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HANSARD Drug CrimeMay I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore) on securing the debate? He has touched on a number of issues that impact a range of our…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Food SecurityWill the hon. Lady give way?31 Mar 2022HANSARD Food SecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I always enjoy following the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) and, increasingly,…31 Mar 2022HANSARDRape as a Weapon of War in Ukraine(Urgent question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on Ukraine with particular reference to the use of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDRape as a Weapon of War in UkraineIt is a tragic reality that, in conflicts and crises around the world, rape and sexual violence have become weapons of war. They are the tools of the vicious and the violent, and…31 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy hon. Friend is making an extraordinarily impassioned speech. She is absolutely right to make the point that men are 99% of the problem, but we can be 50% of the solution.10 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22The right hon. Gentleman is shaking his head. Fine, but I think there is real value in having the ability to unilaterally send in humanitarian forces using our defence budget. The…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I will try to be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was struck by a letter in The Daily Telegraph a few weeks ago from Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall. It is short, and it…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I am sure that this will come up in the debate, but it is also about retention. We do have a problem in the military, across all the services, in retaining not only the people who…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillCan my right hon. Friend tell me whether his amendment, and the Bill, will address the issue of nominees? That seems to be a way in which someone could get away with it: “I can…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI apologise for interrupting the hon. Lady, who is making a brilliant speech. On her point about assets being handed over, where they are being hidden and the chain involved in…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThe presumption of innocence must surely be broad and not subjective in respect of any one individual. My right hon. Friend made the point about people on bail; the whole point is…07 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade: Australia and New ZealandIt is welcome to see the progress the Government are making with the digital partnership with Singapore, the Australia trade agreement, the New Zealand trade agreement and the…03 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsThe Foreign Secretary announced the launching of a joint taskforce to hunt down the assets of oligarchs hit by our sanctions. Can she tell us the speed and scale at which that…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPCSOs: Neighbourhood CrimeThe increase in police officers in the south-west is welcome, but what is being done to tackle drugs, and will the Home Secretary meet me to see what we can do to stop antisocial…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Organ Donation and Transplantation StrategyAs ever, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his powerful intervention. He uses personal experience to lend great weight to a very serious topic, and that has certainly been registered…23 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceMy hon. Friend is taking us on a journey. I appreciate the point he made about increased military spending and an increase in boots on the ground in our armed forces, but does he…23 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI apologise for interrupting the hon. Lady and for not having read that report. Did it include anything on the reform of Companies House to include more transparency in respect of…23 Feb 2022HANSARDFood and Farming: Devon and CornwallIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, although it is somewhat dauting to follow my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Torridge and West Devon (Sir Geoffrey Cox), the…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Organ Donation and Transplantation StrategyI beg to move, That this House has considered the organ donation and transplantation strategy. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank the Backbench…23 Feb 2022