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HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker; I will do my best. I congratulate the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) on securing this crucial debate, because it…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillThe hon. Gentleman is making an excellent point about the necessary workforce in the NHS. Does he agree that if we were perhaps to offer indefinite leave to remain to the many…14 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateI thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) for an excellent speech. Twenty-two years ago I visited a hospital in sub-Saharan Africa where a woman, who was about the…13 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateYes, it is, as we have heard other hon. Members say today. Those same people will know that more than 2 billion people in this world do not have access to clean water, and cutting…13 Jul 2021HANSARDHate Crime Legislation: Law Commission ReviewI welcome the Secretary of State’s comments about the complete unacceptability of hate crimes. The dictionary defines misogyny as “dislike or contempt for”, or indeed, “prejudice…12 Jul 2021HANSARDHate Crime Legislation: Law Commission ReviewIf she will make it her policy to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission’s review of hate crime legislation.12 Jul 2021HANSARDMotor Neurone Disease (Research)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. Like others, I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for presenting the debate today…12 Jul 2021HANSARD EU Settlement SchemeIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double). I would like to start by thanking the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch…07 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillSomething occurs to me. Those on the Government Benches might say there was stasis for two years, but perhaps the public expected politicians to debate and find a way ahead for…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I can assure you that I will take much less than 10 minutes. In this debate we have gone over the constitutional law aspects of the Bill, and we…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank the hon. Member for his contribution, but I would say that it was actually the opposite. If we all cast our minds back to 2017 when the Fixed-term Parliaments Act was in…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am afraid I beg to differ. For me and for many people I know, the instability was because the Government did not accept the reality of the situation we were in and act…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am conscious that I am running out of time. I accept that it has not always been abused. If we look at that thread, we will see something common in 1974 and 2017. If a party…06 Jul 2021HANSARDUK-Australia Trade DealThis particular Opposition Member has no doubt about the world-class nature of our crofting and farming sector and our food production throughout the UK. However, I am aware of…17 Jun 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs ActI am relieved to be able to speak in this powerful, emotive debate today but I am also very angry that, half a century on, this country is still somehow clinging to an Act that…17 Jun 2021HANSARDUK-Australia Trade DealWhat recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on safeguards for British agriculture in a future trade deal with Australia.17 Jun 2021HANSARD Economy UpdateMy thoughts and sympathies are with the family of Jo Cox on what must be a very difficult day for them. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has just been patting the Government on…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Aviation, Travel and Tourism IndustriesThere are so many arguments and so many angles from which one can debate this issue: the airlines; the airports; the cruise industry, as we have heard; the travel industry;…10 Jun 2021HANSARD British CouncilIt is clear from Members’ contributions that there is absolute unanimity about the importance of the British Council in promoting Britain’s interests and soft power across the…08 Jun 2021HANSARDAdult Social Care ReformAlmost two years ago, the Government promised to fix social care once and for all, but we have seen in this pandemic that it is still seriously broken. Care does not stop at the…08 Jun 2021