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HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: IndiaI congratulate my right hon. Friend on her new job. The EU has been trying, unsuccessfully, to do a trade deal with India for 24 years, but we have an advantage. India is the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: India12. What recent progress her Department has made on securing a free trade agreement with India.21 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ13. I am sure my right hon. Friend would agree that homeless people should be assisted and not arrested. The review of the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 has now been concluded.…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: IranIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) on securing this debate. I…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirI will endeavour not to be so passionate as the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain). I declare my interest as the co-chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirIs it not worse than that, because the minority religions are also excluded from that Government?23 Sept 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I agree that all the United Nations resolutions that date back from 1947 should be implemented, the first being that the illegal…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene on him. Does he not accept that the Kashmiri Pandits, in any type of vote or plebiscite, should have the right to be…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTomorrow, is the grand reopening of the Salvatorian College, a Catholic academy for boys aged 11 to 16 in Wealdstone, in my constituency. Will my right hon. Friend join me in…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsI welcome my hon. Friend to his position; I am sure he will do an excellent job. He rightly points out that the vaccination programme for young people is a public health matter.…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Violence Against Women and Girls: Police ResponseI congratulate my hon. Friend on her new job. She is right—operational policing has to be left to commanders and suchlike—but she can set the policy. Can we make it clear that…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his reappointment. However, we have seen some Cabinet changes. One of the most important, for me, is the new Secretary of State for Housing,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSI note that our friends from New Zealand have already announced that the new submarines will be banned from their waters, but can I press my right hon. Friend on the opportunities…16 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ13. As a Queen’s scout, I am always keen to encourage young people to get into the most successful youth organisation in the world, so last week I was delighted that the Scout…15 Sept 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Opportunities for ScotlandAs the Government negotiate new free trade deals around the world as global Britain, and the new agreement with Australia removes the 5% tariff on the export of whisky to…08 Sept 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Opportunities for Scotland10. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of new free trade agreements on trading opportunities for Scotland.08 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Thank you, Mr Speaker—I was going to wear my headset especially for you, but I could not find anywhere to plug it in. My right hon. Friend recently had a meeting to discuss…06 Sept 2021HANSARDTree PlantingWhat steps he is taking to increase tree planting.22 Jul 2021HANSARD Summer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee, the hon. Member for Gateshead (Ian Mearns). Before we rise for the summer recess, I think it important…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Awarding Qualifications in 2021 and 2022I thank all the heads, principals, lecturers, teachers, staff and, indeed, pupils and students across Harrow for all their work during the pandemic. I am grateful to my right hon.…22 Jul 2021