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HANSARD Real Fur SalesI completely agree. As I have said in the Chamber in other debates on different topics, we are global Britain. We have a proud reputation across the globe and when we speak,…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI would disagree slightly, because some out there would try to picture hunting with some degree of romanticism, but that is just not true of the fur trade, which is barbaric and…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI completely agree with the hon. Lady. The fact that we have to advertise where our food is coming from but not where our clothes are coming from is wrong on so many levels. We…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI completely agree; in fact, it is almost as if the hon. Member has read part of my speech in advance. If we are exporting and importing cruelty, it is fundamentally wrong. Any…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI beg to move, That this House has considered real fur sales in the UK. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. Banning fur is increasingly an issue of public…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesThat is not a matter I was going to cover in this speech, but the hon. Lady makes a very educated and well-informed point. Certainly, in pandemic Britain, we need to think about…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI completely agree. People’s shopping habits have fundamentally changed in recent years, and there has been a growth in the import of faux fur, but again this comes down to a…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesHow could I not agree with my hon. Friend, given that I name-dropped her in my speech? That shows that there is clear support not only in this Chamber but in the main Chamber and…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Real Fur SalesI completely agree. It is a cruel irony that we have illegalised the practice in this country but offshored cruelty. It is not something that I am particularly happy about, and…14 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsI am flabbergasted, depressed and annoyed that we are even discussing this matter. It is absolutely wrong on a fundamental level. Putting to one side the practical implications of…08 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI could not agree with my hon. Friend any more; he puts it far more succinctly than I possibly could. We also see the Opposition turning their back on the British people and the…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIt is almost like they are creating another argument for the Online Safety Bill. They want to insult us via virtual participation, and then turn their screen off and hide away…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIt is an honour and a privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), who is clearly an expert in this field. If I remember…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend has made a very important point about travelling through safe countries, but does he not agree that these asylum seekers are not just travelling through one safe…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank my hon. and, perhaps, learned Friend for his further comments. As I said earlier, this goes to the heart of what the Bill is actually about. Some Opposition Members, in…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank my right hon. Friend for those meaningful comments. I was not going to touch on that matter, but it is an important part of the debate that again takes us to the crux of…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend gets very much to the crux of the problem. I am not going to talk about what threshold is right or wrong, but I am going to talk about the fact that we are trying…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. We are seeing a party that wants to fight the deportation of foreign criminals but whose Members then insult their opponents and hide away…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, I am delighted to be joining you from the 7th global forum for combating antisemitism here in Israel. With that in mind, as a newly independent sovereign trading…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but I disagree with her. As we heard from the Education Secretary himself in his opening remarks, that would not be the case. It should…12 Jul 2021