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HANSARDExecutions in Saudi ArabiaOur foreign policy, including our trade deals, must be underpinned by human rights and the rule of law. Does the Minister agree that it is arguably their absence from our current…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeI also welcome this scheme, and my constituents have been contacting me about what they can do to provide such accommodation, but can I gently remind the Secretary of State that…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for all he is doing and the compassionate way he is doing it. My question relates to a constituent, and although the issue is not necessarily the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ10. London is known as the world’s capital for corrupt Russian money. Some £100 billion a year is awash in our country. The scale of that corruption could not happen without what…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyDoes my hon. Friend agree on the importance of the relationship between our social security system and the adequacy of working-age support on the one hand, given that £34 billion…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsI was on that Joint Committee, and I have heard some worrying concerns that some of the recommendations that we made will be watered down. We took evidence that a large…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and Girlsrose—02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsMy right hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful speech. Does she agree that we also must not forget the online sphere? As we heard last week in the debate on child sexual…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Benefit CapThe hon. Member is making a very strong case. He is absolutely right to focus on the benefit cap and the impact that has on 180,000-odd households. Does he agree that it needs to…01 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic HealthThe all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus took evidence this morning from SAGE—the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies—academics and clinicians. They were clear in…01 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsI also want to say that I stand with Ukraine and support the Foreign Secretary in the measures she has announced this afternoon. I congratulate her on the unifying way in which…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeIt is outrageous that the Government are only just introducing measures to deal with the £100 billion a year of illicit finance that this country, and especially the City, is…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) on securing this debate,…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineThere is overwhelming evidence that Russian state actors have been involved in trying to disrupt and destabilise western democracies by using social media platforms such as…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesWill the Minister give way?24 Feb 2022HANSARDUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesI extend my best wishes to the Minister’s father. What she has said about what he went through was very moving, and reminds us that eight out of 10 disabilities are acquired—that…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation by Organised NetworksI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate and on all the work she has done on the issue over many years. I wonder if she is as concerned as I am about the online abuse…23 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKI was going to mention this when I wind up, but I could not agree more. Funds to medical research charities, such as Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Alzheimer’s Society, have more…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I am very grateful to him for coming here. I agree totally with the points he has made to acknowledge the army of family carers who…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKLet me start with some thank-yous. I thank all the speakers who contributed to today’s debate on dementia research, which is absolutely essential for the reasons that many of us…10 Feb 2022