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HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyAs far as I can see, President Putin reanimated a sense of hostility—people can call it a cold war, or whatever they like—in his Munich conference speech in 2007. Since then, what…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyThe hon. Member is, as always, making an excellent speech. He is talking about all the corrupt and corrupting facilitators in our society. Is he as concerned as I am by the use by…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaIt is great to hear a Foreign Secretary speaking with such clarity, so I thank my right hon. Friend. When it comes to our two allies, France and Germany, may I ask the following:…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI am not going to disagree entirely, because I think my right hon. Friend has a useful alternative voice, but what he is saying about eastern Ukraine is not really true, because…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI will crack on through as many points as I can in the next few minutes. To answer the central question of the debate about Russian grand strategy, in the realm of Europe at any…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker. I congratulate the Prime Minister on his balanced approach, unlike that of others in this House. There is increasing concern among epidemiologists,…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthI understand the nuanced point that my right hon. Friend is making, but on the forecasts, does he accept that many academics have doubted the previous forecasts, describing them…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthMe? I am sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker, I could not hear you over the appreciation for the speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates). I…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe hon. Gentleman is making a very good speech, and I apologise for interrupting him, but on a point of science, will he just accept that he has got it a little bit wrong?…14 Dec 2021HANSARDIsland Deal for Isle of WightI thank the Prime Minister for his response. Will the Government accept the findings of the independent study that they themselves commissioned this summer into a long-term fair…08 Dec 2021HANSARDIsland Deal for Isle of WightQ5. What recent progress he has made on bringing forward proposals for an Island deal for the Isle of Wight; and if he will make a statement.08 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraine( Urgent Question ) : To ask the Government for an update— [ Interruption. ]07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineThank you, Mr Speaker. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development affairs if she will make a statement on the situation in Ukraine.07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineWe may be weeks away from a major war in eastern Europe. First, will the Government confirm that the 1994 Budapest memorandum commits the UK and others to respecting Ukraine’s…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI thank the Minister for her praise of staff and governors, of whom we have some superb examples on the Isle of Wight. Will the Government please make up their mind about what…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper). I thank them for their fantastic…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe hon. Gentleman makes the point most eloquently. Politicians then become fearful. They think, “What if the worst-case scenario is right?”, and lose faith in more balanced…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthDoes my right hon. Friend share my frustration that we have all these charts about covid, but we have never had them in context—how many people are born, how many people die, how…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWill the Secretary of State, on behalf of the Government, reassure me that the Foreign Office and its consular service will be doing all they can? I am already receiving calls…29 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTo follow up on the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper), I have a lot of sympathy with what the Leader of the House is saying. We have…29 Nov 2021