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HANSARDUkraineI welcome the Home Secretary’s response to the calls for generosity from many of us, which is what I expected. This is a much more generous system, but, quite properly, she has…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsHaven’t we all!01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsThe reason we co-ordinate with our allies is to make our policies effective. If the process of co-ordination takes so long that people can remove their assets beyond our reach and…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy hon. Friend and I sponsored the lawfare debate four weeks ago, and he played a sterling part—he made probably the most informative speech in the whole debate. Yes, we have to…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsThe right hon. Lady makes a point that will be made by my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) and others, and I have a lot of sympathy, but we have to be careful…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI found much to agree with in the comments from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), as I did in those of the Minister. Today’s moves to prevent…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsOne of the reasons the sanctions are milder than perhaps the right hon. Gentleman or any of us would like may well be the problem that in British law, the stiffer the sanction,…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsThis is not my main point, but I just point out that it is not just Britain; after all, the chairman of Gazprom and the former German Chancellor is another such example. The point…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy right hon. Friend, if I may call her that, will be able to work out, as a former Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, that 35 plus 105 comes to 140, which is the number I…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsThat is true. We must also face facts on the sophistication of the targets that we are aiming at. The assets that the right hon. Member talked about—the blocks of flats, the grand…01 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineEverybody will wholeheartedly support the Prime Minister’s sanctions against, hopefully, all 140 Russian oligarchs who support Putin and against all the major banks. The Prime…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI associate myself with the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) and the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones). They are…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19May I cheer up the Prime Minister by welcoming what he has to say today? [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] The Leader of the Opposition’s comment that the Government had no plan to…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationThe right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) has made half the case, from my point of view. In my constituency, over 10 years ago, a company called City Plant took over an…01 Feb 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemMy hon. Friend alights upon a very important point. It is very clear that some London-based law firms have found an incredibly profitable niche that they are willing to pursue…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemThe hon. Gentleman makes an important and persuasive point, but I suspect there are other people in this room at the moment—I am looking to my left here—who have stronger…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of lawfare and the UK court system. I am grateful to Mr Speaker for his having issued a waiver for this debate. I of…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemMy hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. The way that it happens is that there are legal firms that now specialise in making that sort of intimidating tactic work, and it is…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI take my hon. Friend’s point. He will understand that I am picking my way carefully through my speech, given Mr Speaker’s ruling, so as not to trip into pre-empting the case. I…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemAs has already been said, my hon. Friend is infinitely more expert in these things than most of us. May I bring him back to the matter of Mr Hugh Tomlinson and other firms? The…20 Jan 2022