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HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his recent speech. According to the House of Commons Library, there are 12 Iranian proxy forces in Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI think I support what my hon. Friend says. Of the two times we voted on military action, the first time we were misled and the second time we were stung by having been misled, so…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red Searose —24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will try to wind up after seven minutes. I am mindful that lots of others want to get in. Lots of good speeches today; I just want to start by…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaAt this juncture, I think it worth pointing out—the Secretary of State may want to refer to this—that Iranian proxies are regularly rocketing, or attempting to rocket, US bases in…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaThe answer that the Government have so far given on the IRGC is that it is an arm of the state, and it is very difficult to proscribe an arm of the state. I am not saying I agree…24 Jan 2024HANSARD School AttendanceI fully support the idea behind the Bill introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), and indeed the complementary Bill introduced by my hon. Friend…23 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. It is good to see him. On rule 39, the pyjama injunction, where judges get out of bed in the middle of the night, I do not even…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI agree and I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. If there was a chance of it moving further, then yes, but I do not think there is. The issue is: it is this Bill or no Bill;…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI find it frustrating when people, especially Opposition Members, talk about the need for safe and legal routes. As a statement of fact, there were 10 such routes into the UK in…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Other parts of the country would do well to step up to the plate—I thank him for that comment. Returning to what my hon. Friend the Member for…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that important point. In the WhatsApp group in which we were chatting about this earlier, one of our north-east colleagues posted the idea that we could…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am sorry to have got to the debate a bit late. I will talk in general about some of the amendments; I am sympathetic to a lot of them. I always listen to my right hon. Friend…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am delighted that my right hon. and learned Friend has intervened, because those are exactly the three points that I was about to make to complete my case. I thank him for doing…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend has made a valuable point, and one that I was about to come on to. Why do some people in this country and some political groups, generally on the left, idealise…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI quite agree. I think that we are in danger of reverse-engineering a load of opinions on the European convention on human rights into a single Bill that is influenced by the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend has made an excellent point. He is, of course, an eminent lawyer, and I, frankly am not. [Hon. Members: “There is still time!”] I am tempted to say, “I will stop…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend makes a point about the happiness of the liberal elites, but he is giving a subjective opinion about what he thinks they would love. Actually, what they would love…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am so sorry, I thank the hon. Lady. Option 2 is that some of the legal appeals work and some do not, but we begin to get the planes moving, sort of, this summer. That is a…17 Jan 2024