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HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy hon. Friend says we aim to spend 2.4% of GDP on R&D. If that is correct, it is an enormous amount of money. To put it in context, it is way more than our defence budget.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is totally in support of you.14 Oct 2019HANSARD Battle of Arnhem: 75th AnniversaryThe hon. and gallant Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) will agree with me on this point. Outside the Airborne Museum Hartenstein is probably the most poignant memorial of…14 Oct 2019HANSARD Battle of Arnhem: 75th AnniversaryI thank the hon. and gallant Gentleman for giving way. He is fully aware, as I am, that five Victoria Crosses were awarded at Arnhem: two to members of the Parachute Regiment, one…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressWill my right hon. Friend give way?14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI thank my right hon. Friend. I know that he really cares about legacy prosecutions and what is happening to soldiers like Dennis Hutchings, but there was no mention in the…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI agree with my right hon. Friend—absolutely—but I am confused. Most of us who drive cars carry an identity card: it has our name, our address, our date of birth, and a photograph…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressAnd to 3%.14 Oct 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryThe hon. Lady is making a great speech and I totally endorse everything she has said. I am really worried as to what the heck the shareholders are doing. Do they not question this…05 Sept 2019HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundIt seems to me that there is a requirement for the shared prosperity fund organisation to have a local office, particularly to help small businesses.05 Sept 2019HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundMy reading is that, actually, the funding will continue. It will just not come from Europe; it will come from London—at least in the immediate future.05 Sept 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentI know Stafford quite well. If those people are not using the unit, where are they going?25 Jul 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentBuilding is taking place on railway car parks in my constituency. That is pushing people out on to other local roads and clogging them up even more.25 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongI am pleased that the Government have suspended the licences for sending riot control equipment to Hong Kong. Are there any indications that our diplomats or, indeed, the media…22 Jul 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI am afraid I have seen instances of Christians killing Christians; obviously, I am referring to Bosnia, where I witnessed that. So it is not just other religions having a go at…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Resignation of UK Ambassador to USALike everyone else in the House, I have nothing but the highest respect for Sir Kim Darroch. Does the House agree that he has acted in the highest tradition of the civil and…11 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentI thank my good friend the Minister for allowing me to intervene. Ever since I was a boy, I have always been extremely concerned about jet fuel being injected directly into the…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI was one of those who stood up and said that they had got it wrong. I got it wrong, and I now support the legislation. I agree with this proposal, and I agree with the one on…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillIt should not be beyond the wit of man to devise a system where someone who has actually caused damage to himself is not part of this scheme. Peter requires to be compensated as…09 Jul 2019