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HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House check whether Ministers are on strike? I ask because, as she knows, I have been trying to get a meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport for…15 Dec 2022HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human Rights and Death PenaltyI am afraid that recently it feels as if the Government are frightened of saying boo to Saudi Arabia on human rights abuses. The Minister himself, only a few days ago, said that…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe Prime Minister said we will restart data sharing to stop migrants getting bank accounts. Who are we going to be restarting data sharing with and why did we stop?13 Dec 2022HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human Rights and Death Penalty7. Whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on (a) the use of the death penalty and (b) potential human rights violations in that country.13 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Why did the UK Government withdraw at the very last minute, on 10 December last year, from sanctioning the torturous and barbarous members of the Bangladesh rapid action…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesReally?12 Dec 2022HANSARDMoles and Skin Tags: Testing for CancerNo one can see the back of their own head, but their hairdresser can, and quite often they are the person who can spot a melanoma.12 Dec 2022HANSARDMoles and Skin Tags: Testing for CancerI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on raising this subject. As he knows, I had a stage 3 melanoma and I was told that I would have a 40% chance of living a year, but the science…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsI think the Minister knows that there is no clinician in the land who really wants to go on strike. Many clinicians feel that the crisis has been coming for a long time because of…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsNot in the NHS.12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI think the Leader of the House means that the Government now agree with the Committee, because the Committee certainly has not changed its position on initiating and…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesThe right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom) knows that I agree with nearly everything that she has said, and in particular what she said about the…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI am sorry, but it seems to me that the clearest outcome for all right hon. and hon. Members is a single rule of £300 registration for everybody within 28 days, with the full…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesAbsolutely; I completely concur with every single word that the hon. Gentleman has said, not only just now but in his speech earlier. He and the right hon. Member for South…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI am very near the end, the hon. Gentleman will be glad to know, but of course I will give way.12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI have heard the argument, “Oh, we go to lots of events that we don’t really enjoy”, but let me put this case to the hon. Member—it is not a real case, but it is a perfectly…12 Dec 2022HANSARDInternational Human Rights DayI care passionately that one of the things that the Government have done that is good in the past few years is to introduce the Magnitsky sanctions, after a lot of brow-beating by…08 Dec 2022HANSARDInternational Human Rights DayThat’s not very nice.08 Dec 2022HANSARDInternational Human Rights DayThere are two other Russians we ought to acknowledge—these are high-profile cases, and have regularly been spoken about in the House, although they can sometimes get ignored. One…08 Dec 2022HANSARDInternational Human Rights DayNow that we have had one victory this afternoon, will the Minister explain why the UK has sanctioned some people who ran the Evin prison in Iran but not others, and why we have…08 Dec 2022