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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)If my right hon. Friend recalls, the Foreign Affairs Committee’s report on no deal two weeks before we gave notice under article 50, which was unanimously agreed across a…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)Will my right hon. Friend give way?03 Sept 2019HANSARDHuman Rights in Saudi ArabiaI think that the position in Saudi Arabia has radically changed since 9/11. Its Government have had to take on board some of the consequences of their policy up to that point, and…18 Jul 2019HANSARDHuman Rights in Saudi ArabiaI entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It does not only apply in this area. When I chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee, I served on the Joint Committee on the National…18 Jul 2019HANSARDHuman Rights in Saudi ArabiaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Henry. I draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the register, not least because I chair a detention review panel…18 Jul 2019HANSARDHuman Rights in Saudi ArabiaThe most obvious one that springs to mind is the influence of American and British officers in the targeting cells for the operation in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen was…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Drug Treatment ServicesThis is a narrow point, but I invite the Minister to talk about overdose prevention facilities, rather than drug consumption rooms. One can understand the difference that might…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Drug Treatment ServicesI congratulate the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith) on securing this debate and on speaking so well. Happily, much of what I intended to say I now do not need…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDetainee Mistreatment: Judge-led InquiryI note my right hon. Friend’s answer to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) about high standards for the United Kingdom, but if…15 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsWhen the Minister for the Americas first saw these leaked diptels, was there anything in them that surprised him?08 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingNo, I will not. I might want to pick up on the example the hon. Lady gave later in my remarks. That personal autonomy on any individual application of universal human rights…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI have been engaged in this issue since the very early days when I arrived in this Parliament in 1997, guided, along with many other right hon. and hon. Members, by the experience…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI congratulate my hon. Friend. He is making an extremely good argument so far, except that it does not address the wider benefit that comes from a change in the law here, which is…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingWill the hon. Gentleman give way?04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingThe evidence is there to be weighed by two doctors and a High Court judge, and the hon. Lady’s mother and other people in those circumstances would have had the right to exercise…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During last week’s Prime Minister’s questions, in referencing the conflict in Yemen, the Leader of the Opposition stated: “UK weapons…03 Jul 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for her openness in engaging with colleagues on this difficult issue, particularly the roundtable she held a short while ago. Will she confirm that she, her…17 Jun 2019HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetI note that this statement marks 30 years of global British leadership on this issue, under both parties. Margaret Thatcher was the first P5 leader to devote the entirety of her…12 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiI am grateful to my hon. Friend for leading the debate. I spoke in the previous debate on the subject in the main Chamber. It is right to focus on Orkambi and Vertex, but the…10 Jun 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionI pay tribute to the hon. Lady for the work she is doing. The situation is worse than that, however: we are driving a number of people into the hands of a criminal supply chain so…20 May 2019