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HANSARD AfghanistanMy hon. Friend has anticipated exactly the point I was about to make. The Taliban has said that it will not allow Afghanistan to become a haven for terrorists again. Yesterday, in…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanMy hon. Friend makes an important point. As has been said, there are many groups in Afghanistan who have put their lives on the line to support the Afghan Government, democracy…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWhat President Biden has done is uphold a decision made by President Trump. It was a unilateral decision of President Trump to do a deal with the Taliban that led to this…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI had the opportunity to visit Afghanistan twice. I recognise that there are others across this House whose experience is more recent, more vivid, more practical, and longer and…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThe Government are doing much to protect people in trying to ensure that they can access ways of leaving Afghanistan. A point was made earlier about not just expecting people to…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI am very grateful for your generosity to me, Mr Speaker. Another important element of our work in Afghanistan was stopping drugs coming into the United Kingdom. Sadly, that has…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI note the point that my right hon. Friend is making about the importance of American support for our efforts in Afghanistan and those of our allies, but will he please set out…18 Aug 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. That is why the work being done—I shall refer to this later—to increase the economic development of the countries that people are coming…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her intervention, because I am coming on to that point. I am sure that across the House we are sickened to know that some are abusing our…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI note the right hon. Gentleman has made the point about initial decisions. Does he not recognise that one of the problems has been the ability for people to bring extra evidence…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI do apologise to the right hon. Gentleman and he is very gracious in giving way, but can I just say to him that that comment about modern slavery—and he will hear that I have…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI hope my right hon. Friend will forgive me if I intervene in this way, but she is giving the impression that no Conservative Government since 2010 have tried to address these…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will try to get in as many points as I can in those four minutes. I thank the Home Secretary for holding prior discussions with me on the Bill…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Legacy of Northern Ireland’s PastThe Belfast/Good Friday agreement enabled peace to come to Northern Ireland and opened up the prospect of a much brighter future for that part of the United Kingdom, but does my…14 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateI thank you, Mr Speaker, and the Government for enabling this debate today. I stood on a manifesto commitment to maintain international aid funding at 0.7% of gross national…13 Jul 2021HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI absolutely agree about the importance of the patient safety commissioner; they have to be able to do the job that is intended and set out for them to do. I know that there will…08 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational TravelI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. This is the first step in opening up Britain for business. However, I note that in his statement he said that people should expect that…08 Jul 2021HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I shall come to the issue of redress in relation to these particular aspects of pelvic mesh, sodium valproate and Primodos and other…08 Jul 2021HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI join the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) in thanking the Backbench Business Committee for enabling this important debate. I decided that the…08 Jul 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilIndeed. My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I gave just one example, but actually we have to look at aid funding holistically, and look at the linkages between areas and the…30 Jun 2021