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HANSARD Prime Minister’s Meeting with Alexander LebedevForgive me, Mr Speaker. I am taking this stuff really seriously and I am disgusted.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Prime Minister’s Meeting with Alexander LebedevI do, Mr Speaker. I am trying to chime with the mood of the House, rather than the Government. The Minister takes national security seriously, but it is quite obvious from the…07 Jul 2022HANSARD NATO Accession: Sweden and FinlandI too thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. It is a pleasure to see her in her place, although I should point out there are still nine and a half resigning hours…06 Jul 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesPlease do; this will be good.28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI was hoping to find common ground, rather than hear endless whataboutery. We could all swap stats about the performance of our relative Governments, but I am here to critique the…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI congratulate the Labour party on bringing forward today’s debate, and acknowledge at the outset—I am seeking common ground with those on the Treasury Bench—that government is…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesAs I say, I look forward to the debates that we will have in the coming months, and I look forward to the decision of the people of Scotland on those matters. I have said that it…28 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolI will confess some puzzlement over this. The EU has negotiated a variety of changes to refine the protocol. There are dispute resolution mechanisms within the protocol. There has…21 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: British Diplomatic SupportI echo the comments that Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff and the diplomatic core worldwide do a great job under difficult circumstances, but they are being…21 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeThat is a very interesting and helpful point. I hope that the hon. Gentleman is inviting the Home Secretary along as well. Perhaps we can arrange that, because my concern is that…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeI genuinely thank the right hon. Member for his intervention, and I could not agree with him more. One of the things that has struck me since I got to this House is that we are…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeI am similarly grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I am really concerned about the public discourse in these islands. If we believe in the rule of law, that…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeIt is a pleasure to wind up for the SNP. It has been interesting to hear the various worldviews expressed across the Chamber. From the SNP perspective, I am glad to hear the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyIt is pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Graham; thank you for calling me so early. I commend the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on an excellent…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI will take the intervention at face value as a genuine expression of concern. This is not an easy subject—I would be the first to acknowledge that—but that is why we need to make…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I am a solicitor, if we go back far enough. The law is well used to dealing with shades of grey. In many other…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyThe hon. Lady makes a powerful and apposite point. On saying, “Just wait,” well, people are waiting, including all the legislators in this Chamber—we have waited far too long to…13 Jun 2022HANSARD UkraineIt is a pleasure to see you in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is right that we take stock of events in Ukraine, which deserves our support and our continuing focus. I…25 May 2022HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced ConfessionI commend the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) for asking the urgent question, and you, Mr Speaker, for granting it. I must confess that I had hoped we had…24 May 2022HANSARD Georgia and the War in UkraineIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I commence by warmly praising the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly) for securing this debate, and I congratulate him on…24 May 2022