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HANSARD Persecution of ChristiansThe Minister has twice mentioned the General Assembly. My hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) and I have both made the point that the United Nations…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Lloyds, HBOS and the Cranston ReviewI thank the Minister for giving way; he is an honourable and decent man. However, what shocks me most about all of this is that some banks are not acting decently and honourably.…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Lloyds, HBOS and the Cranston ReviewWill the Minister give way?04 Feb 2020HANSARD Lloyds, HBOS and the Cranston ReviewIt did not just affect Dean D’Eye but it deeply affected his father, who was almost bankrupted and lost his home.04 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainDoes my right hon. Friend agree that there seem to have been hints from the Government that they will put more effort into the United Nations in future as part of global Britain,…03 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan CoronavirusApparently, there have been 361 deaths from coronavirus in China, with many more infected. Can my right hon. Friend assure me that in the worst-case scenario—if it does get into…03 Feb 2020HANSARDWar Widows’ Pension SchemeI am intervening at an appropriate time so that my right hon. Friend can reshuffle his papers.30 Jan 2020HANSARDWar Widows’ Pension SchemeThis situation is frankly iniquitous. It is unfair and wrong, but it could be put right very quickly if we just say that once someone receives a widow’s pension they keep it, end…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI have not been there yet, but I am coming. It is people like my hon. Friend who go and represent us at the Security Council. Let us give as much support as we can to the United…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI would like to compliment everyone who has made a maiden speech today, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson). His was a…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI am not going to argue with my hon. Friend about the semantics, because I agree with him. There is a level below the superpower of which we are most definitely a member. I firmly…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainOn soft influence, when my hon. Friend and I, and other hon. Members, go abroad, perhaps in uniform, we are very well received in large parts of the world. One very important…30 Jan 2020HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI want to talk about my personal experience of genocide—I am afraid that it was up close. In 1992, I was commanding a British battalion—the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment—in…23 Jan 2020HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI led the first troops into Srebenica in April 1993. My men were surrounded. About 20 people were killed and a couple of my soldiers were wounded. We established Srebrenica, and…23 Jan 2020HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy very good and hon. Friend mentions the 6 million people killed in Poland. I thought several million of them were actually Polish. How many Poles are reckoned to have been…23 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI certainly do, and I want it to happen in my house as soon as possible. We are decarbonising our economy faster, apparently, than any other G20 country, and we have reduced our…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionOne of the problems with electric vehicles is that they have batteries that cause real problems. We have a problem in making them without actually using resources.15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI fully accept that mankind is changing the earth’s climate. I have always worried about how we are altering the air we breathe, but I feel our actions are now turning the…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI thank my friend for allowing me to intervene. I speak as a friend of Dennis Skinner. The lesson for everyone new coming into this place is to realise that there is a difference…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI accept that, and that I am no expert, so I accept the hon. Lady’s point of view, but particulate matter does have an impact on us all. Around 13% comes from industrial processes…15 Jan 2020