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HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Although we do not yet know how many candidates there will be for the election of the Chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsIt is outrageous that anyone should conflate the Commonwealth citizens who have come and contributed directly to this country with foreign nationals who have been convicted in our…18 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson). I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mrs Hamilton)…16 May 2022HANSARDShireen Abu AqlaI thank my hon. Friend for her answer to the urgent question. Clearly there is a concern that we do not know exactly what happened on that terrible day when the journalist was…16 May 2022HANSARDBusiness QuestionMy right hon. Friend will be well aware that, despite some difficult elections elsewhere, in the London borough of Harrow we gained eight seats from Labour and took control of the…12 May 2022HANSARDHong Kong Arrests Under National Security LawIt is clear that the Chinese Government were watching the west’s reaction to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Members of this House have been sanctioned by the Chinese…12 May 2022HANSARDHomes for Ukraine: Visa Application CentresFamilies in my constituency have very generously offered to house Ukrainian refugees. I was going to raise the plight of the Lykholit family from Ukraine, who applied on 18 March,…28 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment to end the scourge of fly-tipping across the country. It is the No. 1 issue that every one of my constituents raises when I speak to…28 Apr 2022HANSARDIndia: Economic and Security Relationship5. What recent steps she has taken to strengthen the UK’s economic and security relationship with India.26 Apr 2022HANSARDIndia: Economic and Security RelationshipI thank my right hon. Friend for her answer, and for the tremendous work she has been doing since she became Foreign Secretary to deepen the relationship with India. Indeed, the…26 Apr 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaYou and I, Mr Speaker, were looking forward to a visit to India during the Easter recess, but we have witnessed the Prime Minister’s groundbreaking visit. He is the first Prime…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate, including the Front Benchers, and I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for her commitment, which we all share. We have to…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. Vaping has its purpose, which is to encourage people to quit smoking and take up vaping. I am concerned that people may take up vaping…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I beg to move, That this House has considered progress towards the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambition. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. For those who…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I thank the hon. Member for his intervention and for the work that he has done on combatting smoking over many years. He raises the issue of smoking in pregnancy, which is the one…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. Clearly, people start smoking when they are young. They continue to smoke well into their later life, and it is very hard for people…26 Apr 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseResidents constantly contact me about the state of roads and pavements in the London Borough of Harrow. I put this down to the inefficiency of the Labour-run council. However, on…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillThe Chairman of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee—the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts)—and I have been involved in the prelegislative scrutiny of…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI apologise for taking part in a bit of a pincer movement on the Minister. He mentioned the 30-year rule; there will be developers who say, “We built under the regulations that…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI agree with my right hon. Friend, but let us make it clear that it should not be housing associations paying for the costs of remediation—it should be the developers who did the…20 Apr 2022