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HANSARD Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan RefugeesWill the Minister address the mismatch in staffing resource? It seems disproportionate that there were 540 staff working on the Ukraine scheme and there are 36 on the Afghan…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan RefugeesWill the Minister give way?17 Oct 2023HANSARD Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan RefugeesAnd a non-dependent child?17 Oct 2023HANSARD Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan RefugeesI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. On pathway 1, regarding those who had been separated during Operation Pitting, he said that a spouse and a dependent child would be…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan RefugeesI beg to move, That this House has considered safe asylum routes for Afghan refugees. It was a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I declare a non-pecuniary…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050I value the cross-party consensus that this country has enjoyed for the past 20 years, which is responsible for some of the strenuous targets that the Secretary of State has…16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the Select Committee inquiry into preparations for this winter, one of the repeated calls that we have heard from expert witnesses is to support the vulnerable and fuel poor…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Resettlement of AfghansI commend the Government on the way in which they set up the Ukraine family scheme within a week of the Russian invasion. But the parallel family reunion mechanism for Afghans…19 Sept 2023HANSARDConference AdjournmentI challenge the House to fill in the missing word. As safe as—[Hon. Members: “Houses.”] Members have said it but, for too many people, that saying has become a rather sick joke.…19 Sept 2023HANSARDConference AdjournmentMadam Deputy Speaker, I would like to begin by saying how much I admired the way in which you so sensitively and generously responded to my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and…19 Sept 2023HANSARDSchool Building ClosuresThe National Audit Office report of 28 June was, of course, agreed with the Department, as all NAO reports are. Given that that report identified that up to 700,000 children were…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIn the interest of moving to the vote, I will not speak.13 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateMay I extend my genuine sympathy to the two Conservative colleagues who appear to have been targeted by a suspected Chinese spy who was employed in Parliament and paid for out of…11 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker. I did say “suspected”. The House will be aware that the subject of the security alert last year, Christine Lee, was never arrested, has never been charged…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023The Minister will be aware that many landlords have sold or gone into liquidation and referred on, and the current landlord may now be in a very different jurisdiction and may…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way again?17 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO SummitRussia has built 475 new military sites and 50 major new military bases on its northern frontier—its northern flank—in the past six years because the loss of the summer sea ice…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI think I agree with everything my hon. Friend has said this afternoon. She will remember, as I do, how many of us on the Opposition Benches, and indeed in all of the House, spent…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetThe Minister rightly refers to the need to improve our electricity supply from solar. Has he looked at the interconnection that is proposed from Morocco to come in at the Hinkley…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetWhen the Minister says that this country is “more on track”, does that mean that we are “on track” or that we are just closer to being “on track” than anybody else?06 Jun 2023