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HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionThe Minister asks what would be the point of her declaring a climate change emergency. Well, it is because it is an emergency. It is an emergency right now and it is an emergency…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Discrimination in FootballWill the Minister join me in paying tribute to community football clubs such as the Bristol Panthers FC—the LGBT club in Bristol—and the Easton Cowboys, which are both in my…11 Apr 2019HANSARDSexual OffencesIntimate partners and ex-partners are the largest single category of perpetrators of rape and sexual assault, which, in my experience of working with abusive men, are linked to…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThis feels like groundhog day, because here I am again, about to ask the Leader of the House where the immigration Bill is. The Prime Minister said that we need to get on with…11 Apr 2019HANSARDSexual Offences10. What recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases involving rape and other sexual offences.11 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. [ Interruption. ] I am hearing a colleague say from a sedentary position that LGBT rights was an agenda item last time, and my…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI do not think I can comment on the views of members of the royal family, but I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I want the UK Government to take a leadership role…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in the debate verbally or by being present in support. I also thank the Front-Bench spokespeople and the Minister, who…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, which I agree with, although obviously that is not in the Minister’s portfolio. If we are to have true moral authority, we need to make…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI beg to move, That this House has considered LGBT rights in Brunei. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I am glad that so many right hon. and hon.…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is absolutely right, and I would like the Minister to urge his colleague, the Foreign Secretary, to use his position in the…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI am grateful to the Minister for what he has said so far, but may I press him further on the Sino-British joint declaration? How confident is he that China is respecting it as…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on refugees, I am particularly concerned at this country’s record, at the fact that,…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI absolutely agree, and I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Later in my remarks, I will emphasise that Britain’s position in the Commonwealth gives us a position of…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI thank my hon. Friend very much for that intervention, because it brings me to my next point. I might not be able to afford to stay at the Dorchester, but I can talk to…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI congratulate the hon. Gentleman’s constituent on taking that step. It is great to see such campaigning by young people, and I certainly encourage everyone who watches or hears…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I am also baffled—why do this? I hope the Foreign Secretary will be able to use the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group later this month…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI would certainly like us to use the fact that we have troops in Brunei as a measure of leverage. I understand the strategic position that those troops hold, but it is important…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiThat is certainly a way of using our position of influence. I ask the Minister to consider that, and to talk to his colleagues in the Ministry of Defence about how we are…10 Apr 2019HANSARDTax Paid: ReductionsThe Minister can say anything he likes, obviously. In fact, he knows that the tax system is skewed in favour of richer people. The poorest 10% pay 42% of their income in taxes,…09 Apr 2019