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HANSARDYazidi GenocideI beg to move, That this House has considered the Yazidi genocide. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I begin by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for…08 Feb 2022HANSARDYazidi GenocideI absolutely agree, and I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. The point about intent is crucial when deciding on genocide; I will expand on that later. What sets this…08 Feb 2022HANSARDYazidi GenocideI put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day), to the hon. Members for Wealden (Ms Ghani), for Rutherglen and Hamilton West…08 Feb 2022HANSARDYazidi GenocideI thank the hon. Lady for that contribution, which I am sure the Minister heard. I will come on to exactly what the Government have to do, and what they have so far failed to do.…08 Feb 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Chief of Staff AppointmentI am sorry that the right hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay) is not in his place because I wanted to congratulate and welcome the country’s new senior civil…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportDoes the Prime Minister not recognise that the public are rapidly losing faith in the institutions that they must be able to trust if our democracy is to survive? It appears that…31 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationOn Burns Day, it is probably appropriate to start with the line: “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley”. Or perhaps it should be a line from that other great…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesThe hon. Member talks about the SNP turning our guns on the Opposition; perhaps if he was not so utterly thirled to trident missiles, we could find the money to lift Scottish…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesWill the hon. Member give way?24 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentI thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this important debate. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) for her outstanding work in keeping the plight…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingOh, I am glad that you shout, “Shame!”18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingNo, I will not. The libertarian right have had enough of a kick at the ball in this debate. [Interruption.] No, I will not give way. At least half of those who have spoken today…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingThank you for calling me, Sir Edward. My first thought is, thank goodness that health is devolved. It will surprise no one to learn that I will not be joining the libertarian…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingOn a point of order, Sir Edward. I think that the hon. Member for Isle of Wight has twice called me a fool. Can you clarify whether that is parliamentary language?18 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely spot-on. As she says, we heard from many witnesses who said that the wider the franchise and the more the people who vote, the less there can be…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am sure that Conservative Members for Welsh constituencies must be having a similar dilemma. If this is good enough for Scotland…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillI rise to speak in support of new clause 1, as well as new clauses 3 to 8, tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady). I welcome the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillIf the 75% of 16 and 17-year-olds who voted in the Scottish independence referendum did not make their own choice, who voted for them? If the research that says that they looked…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillThere is no doubt that this is a dreadful Bill designed to undermine democracy, but I put on record my thanks to everyone involved in its passage, particularly all those Members…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillI was asking you.17 Jan 2022