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HANSARD Medicinal CannabisThis is where we come to the cost, to which the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) drew my attention. In order to get Alfie Dingley’s prescription over the line, it would…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisThe hon. Lady has behaved as the best of constituency MPs would. Indeed, I am sure that all of us, faced with the opportunity to help people in that way, would want to do so. I…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisI largely agree with my hon. Friend, apart from on the views he imputed to me. He decided what my views are on the legalisation of drugs, but I simply want policy based on…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisThe machinery of government changes can be made at very little cost. This is about getting the right advisers and the machinery of government advice. Obviously, we would then have…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisParticularly in the light of what my hon. Friend has just said about turning the telescope around and thinking about this in a different way, this is not just about the United…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Pride MonthMy apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. Of course I will do that. In conclusion—I was about to do this anyway—will my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green confirm…01 Jul 2021HANSARD Pride MonthThis debate has been marked by incredibly powerful contributions, not least from the hon. Member for Ealing North (James Murray), whom I have the privilege of following in this…01 Jul 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs ActI draw the House’s attention to my unremunerated interest as chair of the Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group Ltd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington…17 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said to the Select Committee that she ended the role of her LGBT advisory panel because there were basic disagreements over…26 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllI note that we, Madam Deputy Speaker, have just entered our 25th year of service in the House. In all that time, I have been clear that there is no more important issue to the…18 May 2021HANSARD Violence in Israel and PalestineIf my right hon. Friend examines his statements today and compares them with those made by the Foreign Office 25 years ago in respect of illegal settlements at Har Homa, he will…12 May 2021HANSARDOuter London Congestion ChargeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. Ms Rees. I apologise that I have not been able to log in in the usual manner, so I am using my telephone. Sorry for the…23 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated ReviewI strongly welcome the much greater coherence that this review will deliver to our national security strategy, both for our nation’s immediate defence and so that all its elements…16 Mar 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Day 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. It is also a pleasure to follow the opening speech in this debate by my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater and…16 Mar 2021HANSARD LGBT Conversion TherapyI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on leading the debate so well, and I congratulate his Committee on securing it. I have two…08 Mar 2021HANSARD LGBT Conversion TherapyMy apologies. The law gives the victims the opportunity to go to the police and, therefore, to have a weapon in their hand against the source of a conversion therapy. The state is…08 Mar 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillLet me briefly try to set the context in which these amendments are being considered. This is an issue that goes to trans and women’s rights. It is a year since I was elected as…01 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Musicians: EU Visa ArrangementsI thank you, Mr Speaker, and the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) for providing the opportunity to help the Minister correct the misleading social media…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI am not sure that I was listening to the same statement as the shadow Foreign Secretary. I thought that, as a statement about our values, it was extremely clear. Will my right…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Global BritainThe importance of this subject, if not this abbreviated debate, with its précis-ed contributions, can hardly be overstated, but, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead…11 Jan 2021