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HANSARD 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 2021HANSARDUkraineThe difficulty is that Russia under Putin has behaved with extraordinary consistency. If we look at what it did in Georgia and its activities in Greece, in North Macedonia and in…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) BillOf course I completely accept that, in the vast majority of cases, contract law should stand. If two people have entered into a contract, that is their business, and it is for…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI have a sneaking suspicion that we will not get to the second private Member’s Bill today, so I hope it is okay if I mention that I am enormously grateful to the Government. The…03 Dec 2021HANSARDAcquired Brain Injury BillI hope it might be okay if I said a brief word, Mr Deputy Speaker. My Bill was only going to force the Government to have a strategy on acquired brain injury. As the Government…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationSir Stephen Irwin, who, as hon. Members will know, chairs the independent expert panel, came and gave us advice on this whole issue of appeals. One of the points he made to us was…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationI am grateful for the work that the hon. Gentleman has done on the Committee. It is right that we take our time to get this right, rather than rush at it like a bull at a gate,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationI do not want to be too pious about it, but the House has a set of rules and seeks to enforce them, first, because all Members aspire to a set of values and principles, and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a debate on what happens to British nationals when they are stuck overseas, for instance when there are changes to the rules on quarantine? There are 42 Welsh rugby…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhat is the prize?02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNo! Division!02 Dec 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderThis is a very different point of order. Madam Deputy Speaker, you know that the Government now publish their list of written ministerial statements on the Order Paper. For…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI completely agree with the points that my hon. Friend and the right hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) made. It seems that one of the problems, which has got worse since my…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationInterestingly, in the United States of America no member of Congress is allowed to accept anything from a foreign Government at all. That includes visits to foreign countries; if…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationI think that the questions asked thus far have made it evident that we need a full debate so that people can make speeches. The sooner we have that in the new year the better, and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for agreeing with nearly all of it. Personally, and I think this is true for the rest of the Committee, I do not have a final fixed view on how…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationTo be honest, I think the debate should be in Government time for the simple reason that, when we eventually get to a set of motions, they will have to be tabled by the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationI am not sure whether the hon. Member means a statutory footing, as in putting it in a piece of statute law. It might be a relevant change to Standing Orders. If she wants to make…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationNo. That has the force of statute law—the Bill of Rights is statute law—and we are not intending to derogate from that in any way at all. The Chair of a Select Committee at the…02 Dec 2021