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HANSARD Business of the HouseI invite the Leader of the House to reflect on his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh East (Tommy Sheppard), and may I gently suggest that it was offhand,…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Horizon: Sub-Postmaster ConvictionsHappy birthday from me also, Mr Speaker. We have seen some movement today from the Government, and I do welcome that as far as it goes, but like the Equitable Life scandal, this…10 Jun 2020HANSARD Coronavirus and Care HomesWe welcome the announcement by the UK Government of a £60,000 payment for care home workers who sadly lose their lives due to covid-19. Can the Secretary of State confirm that…19 May 2020HANSARDBritish Citizens: RepatriationWell spotted, Mr Speaker. It is good to see everyone. I echo the shadow Foreign Secretary’s concern about the quarantine restrictions coming in. We need a lot more clarity on why…11 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker, and well done getting so far through the call list. Progress notwithstanding, we are very much not out of the woods yet. Worryingly, the head of the…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Repatriation of UK NationalsThank you, Mr Speaker. It is good to see you virtually. I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. On a consensual note, I very warmly welcome the announcement of…29 Apr 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI appreciate that there is a general covid-19 debate scheduled, but I urge the Leader of the House to make time for a specific debate about insurance companies and particularly…29 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19Now is a time in which we should be seen to work together and, indeed, work together. I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. Now is the time for us to…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human RightsI am grateful for the answer, and I was struck by the Foreign Secretary’s earlier point that we can only force the Saudis to do so much. However, we could stop selling them guns,…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human RightsI warmly endorse the sentiments of the question asked by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), and I do think the United Kingdom could do more to…17 Mar 2020HANSARDPalestinian School Curriculum: RadicalisationThank you, Sir Charles; colleagues will be glad to know that I will come nowhere near 10 minutes. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in my first Westminster Hall…10 Mar 2020HANSARDTurkey-Greece Border: RefugeesI commend the Minister for his statement as far as it went. It is right that we were focusing on the talks in Brussels with President Erdoğan and the EU Ministers. It is a matter…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Recent Violence in IndiaThere is a lot of agreement across the House, and I commend the Minister on his statement, with which I agreed, as far as it went—we need to be clear that we can go a lot further.…03 Mar 2020HANSARD British Citizens Imprisoned Overseas and CoronavirusI commend the Minister on the statement outlining the international efforts the United Kingdom is taking part in to combat this outbreak —now is the time for us all to work across…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Joint Comprehensive Plan Of ActionI commend the Foreign Secretary for his statement, and I have to say that I agreed with every word of it. The Scottish National party very much supports actions against nuclear…14 Jan 2020HANSARD IranI commend the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for his question and the Foreign Secretary for his answers. There is a great deal of cross-party unity in the…13 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldI very warmly agree. My hon. Friend is of course no stranger to DFID. SNP Members want to see that work and independence protected and maintained, but the trend we have seen is…13 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I assure you that I always try to make my words as meaningful and as brief as possible. I am also coming from the European Union Parliament where…13 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I rise to make my first speech in this place with, I confess, a mix of emotions. Until Friday last, I was a member of the European Parliament,…20 Dec 2019