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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes not Mariupol alone demand that we go even further on sanctions in relation to Russia? Could we not sanction all the Russian banks, rather than just 60% of them? Should we not…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I ask for a debate on those who are not pulling their weight in delivering sanctions on Russia over Ukraine? Lots of shops in the UK have now withdrawn products from their…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationThis is all really good stuff, and I am delighted that we are moving in the right direction. I always want the Justice Secretary to go faster; he can be very slow in delivering…17 Mar 2022HANSARDIran DetaineesI warmly commend the Foreign Secretary and all her team, both ministerial and her officials, on this result. Apricity means the feeling of the sun on one’s face in winter, and I…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI asked the Minister about seizing assets, and this follows from the point made by the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison). If we do not seize assets, we will…15 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe really must start seizing assets and not just freezing them. That is the only way in which we can make sure that the money goes towards the reconstruction of Ukraine. Would it…15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI agree with every word spoken by the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin). All this was not only predictable but predicted repeatedly in this House by…15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI am full of praise for the Government for now being able to sanction 1,000 individuals, but will the Minister confirm two things? First, can he confirm that a large number of…15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThe Minister is right that we are sanctioning a lot of people, but actually we name the people who are sanctioned, and then other people do the sanctioning by not engaging with…15 Mar 2022HANSARDLegal AidThe Secretary of State is right to say that we need to deliver swifter justice for victims, but if you will allow me a slight detour, Madam Deputy Speaker, do we not also need to…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI apologise to the House that, because I have been in Committee Room 10 launching the call for evidence on setting up a national strategy for acquired brain injury, I am afraid I…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI think the danger is precisely the opposite. The arrangements that the hon. Lady would like us to have are ones that put the monarch in a regular position of making a decision,…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineI think the whole House just wants the Government and the UK to be as generous and unbureaucratic as possible, and if that is where we are getting to, we are pleased, but there is…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseSeven.10 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI presume that the Lords amendments referred to for Tuesday will be amendments to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill. The Leader of the House is not nodding…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineThe laws need to change.10 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat about now? Go on.10 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat?10 Mar 2022HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was at the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday when the Foreign Secretary made those allegations. She alleged that I had said…08 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillNo, I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman. I remind him what happened on 1 May 2018 when we debated the remaining stages of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.…07 Mar 2022