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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI shall start where that brilliant speech by the right hon. and learned Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) ended. I would also say to the Minister, and also to the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill the Minister give way?04 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am afraid I completely disagree with the hon. Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy). The Bill reflects what is wrong in politics today. The Government have put forward…03 Jul 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillFrom what she has chronicled, my hon. Friend reminds us how easy it is for history to be forgotten but, were it not forgotten, these incidents would not occur. That makes the…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineMy right hon. Friend is making a very powerful contribution. I think there is large consensus in the House on this issue. I just want to draw attention to the facts. We actually…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI too have been provoked, by the intervention from the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown). He was right to say that the reform of Companies House and…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI am extremely grateful to the Minister for his generosity. Can he perhaps explain what the Canadians are doing? It is my understanding that the Canadians have seized the assets.…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way again. Before that exchange, he was speaking about the ability of sanctioned individuals to voluntarily give some of their…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI do not think anybody can quarrel with the words the Minister has expressed, but I would like to urge him into action. Today, Lord Alton of Liverpool is moving an amendment in…27 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonThere are moments when we know that our parliamentary debates will form part of our nation’s history, and for the wrong reasons, today is such a moment. Everything that we do in…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI agree, and I am pleased that the Privileges Committee will look at the conduct of some Members of both Houses in attempting to intimidate Committee members. Today’s debate has…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonThat is an extremely interesting point, for which, as a non-lawyer, I thank the hon. Lady. If it is true that attempts were made to bully and, yes, blackmail Privileges Committee…19 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Crime Agency Investigation: Javad MarandiI thank the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) for tabling the urgent question and you, Mr Speaker, for granting it. These revelations are completely damning. There…16 May 2023HANSARD Recovering Access to Primary CareI would like to take the Secretary of State out of the bubble of Westminster and the green Benches and into the reality of what is happening on the ground in my constituency. We…09 May 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt is pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mary Robinson), although I have to say that I disagree with her, in that I do not think the Budget of 2023 will go down in…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe hon. Gentleman talks about the squeezed middle, and I agree that they will not benefit from the Budget either. There are 800,000 fewer owner-occupiers today than there were in…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureI join the right hon. Gentleman in welcoming the Ukrainian MPs who are with us today. A letter has been sent by 45 Ukrainian MPs to our Prime Minister urging him to do precisely…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureMay I draw the right hon. Gentleman’s attention to the fact that the Canadians have gone even further? My understanding is that they have already started taking action by pursuing…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureThe right hon. Gentleman is making an excellent contribution. I want to say one thing: I do not think the Government are using their current powers as effectively as they could on…14 Mar 2023HANSARDTributes to Baroness BoothroydAlways. Betty said to him: “This is so time-consuming. Come on, Mr. Hughes: spit it out.” —[ Official Report , 18 March 1997; Vol. 292, c. 719.] He then sat down, completely…28 Feb 2023