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HANSARD Immigration and AsylumI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the annual approval by the House of Commons of maximum numbers in respect of immigration and asylum; to…22 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. Before I thank the Minister, I will say that we on the Island are fortunate for many reasons, but one of them is that we…21 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandI thank the Minister for his intervention. The last time I had a school visit in Parliament, some of the kids said, “Why should we vote Conservative?” I could have talked about…21 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandIf the hon. Gentleman is so critical, what would the Labour party do about it?21 May 2024HANSARD ChinaI beg to move, That this House has considered Government policy on China. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I am here to look at Government policy on…15 May 2024HANSARD ChinaI agree very much with the points that the hon. Gentleman makes. We need to increase our pace, which is one of things that I would like to argue today. What the Chinese Communist…15 May 2024HANSARD ChinaI am sorry, but I take issue with the point about fear. I think it is about understanding and not about fear. On the TikTok issue alone, my hon. Friend is talking about a fear of…15 May 2024HANSARD ChinaI thank everyone for attending and I thank you, Ms Rees, for chairing the debate. As the Deputy Foreign Secretary is writing to us on Thames Water, I would be grateful if he…15 May 2024HANSARD DefenceRather than Labour Members trying to poke holes in this commitment, would it not be better if they committed to doing the same thing?07 May 2024HANSARD Defence Personnel Data BreachFirst, I thank the Minister for his call this morning. It is a little frustrating to be told that one’s bank details and national insurance number are winging their way to Beijing…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceThe Secretary of State is making a really important point. Without sounding too academic, do we actually know what war is nowadays? Clearly, there is conventional war, which we…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceWill the Secretary of State give way?07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceAs I am sure my right hon. Friend knows, the Royal Navy’s radars are made in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Can we please have a radar strategy for a new generation of radar, and not…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceThe hon. Member for Leeds North West (Alex Sobel) has done really good work with me on the all-party parliamentary group on Ukraine, and I pay him credit for that. Whenever we…07 May 2024HANSARD Defencerose —07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceIs there not a simple problem here, though? Labour may be committing to a defence review, but that review will take nine or 10 months—maybe a year. That simply means that it…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceDoes the right hon. Gentleman accept that there is a balance? Clearly, one would like everything for the military to be produced in this country to support our industrial base,…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceIt is a genuine pleasure to follow my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Bracknell (James Sunderland). I want to develop some points that he and my right hon. Friend the…07 May 2024HANSARDJimmy Lai17. What steps his Department is taking to support Jimmy Lai during his trial in Hong Kong.30 Apr 2024HANSARDJimmy LaiWould Ministers agree that this dreadful case shows the true nature of the Chinese communist regime? Could we be doing more to really get a stout defence of British citizens…30 Apr 2024