drivers, with the death, damage and...

That this House notes that on average at least one person dies every day while waiting for an organ transplant; welcomes medical advances that have enabled many ill patients to live longer and that have saved the lives of many accident and stroke victims whose organs might otherwise have been used in transplants; regrets that these advances have meant that there were 12 per cent. fewer organ transplants in 2003 than in 1993, while the numbers waiting for a transplant increased by 34.5 per cent. in the same period; notes that although the overwhelming majority of people would be happy for their organs to be used to help someone else to live after their death, fewer than 20 per cent. of the population have actively registered with the NHS Organ Donor Register or carry a donor card; welcomes the progress being made in the Human Tissue Bill to improve the laws relating to donating and transplanting organs; believes that in addition to this, the best means of increasing the number of lives saved by organ donation by adults, of respecting the wishes of the deceased, and of being kinder to grieving relatives, is to presume consent for donating organs for transplant unless they opted out; supports the Organ Donation (Presumed Consent and Safeguards) Bill which receives its First Reading on 3rd February and which includes safeguards to ensure that opt-out will not be applied to children, and that families' wishes will also be respected; and in the meantime urges all honourable and Right honourable Members, their families and their constituents to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register by visiting www.uktransplant.org.uk or by calling 0845 60 60 400.

That this House notes that on average at least one person dies every day while waiting for an organ transplant; welcomes medical advances that have enabled many ill patients to live longer and that have saved the lives of many accident and stroke victims whose organs might otherwise have been...

That this House applauds the decision of the footballer Niall Quinn, Sunderland striker and Republic of Ireland international, to donate all proceeds from his testimonial match to children's hospitals in Sunderland and Dublin; supports his intention to encourage fellow players in the testimonial match, to be played between Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland at the Stadium of Light, to sponsor individual children in developing countries and to take a personal interest in their future; notes that Niall Quinn's charitable actions are likely to raise over one million pounds which will benefit children on both sides of the Irish Sea; and hopes that other footballers and individuals in jobs attracting significant bonuses will be inspired to follow his hugely generous example.

That this House applauds the decision of the footballer Niall Quinn, Sunderland striker and Republic of Ireland international, to donate all proceeds from his testimonial match to children's hospitals in Sunderland and Dublin; supports his intention to encourage fellow players in the testimonial match, to be played between Sunderland and...

That this House welcomes the Government's creation of 20 first-wave Modernising NHS hearing aid services providing digital hearing aids, implemented jointly by the Department of Health and the RNID, but also notes with concern that this technology is not yet available to all two million current hearing aid users; notes that, so far, less than five per cent. of people in need of hearing aids have access to the NHS digital hearing aids that are proving so much more helpful to users; notes that hearing aids provided by the rest of the NHS are based on outdated 1970s technology and that one-third of these aids are not used regularly, largely because users cannot obtain real benefit from them; notes that digital aids purchased privately can cost up to ??2,500 each, whilst each digital hearing aid costs the NHS as little as ??150 and could cost less for larger volumes in universal provision; notes that universal NHS provision of digital aids would benefit more than three million potential additional users, some 500,000 immediately; notes that with an incremental cost of only ??100 per capita - equivalent to less than a day in hospital - no opportunity exists in the NHS to change so many lives so radically; further notes that public expenditure would be reduced due to greater individual well-being and independence and an extension of working lives; and consequently calls on the Government, having assessed the work of the Institute of Hearing Research, to commence the universal provision of digital hearing aids through the NHS.

That this House welcomes the Government's creation of 20 first-wave Modernising NHS hearing aid services providing digital hearing aids, implemented jointly by the Department of Health and the RNID, but also notes with concern that this technology is not yet available to all two million current hearing aid users; notes...

That this House notes that the charity Quitline has recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of the service becoming free to all callers, during which time it has helped 1,620,021 smokers; and congratulates the staff of Quitline on the recent evaluation of the service which demonstrates that Quitline is one of the most effective smoking cessation telephone help-lines in the world.

That this House notes that the charity Quitline has recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of the service becoming free to all callers, during which time it has helped 1,620,021 smokers; and congratulates the staff of Quitline on the recent evaluation of the service which demonstrates that Quitline is one of...