While considering the future of the Gaza student scholarship scheme, will the Government commit to honouring the visas of students and their families who have already been granted places but are unable to leave Gaza?

Today’s news that ExxonMobil is to close the Fife ethylene plant in Mossmoran is a devastating blow to my constituents. Workers with decades of service will lose their jobs but have no idea of the redundancy package they will receive. Despite months of attempts to engage, ExxonMobil has not been forthcoming about its intentions or what the Government can do to save the plant and jobs. Will the Government do all it can to support a future for the plant and workers?

I pay tribute to the Foreign Secretary and his team for all their diplomatic efforts on de-escalation in the middle east. With the rules-based order under enormous strain, upholding international law and multilateral institutions matters more than ever. It is almost a year since the International Court of Justice handed down its judgment on the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Given that senior Government Ministers received advice last year on the implications of that judgment for the UK, when can we expect the Government’s response?

I was glad that the Government’s strategic defence review was launched in Scotland last week, where increased defence spending will create new jobs and fuel economic growth, despite the SNP’s refusal to back it. I was similarly pleased that the SDR included hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in forces housing in both Wales and Scotland. Will the Minister update the House on the positive impact that the review will have in Wales, and across the Union?

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK Government regeneration funding on towns in Scotland? Many times I have raised with the Minister, as well as with Business and Treasury Ministers, the need for regeneration funding for Kirkcaldy High Street. The brilliant people of our town deserve a modern town centre that makes the most of our incredible seafront and all it has to offer. Ahead of the spending review this week, can the Minister assure me that my message has been heard? Will he also join me in congratulating Davy Russell, Labour’s newest MSP and a strong campaigner for his high street?

The Kirkcaldy community football partnership does an amazing job providing a home for 18 teams, and bringing young people into our national game, including from some of the most deprived parts of our town. Facilities at Denfield Park are too often unusable due to water logging on the grass pitch, and it badly needs a new synthetic pitch. It is seeking funding for that as part of the Labour Government’s investment in grassroots sport in Scotland. I will meet the Scottish Football Association about that next week, so will the Minister support our funding bid, and will she join me in encouraging the Secretary of State to accept my invitation to visit our pitch in Kirkcady and see the need for herself?

Hamas are a proscribed organisation and that is as it should be. The Israeli military has banned international journalists from Gaza and at least 162 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza in the last 500 days. Does the Secretary of State agree that BBC and all media coverage of Gaza can only benefit from journalists being allowed in to report on the ground, a point raised with me by some constituents in the past few weeks? Does she further agree that journalists must be protected from harm, in line with international law?

The Government and their partners are doing important work to support the continuation of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, but in the west bank we have seen increased settler attacks, Israeli forces attacking a Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem, UNRWA schools closed, tanks moving into refugee camps and forced displacement of some 40,000 Palestinians. What action are the Government taking to prevent the Gaza-isation of the west bank?

Does the Minister agree that this is an important cause and one that deserves support?

Melanie Ward inquires about the status and consideration of Dr Lubna Hadoura's application for an adult dependent relative visa, ensuring it is handled with care.

Given the return of over £1 billion to former mineworkers; does the Minister have plans to deliver similar justice to 290 members of the British coal staff superannuation scheme in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy?

There are numerous examples of the damage that out of control social media and mobile phone usage is doing to our young people, including in my area of Fife. The Courier newspaper has played an important role in highlighting this. Does the Secretary of State recognise the concerns that the safer phones Bill—the Protection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) Bill—presented today by my hon. Friend the Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister) and backed by many hon. Members across the House, seeks to address?

After 14 years of Tory economic chaos and 17 years of Scottish National party public service failure, as many as one in four children in my constituency now live in poverty. Last year the Scottish Children's Commissioner said that the former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, had “absolutely” failed young people in Scotland. Does the Secretary of State agree that tackling child poverty will be a crucial part of the work of this Labour Government? As part of the important work that she is doing with the taskforce to develop a new child poverty strategy, will she come to my constituency—

Will the Minister update on work being undertaken by the defending democracy taskforce to review measures for protecting general elections? What efforts are made to protect our wider democratic system?

What steps her Department is taking to prevent foreign interference in elections. During the recent general election, some constituents were frustrated by delays in the postal voting system. The Electoral Commission is looking into this and lessons must be learned. Our democratic system must protect from domestic and foreign malign interference, including misinformation. Will the Minister update on work of the defending democracy taskforce to review measures for protecting the general election? What efforts are being made to protect our wider democratic system?