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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillNo.12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is a delight to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), who made one of the best speeches so far today against the Bill. Unfortunately, he does…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister give way?12 Dec 2023HANSARDIranI agree with the comments made by the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers), but should we not also be wondering about what Iran is doing within its own…12 Dec 2023HANSARDGender RecognitionI will say this as gently as I can. As a gay man, I feel less safe today than I did three years or five years ago. Why? Sometimes it is because of the rhetoric used in the public…06 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipThe Home Secretary has twice refused to answer the question of whether the Immigration Minister has resigned—but he has, hasn’t he? Has he resigned because he thinks that this…06 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I am afraid I am unable to update my right hon. Friend—he is updating me—but perhaps the Minister will be able to update us. I know that he is not a Department for Work and…04 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a great delight to sit under your chairmanship, Mrs Latham. You and I have many things in common, not least our determination to see that fewer people suffer from melanoma…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillHe does not—great. Finally, new schedule 1 would grant the Secretary of State the power to require banks or other financial institutions to provide the bank account…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillThe House of Commons Library makes it absolutely clear that the Bill, if taken forward in the way that the Government are proposing at the moment, does allow the Government to…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillPensions?29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillI beg to move, That the Bill be re-committed to a Public Bill Committee. First, I wish to briefly refer to the death yesterday morning of my predecessor as Member of Parliament…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillBut it does include the state pension, doesn’t it?29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillAs I am feeling generous, I shall start with the nice bits where we agree with the Government. First, we completely agree with the changes to the Information Commissioner’s…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillI, too, would like to thank the Clerks for their help. They are always enormously helpful, especially to Opposition Members, and sometimes to Government Members as well. I would…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillBut the Minister has already indicated that, basically, he will come forward with exactly the same list as is in the legislation that the Government are amending. All that is…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillI agree with the hon. Gentleman on this, but quite a lot of steps need to be taken here. For instance, we might need to mandate standards on smart meters in order to be able to…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillI add mine and that of the Labour party, too.29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillBroadly speaking, we support this measure. What negotiations and discussions has the Minister had about red notices under Interpol and the abuse of them, for instance by the…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillThe trouble is that this is not about amending. The Government describe the relevant benefits in part 5 of proposed new schedule 3B, within new schedule 1, which is clear that…29 Nov 2023