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HANSARDUkraine: Territorial IntegrityLots of people spoke in the debate last Thursday about the hybrid warfare that Putin is effectively waging against the west at the moment. Is the Secretary of State for Defence…10 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI warmly congratulate the be-knighted Member, the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), on securing this very important debate. I suspect I am going to…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyAbsolutely. It is a real problem for us that the British libel courts end up being used to effectively silence dissent and the truth about Russia. Catherine Belton’s book is an…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI completely agree with the hon. Gentleman about Nord Stream—indeed, I regularly try to berate British Government Ministers for not being robust enough and decisive enough on that…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYou chucked him out.06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseHappy Epiphany, Mr Speaker, and I hope that the Leader of the House has many epiphanies. May we have a debate on drug and alcohol services in the country, partly so that we may…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaI wholeheartedly agree that we have to stand foursquare with Ukraine. We also have to see off every kind of aggression—there are many different kinds—that comes from the Putin…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Prime Minister knows that one of the big issues facing the NHS is capacity, in particular in the workforce. May I make some simple suggestions that would have an effect very…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthThe right hon. Gentleman is making a very important point. Some Welsh rugby players who had covid in South Africa did 10 days’ quarantine there and are halfway through quarantine…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThey are Welsh rugby players.14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe Secretary of State said earlier that he might be able to provide the House with an update on the issue of whether people who have come back from South Africa and are stuck in…14 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Disability StrategyOne hidden disability often is an acquired brain injury, and 10 days ago, the Government committed to creating a national strategy for acquired brain injury. Will this Department…13 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestAnd well done you, Mr Speaker. The Minister has said repeatedly that he has reassured himself, but he has not reassured me—if anything, quite the opposite. He keeps referring to…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWhy are PCR tests so expensive in the UK? Why is the UK the second most expensive place in the world to have a PCR test? Why does the Government website still advertise PCR tests…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesThere is one person that the Minister could undoubtedly speculate on, because he has been appointed as the Rwandan high commissioner. Surely the Government can announce whether…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesI beg to move, That this House has considered Magnitsky sanctions and human rights abuses. It is a great delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller, and always a delight…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesThat was very quick, but yes.08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesThat was pretty much going to be my next but one paragraph. Of course, I completely agree. The Uyghur population have been and continue to be subject to mass detention, forced…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesMy co-chair, the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), is telling me that we will, but my hon. Friend makes a really good point, which is…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesI am normally very reluctant to draw direct parallels with what happened in Nazi Germany, but when we see detention camps, people being taken away from their families and people…08 Dec 2021