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HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeThe Home Secretary is quite properly focused on saving lives, so may I ask her a practical question? The World Bank has said that Rwanda has one of the highest incidences of…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe one that I was citing was Nauru, not Papua New Guinea, which turned it down itself and refused to take any more. That is the actual fact of it. By the way, I talked to Tony…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will be as quick as I can, Madam Deputy Speaker. Unlike the Opposition, I take the view that this Bill is a serious attempt to deal with an almost intractable problem. Nobody…22 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI unreservedly welcome the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement. This has been a seriously cross-party issue. The hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) has taken a terrific part in…17 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have repealed many of the powers in the Coronavirus Act 2020, but they have not repealed the Act itself. This means that the Treasury can still order Her Majesty’s…15 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSome of the most rapid progress in the world is being made by schools in all countries that use information technology and artificial intelligence to support classroom tuition. Is…14 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillIt would be good. It would allow us to crack down more effectively; not so much more quickly but more effectively. What will we see during the months it takes to get people to the…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThe Russia sanctions regime is across eight different sets of regulations, and even the Commons Library could not disentangle them for me. In some cases, simply stopping people…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillGiven the nature of the debate, I will try to make my simple points in three minutes. [ Interruption. ] There were cheers from the Government Benches, anyway. I suspect that we…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am pretty sure that they will hear that warning when they look back at this debate. I do not often quote Lenin, but it is probably appropriate. As he famously said, “A bayonet…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThe issue of the register is obviously important, but I do not think it answers all the questions that the Government assert it does, because we may want to refuse the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI would like this to be rendered in English for the world at large to understand. If the Minister puts into law in the Lords all the amendments that we proposed, will it not still…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will speak solely to cross-party new clause 29. It is a very simple clause with a simple purpose: to make sure that the sanctions we intend against the oligarchs in Putin’s…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillNot for the moment; I am just about to finish the point. To move rapidly is the only way to ensure that our sanctions actually hit Putin where it hurts. I will now give way—I have…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillYes, I do, but my hon. Friend must bear in mind that the burden in the new clause—the responsibility and requirements—falls on the person who is sanctioned.07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillYes, my right hon. Friend makes a good point. The reason why gifting and transferring to relatives, which is another category, is not in there is because I took—I almost ripped it…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy hon. Friend is right. If we put the measure in place, there would be a decision at some point as to whether someone was on the list or no longer on the list—“We’ve decided that…07 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI am going to pose a question for which I seek an actual answer—an unusual thing in this House. The Minister spoke about the problem of speed and co-ordination, and indeed the…01 Mar 2022