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HANSARDDigital IDWhy does the Minister think that a staggering 3 million people have already signed a petition against her expensive and intrusive plans? Does she perhaps think that those people…13 Oct 2025HANSARD Security Update: Official Secrets Act CaseI have to say to the right hon. Gentleman, whom I respect very much indeed, that his answer to the question put by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI congratulate the Home Secretary on an excellent statement, in which she said early on that the police officers involved are being treated as witnesses. That is absolutely right,…13 Oct 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesOrder.16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesMinister?16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesThe Chairman of the Select Committee is being very generous. She is elegantly describing due process and is implying—at least I think she is—that due process may have been set…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIn opposition, those now in government probably rightly criticised the Conservative Government for introducing Henry VIII powers, yet the Bill is absolutely riddled with them.…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Official Secrets ActThe Minister euphemistically described our relationship with China as “complex”. It is not complex. It is characterised by espionage, malign behaviour and a massive trade…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspacePresident Zelensky has been consistent in his argument that the invasion of his country is just the beginning and that we are all in the crosshairs. He made that argument…10 Sept 2025HANSARDQatar: Israeli StrikeSeveral of our partners in the region—in north Africa and the middle east—have expended a great deal of political capital in trying to achieve a rapprochement with Israel in…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Government are clearly not going to take any lessons from us, but I wonder whether they would listen to one of their own. Lord West of Spithead was a Security Minister under…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful case. The answer is none, because Mauritius has no navy and practically no coastguard. With which means will Mauritius defend a territory…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister is being extremely generous with his time. He was pressed earlier, but I would like to press him again on the social time discounting method. He should be able to…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the Minister give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI congratulate the Minister on his promotion, but must say how sorry I am that his first outing has been to defend this load of nonsense. What does he say to the UK Statistics…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillOn that point, will the Minister give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyThe Swedish Archer self-propelled gun is in the process of replacing the AS-90, and it will itself be replaced by the German Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 system. Can the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Omar al-Bayoumi: Arrest and ExtraditionWe know that 67 Britons died on 9/11. Does the Minister agree that we owe it to them, their memory and the families to get to the bottom of what look like very fishy reports over…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsDoes the Minister agree that, while in this case, proscription may be a finely balanced decision, the law must be upheld whether you like it or not, whoever you are and wherever…08 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy right hon. Friend is explaining the situation in his usual powerful way. If, as seems likely, the Government impose capital gains tax on a person’s principal private residence,…03 Sept 2025