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HANSARDPublic HealthAlthough I fully support the Government’s determination to protect our communities, I seek clarity. Like most of us, I support evidence-based policy making and, in the absence of…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend will not wish to move too slowly, but I am struggling to understand how we have come to this decision a week before the Defence Science and Technology…08 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineUkraine, Bosnia, Ethiopia, the Solomon Islands—the time for a cross-Government atrocity prevention strategy is now. Will the Minister please advise whether we have seen any…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that it takes enormous courage for anyone to go to court in cases of child abuse, domestic abuse or rape—the issues we are talking about? I worked in the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that perhaps a sensible compromise might be to have this matter come back before the House in a year’s time, if the Bill does pass, to see whether…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThis Bill has so much to recommend it, and it is so good. I also want to pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton), who has done incredible work on…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThe hon. Gentleman will be unsurprised to know that I fully agree we should be doing that. However, we must also recognise that that is one of Russia’s greatest concerns and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThe importance of going to Bosnia must not be understated. I thank my hon. Friend for sharing that because I remember visiting the Srebrenica memorial in 2015, and two Serbian…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI apologise for interrupting my hon. Friend, who is making a very good point. I just want to briefly make a point about wars. What we are saying, and what Biden does not appear to…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThose fantastic partnerships would not happen without fantastic, active individuals. Joining us today in the Public Gallery is the Bosnian ambassador to the UK, Vanja Filipović,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. One thing that most strikes me—she will know this from her leadership of that group—is that when we meet the widows of Srebrenica and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceMy hon. Friend puts it well, and I hope I can shortly make the same point as elegantly as he did. Some 73% of Republika Srpska exports go to the EU, so the UK and our EU partners…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, but I had a chilling conversation this morning with the UN High Representative, who joins us today from the Gallery. He said that civil…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI beg to move, That this House notes the concerning political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina; expresses its support for institutions set out in the Dayton Peace Agreement,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why this debate is so important. We as parliamentarians can raise the flare and ask the international community to sit up and take…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThe hon. Gentleman absolutely makes the point: this has to be about what the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina want. Again, this goes back to the point that Dodik does not have the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI, too, start with a slight correction, as I should have declared in my opening speech that I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Bosnia and Herzegovina. I…02 Dec 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI recognise that my hon. Friend is keen to make sure that Parliament has time to have its say, but we have had almost four and a half hours of debate on this issue already. Our…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNATO and Euro-Atlantic SecurityGiven the extremely concerning situations in not only Bosnia, but Ukraine, will my right hon. Friend please advise as to whether he plans to uplift our military presence to…15 Nov 2021HANSARDBosnia and HerzegovinaI thank the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the Defence Secretary for their time on this issue, as well as colleagues, because there have been many ongoing conversations…09 Nov 2021