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HANSARD UkraineWill my right hon. Friend share his assessment of likely Russian military doctrinal changes as we go into next year? Does he believe that Gerasimov has indeed been fired? Will he…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMerry Christmas, Mr Speaker. Rural poverty is devastating, but it is often hidden by the relative affluence of surrounding rural areas. To ensure that councils have the funding…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Chinese Consul General: Attack on Protesters in Manchester(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs to update the House on the investigation into the Chinese consul general’s…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Chinese Consul General: Attack on Protesters in ManchesterThank you for granting the urgent question, Mr Speaker, and let me put on record how disappointed I am that the Government felt that a written ministerial statement was sufficient…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Chinese Consul General: Attack on Protesters in ManchesterOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In the written ministerial statement laid yesterday by the Foreign Secretary, the House was informed that the Chinese Communist party was given…15 Dec 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn StatementI welcome my very good friend, the Secretary of State, to his place. Will he make spending in rural areas a priority? If we are to level up transport, we must not forget rural…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsRutland and Melton councils have put forward a brilliant blueprint for rural innovation in our levelling-up bid, focused on health and transport. The context is an urgent need to…21 Nov 2022HANSARDG20Dialogue is never weakness, so will my right hon. Friend tell us when he intends to reschedule his meeting with Xi Jinping? It is not an endorsement of the Chinese Communist…17 Nov 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek your guidance. ITV has made a drama series about the heinous plan to murder the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper), whose…02 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI thank Mr Speaker for granting this urgent question. I take this opportunity to welcome my right hon. Friend to his place and say how reassured I am to have someone of his…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal Status(Urgent Question): To ask the Home Secretary if she will make a statement on the legal status of overseas Chinese police stations operating in the UK.01 Nov 2022HANSARD UkraineOver the next month, war on the ground will be most difficult for Putin to wage, so he is weaponising famine, information, sexual violence and even Ukraine’s children. What…31 Oct 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: Conduct towards WomenI welcome my right hon. Friend to his place. I want to raise the work of my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton). Her review mattered because, for the first time,…31 Oct 2022HANSARDBaby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity CareBefore it even gets to treatment, a big problem is the way we assess the safety of a pregnancy, which is the same as it was in the 1960s. It has not changed. There is a new AI…25 Oct 2022HANSARDBaby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity CareI thank my very good friend for her work on this issue. On the point about discrepancy, in my constituency a baby died—it was negligence—and the mother was sent home with four…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Crisis in IranI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on securing this important UQ. What we are seeing in Iran is state industrialised femicide. We are also…25 Oct 2022HANSARDBaby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity CareWill my hon. Friend give way?25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. When I visit schools in my constituency, it is often—quite rightly—to discuss climate change, and I am so proud of the passionate and smart young people across Rutland,…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his calmness, and for the consistency of his support for our friends in Ukraine. Our leadership on defence spending matters, and it is important…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Chinese Consul General: Manchester ProtestI welcome this urgent question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green. It is clear that the House is unhappy with the course that the Government…20 Oct 2022