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HANSARDExiting the European Union (Sanctions)Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; I hope that the technology is working for us today. If brevity is the soul of wit, I can be positively hilarious this afternoon. The SNP has no…03 Feb 2021HANSARD MyanmarI hope I have demonstrated in the House that I do not believe in fabricating difference. I agree with all the content of the Minister’s statement, and I commend him on it, as far…02 Feb 2021HANSARD Russian Federation: Human RightsI warmly congratulate the right hon. Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) on bringing this important issue forward. I welcome the Minister’s statement as far as it goes. I…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEquitable LifeI think I can be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker, because there is no question: there is a huge and remarkable degree of cross-party agreement across the House. The question really…21 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine AccessI echo the concerns of colleagues across the House that vaccine nationalism is dangerous and self-defeating. This is not an Olympics; it is a global problem that we must deal with…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourForgive me, Mr Speaker. I had a couple of points; that was my final one, and I look forward to the answers.12 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement, and indeed, I thank him for the statement; these are measures that we and colleagues across the House have called…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Global BritainIt is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May). We do not quite agree on the future of the United Kingdom, but we on these islands will always be…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19Happy new year, Mr Speaker. To govern is to choose. A lot of tough decisions have been made by the UK Government and we have supported a number of the business support mechanisms…06 Jan 2021HANSARDArms (Exports and Remote Warfare)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about enabling arms exports oversight by the United Kingdom Parliament and the devolved Parliaments and…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangI congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on bringing this important issue to the House. I am pleased to follow three very…16 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Relations with QatarIt is a pleasure to see you in your place and to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I warmly congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on…10 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Relations with QatarThank you, Mr McCabe. I have only my concluding remarks left, as I had largely finished my speech before the Division bell rang. I had been talking about the blockade—the illegal…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Government Policy on IranIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell) on bringing this important debate to the Chamber and…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Nagorno-KarabakhIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and I commend him on an…08 Dec 2020HANSARDGlobal Malnutrition: FCDO RoleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and a great pleasure to warmly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) on bringing…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy ActivistsI thank the Minister for his answer, and I find nothing to disagree with, but, as in previous discussions on Hong Kong across the House, we want more, and we want to see more…07 Dec 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy Activists(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the sentencing of the Hong Kong pro-democracy…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI recently surveyed my constituents across Stirling on fireworks. We have obviously just gone through the latest Guy Fawkes night season, which now extends beyond just one night…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Official Development AssistanceTo govern is to choose. As one Government to another—of course, the SNP has been in government since 2007—we understand that it is difficult. We are in unprecedented times; there…26 Nov 2020