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HANSARDSyriaThe interim Government in Syria have suggested that operations in the coastal areas are complete and that things have now calmed down, but human rights groups suggest that the…10 Mar 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI am very happy to do so. The hon. Gentleman and I have worked closely together on Georgia—a country in the backyard of Vladimir Putin that is on day 96, I think, of huge street…05 Mar 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is appropriate that we have such a distinguished internationalist in the Chair for this debate. [Interruption.] That did not get me any extra…05 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI draw the House’s attention to my role as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Hong Kong. I welcome the Minister’s recognition that the bounties on the heads of these…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPrison ConditionsKatie Allan was a beautiful and bright young woman, and would have been a constituent of mine but for the fact that, aged 21, she found herself, after a youthful stupid mistake,…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesI will be very brief, and I thank the Minister for giving way to a rampant socialist. In the light of the comments from the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman, does the Minister…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesWill the Minister give way?27 Jan 2025HANSARD Russian Maritime Activity and UK ResponsePutin and his autocratic friends mistake our freedom and openness for weakness, so may I enthusiastically welcome the strength of the response to the Russian activity? The…22 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for Women PensionersThe most common problem raised with me by women pensioners is, as my hon. Friend the Member for Stirling and Strathallan (Chris Kane) says, the enormous waiting lists. Researchers…22 Jan 2025HANSARDCompetition and Markets Authority ChairmanMy constituents, particularly those living in Crookfur, have terrible mobile phone signal. How can the CMA progress the merger between Three and Vodafone, so that we get the…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Pro-democracy Campaigners: ArrestsI associate myself with the Minister’s comments about the contribution that Hongkongers have made to the UK, which is particularly true in East Renfrewshire. The Hongkongers in my…07 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineAbsolutely. As well as listening to the echoes of deeper history, we have to learn lessons from our more recent failures. I met a soldier called Dimitri in a ward for wounded…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI congratulate the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) on securing the debate. There is a bit of a disease in British politics of reaching back to the second world war…06 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI warmly welcome the measures that the Home Secretary has set out to pursue perpetrators and to challenge the culture of cover-up, and I also welcome her strong statement that…06 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseGiven the widespread revulsion at the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in Georgia, will the Leader of the House make time for a debate on that matter? Imedi TV, the main…12 Dec 2024HANSARDDetained British Nationals AbroadI congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on securing this debate, and on continuing to be a discomfort in the derrière for…05 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaMy mind also turned to the former Member for Batley and Spen, my friend Jo, and the cry she made in this Chamber to do something to help the people of Syria. Back then, we saw the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI join the right hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) in commending my hon. Friend for the way she has made sure that this binary debate has not been a polarising one. I…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTaiwan: International StatusI thank the Minister for restating the Government’s position on the interpretation of UN resolutions, and for celebrating Taiwan’s society, economy and democracy, which I know…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseHaving sent birthday wishes to the Clerk of the House, will the Leader of the House extend her congratulations to the 1st Neilston boys brigade on its 70th birthday? It is a…28 Nov 2024