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HANSARDLGBT History MonthThere are not enough of you lot! [ Laughter. ] It is a great joy that things have changed dramatically, but there is still so much more to change.02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe position of the Church of England bishops on same-sex marriage is causing very real “pain and trauma” to many gay Christians. I hope the bishops will back reform in the end,…02 Feb 2023HANSARDWagner Group: Sanctions RegimeWe are talking about sanctions.25 Jan 2023HANSARDWagner Group: Sanctions RegimeI am sorry, but this is so complacent, and the Government have been systematically complacent about the issue of sanctioning individuals for the last three years. The Foreign…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Equal Marriage: Church of EnglandThere is an awful lot of pain. Imagine being a church warden. You turn up maybe every day of the week to open the church before the priest gets there to take the 8 o’clock…24 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestI will not get into the specifics of the individuals concerned but, following on from the question from the hon. Member for Guildford (Angela Richardson), I want to know why we do…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIn the 18th century, a Government Minister used to stand at the entrance to Westminster Hall at the end of the parliamentary Session and reward MPs who had voted loyally with the…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCorrupt.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategySurely the key moment was the signing of the Budapest accord. Was there not something of a failing on the part of this country and others? It was an innocent failing, but we…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseReally? That’s great.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCorrupt.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCorrupt.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyWill the Minister give way?19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen will the Secretary of State sort out the Rhondda tunnel, in particular the money for it? When is he going to come to the Rhondda—it is not very far from the Forest of Dean—so…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyIt would undoubtedly add a fifth leg to a four-legged stool, but a four-legged stool is strong enough. I do not want to have to wait for that moment to be able to do this, because…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyI agree with nearly everything the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) has just said, but I am going to make a very different speech, not to disagree with…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyI prefer an army of troops, rather than an army of lawyers.19 Jan 2023HANSARDJagtar Singh JohalI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I am sorry that I was not here for the first sentences of his speech. Is there not another area of concern here? As I…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyThat is very helpful and when the Foreign Affairs Committee was in Ukraine last February, just before the second round of the invasion, we were visiting villages which were being…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyYes. I do not do this very often but I was saying “Hear, hear” earlier in agreement with a point the right hon. Gentleman made. I am reluctant to be too down on the Germans,…19 Jan 2023