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HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI do not know enough about that, so I will have to respect the experts’ opinions, but the hon. Gentleman makes a potentially valid point. I would like us to look at the economic…23 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsWill the Minister give way?22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsIt is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). It is quite clear that deterrence has failed and he is right to say that we have been naive. I make no…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsWe are 15 years late. It should not take the gravest crisis since world war two for us to get our house in order; this is just good housekeeping that we should have done 20 years…22 Feb 2022HANSARDDentist Industry and NHS BacklogsIt is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Clacton (Giles Watling). I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter) for securing this…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDentist Industry and NHS BacklogsI do not want to interrupt my hon. Friend as she goes on to these important long-term structural issues. There were a bunch of short-term ideas to get dentists into this country…07 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI welcome the Chancellor’s recognition, as my hon. Friend the Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose) said, of the importance of a long-term energy policy. I thank him very…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI thank the Secretary of State so much for taking forward the islands forum idea. Sadly, I did not get beyond page 132, because that is where it was. Can he assure us that the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI thank the Secretary of State for her very robust approach. This is not a criticism of her, but we still lack a comprehensive and coherent approach to dealing with Russia’s…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentI thank the Secretary of State for this decision. I opposed the policy in December for reasons that have been eloquently laid out by Members such as my hon. Friend the Member for…31 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court Systemrose—20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI am grateful to the Minister for listening to the debate. He says that the intervention of my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) was not directly…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI thank the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) for his speech; I agree with many of his points. Normally, when people agree on stuff across the House, a bit of virtue…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemTo reinforce a point that other hon. Members will probably make, although the lawyers—the Carter-Rucks and the Mishcon de Reyas—will say, “Everything that we do is legal,” this is…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemThis is yet another great speech. Does the right hon. Gentleman think that these solicitors’ bodies and barristers’ bodies should be more concerned about the very questionable…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemOn privilege, occasionally we get the use of it wrong and everyone talks about abusing it, but actually it is fundamentally so important. We need to update it. We need absolute…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI am not quite sure of the case that the hon. Lady talks about but the principle is clear: SLAPP legislation applies not just to one country, one industry or one person; it is…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemMy right hon. Friend is making a fantastically important speech, and I look forward to joining him to talk about these many important subjects. What does he think about those…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemMy hon. Friend is making fantastically important points, and we are testing our arguments on him out of respect for his background and experience. Much as we like or dislike…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemIs my hon. Friend saying—he may well be right; I make no assertions—that it is a complete coincidence that Hugh Tomlinson keeps taking these cases?20 Jan 2022