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HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI beg to move, That this House has considered humanist marriages in England and Wales. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I am grateful to the Backbench…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI thank the Minister for his generous remarks about me and others, and also for what he has just said in a personal capacity. I cannot quite see any reason why he cannot say that…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI am grateful to the hon. Member for reminding me that I had forgotten the request from my hon. Friend the Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Rehman Chishti) to make that precise…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI thank the hon. Lady for her support on this issue. The statutory instrument or the powers are already there under the Act I referred to; we do not need another Bill. The…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI thank all hon. Friends and colleagues who have taken part in the debate. I listened to my hon. Friend the Minister with great interest. I am obviously pleased with the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesWell, here, of course, we are in the hands of the Minister and his colleagues in Government. I am afraid that I have lost count of the number of Ministers—Ministers of State,…27 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyIn welcoming my right hon. Friend’s statement, may I draw his attention to the situation at Nobel House in Redhill? The development has 126 apartments, 86 of which are privately…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI fear that I missed what my hon. Friend refers to, because it still sits in schedule 1. When my team first presented the case for moving psilocybin out of schedule 1 so that we…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillWhat a terrific debate to have the privilege of taking part in. I have spoken on this subject before, so I will try to keep my remarks to a minimum, because many of them are…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThere is a wholesale difference between people using cannabis for recreational purposes, which we have made illegal and is one for debate, and people using medicines—medicines…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillWhere my hon. Friend talks about the challenge that faces us, she is absolutely on point. The medical profession of course wants a reliable pharmacopeia to be able to turn to,…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) Billrose —10 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineI welcome my hon. Friend’s tone and particularly the training of the 21,000 members of the Ukrainian armed forces by our armed forces as an important game-changer over the past…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the good practice at Downview and High Down. Most importantly, she has the joy of being a Prisons Minister with money, and I congratulate my…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI welcome the commitment in the strategy to building a world-leading evidence base, and the funding of it, with a cross-Government innovation fund to test and learn. Given our…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which I will return to at the end of my remarks if I do not run out of time. First,…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismWhile my right hon. Friend is on the subject of the assessment of the terrorist threat, will he say whether there is any assessment at all of any threat to the United Kingdom from…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismNo, because the motion goes further: it leaves “support” undefined, so it will be up to the courts to define what support means. The European Union’s measures are very specific…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismFirst, I of course absolutely condemn violence—that is the only point I make on that. Secondly, it is hardly an attack on the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to read out a…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI think we would all be grateful for clarity on one specific issue. If those of us who want to continue to engage with people whom we know are members of Hamas and who are in…24 Nov 2021