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HANSARDIranI thank the hon. Lady—my hon. Friend—for allowing me to intervene. If any of us were to make a speech such as the one we have made this afternoon in Iran, we would be dead meat…12 Jan 2023HANSARDIranI thank my good friend for allowing me to intervene. The truth is that, if there was a free vote in Iran, this lot would be swept away, but there will not be a free vote. Iran is…12 Jan 2023HANSARDIranThe key question is, what can we do? The answer to that is: not very much, honestly. But what we can do is make one hell of a lot of noise about what is happening in Iran, in the…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentI will try to be quick. I want to mark the fact that on 6 December 40 years ago, the Ballykelly bomb occurred. I heard it go off. I was the incident commander and I had to…20 Dec 2022HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend said that we were assisting Ukraine in its air defence against drones, but do we have other troops helping Ukraine within Ukraine?20 Dec 2022HANSARD Bus Routes: Local ConsultationIn my area of south-east London, the buses are a godsend. More than that, the system allows us to check on the internet when buses are coming, with very accurate times at some bus…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillAlthough I am an English MP, I have a huge affection for the people of Northern Ireland. What happens there matters a lot to me because of the three years I spent soldiering in…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI will not respond to the hon. Member for Belfast South (Claire Hanna). I have not been to Northern Ireland recently, but I will be there at the weekend and I will buy something…29 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Designation of Relevant Public Authorities) (England) Regulations 2022On that point, will the Minister give way?24 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Designation of Relevant Public Authorities) (England) Regulations 2022I feel for the local authorities. They do not have any control over National Highways, and yet they are going to be planted with responsibility to get the air quality up and…24 Nov 2022HANSARD Missile Incident in PolandI presume that the Foreign Secretary agrees with me that article 5 of the NATO treaty is just as relevant now as it has ever been—in other words, that an attack against any member…16 Nov 2022HANSARDWest Balkans: Council of EuropeWithout doubt, the crucible and cockpit for all crisis in the western Balkans is Bosnia. This country has 3.2 million people, ethnically south Slav in nature, but split into three…16 Nov 2022HANSARDWest Balkans: Council of EuropeI thank my good friend for allowing me to intervene on him. A good role for the Council of Europe that has not been mentioned is convening a conference to try to sort out a Dayton…16 Nov 2022HANSARDWest Balkans: Council of EuropeMs Nokes, I am so sorry.16 Nov 2022HANSARD Yemen Peace ProcessIt is a real pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Yemen is important to us, and I want to concentrate on why that is. The south-eastern end of the Arabian…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Yemen Peace ProcessWe are second. Aid must get through. We have mentioned people starving and a lack of medical supplies, but all I can remember about Aden is how little water there was there. Water…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Yemen Peace ProcessCan I ask the hon. Lady who she thinks is most responsible for the mass murders and rapes? According to my understanding, it is the Houthis.03 Nov 2022HANSARD Yemen Peace ProcessForgive me if I got that wrong; I am perfectly willing to be corrected. To complicate the situation further, al-Qaeda has turned up. Perhaps the most dangerous of the al-Qaeda…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Yemen Peace ProcessI thank the right hon. Lady, whom I call a good friend, although she is not formally meant to be a friend; technically, she is not a friend, but she really is a friend. I have…03 Nov 2022HANSARDProtection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillI intervene only to make a point I made on Second Reading, which was that perhaps we could insist in the Bill that employers outline to employees who have become pregnant their…02 Nov 2022