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HANSARDEngagementsTo bring the Prime Minister back to the question asked, rightly, by my right hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg), the opposition politician…19 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMost of NATO, including America, Canada, France and Germany, have repatriated their citizens from detention facilities in Syria. The United Kingdom repeatedly refuses to do so and…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, Nigel Farage publicised the cancellation of his bank account under the politically exposed persons regulation, but he is only the latest of a number of people to have…03 Jul 2023HANSARD LawfareOn 20 January last year, I opened a Backbench Business debate on the use of lawfare and strategic litigation against public participation by those seeking to suppress public…29 Jun 2023HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceMy right hon. Friend’s words, “at least among like-minded countries”, triggered a thought. If we do not include China—in lots of other areas we exclude it for moral and ethical…29 Jun 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise for raising the question of the accountability of the Home Office yet again. Like many colleagues, there are two locations…26 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ15. The United Kingdom sanctioned Iran for promoting terrorism, destabilising the middle east, supplying weapons to our enemies and, of course, the proliferation of nuclear…21 Jun 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker, I seek your guidance on two issues of potential contempt. Last Friday, The Daily Telegraph published the headline, “Johnson allies vow to oust MPs…19 Jun 2023HANSARDStop and SearchEverybody in the House will share the Home Secretary’s laudable aim of cutting knife crime. However, she will remember that when we debated the new stop-and-search powers—I think…19 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You will be well aware, because you have chaired many of the debates, that there has been a campaign in this House for over a year to…07 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of delivering new housing supply. One of the critical issues facing our constituents today is housing. Whether it is young…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyI agree entirely. It is slightly separate from the main thrust of my argument, but my hon. Friend is exactly right. One of the issues is quality of community, which is addressed…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyPart of that fits in with what my hon. Friend the Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose) said, but I will deal with the point about the high density of the population in a…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyFrankly, I see nothing difficult about that, because I am talking about creating communities that have been designed. When communities are designed, all sorts of social structures…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyWell, that is the rest of the argument. My aim is to create a well-designed town, which is attractive to live in. I looked around my own part of the world and I thought, “I can…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyLike all mathematicians, as I am, I always treat numbers carefully. My hon. Friend might note that I said, “Look out of the window of a helicopter.” If he does that, he will see…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyI have to stop there as I have nearly finished. We can build good-quality, spacious homes in new developments—well-designed homes in well-designed communities. Learning from…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyThe extraordinary importance of this issue is measured by the sheer number of people here, and not just the quantity but the quality. We have had ministerial experience, local…05 Jun 2023HANSARD LIBOR Fixing: Conduct of InvestigationsThe story that I will tell this evening starts with understandable public anger at the failure of both business and state during the 2008 financial crisis and the massive…23 May 2023HANSARD LIBOR Fixing: Conduct of InvestigationsThis is not the first time that the right hon. Gentleman and I have worked together on a miscarriage of justice, and I will defer to his wisdom on this. Given that it has been a…23 May 2023