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HANSARD UkraineOver the last three months, we have seen a war of choice in Europe. Putin and his close allies have revealed their callous and barbaric nature, plumbing new depths of human…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI am always very wary of compliments paid in the House of Commons as there is generally a sting in the tale. All I will say to my right hon. Friend is that I think we were guilty…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineThat is right. I will not dwell on that point, because I do not think it takes us much further forward, but there was again the substitution of wishful thinking for critical…25 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. I do not disagree with the fundamental point that he makes, but does he accept that, way back in 2007, in Munich Putin…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?19 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI do not have time—I apologise to my hon. Friend. We need reform of land banking. The system that we have at the present time, where big developers buy land, get permission for…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesWe should be having far more housing built in our urban areas. One of the great hopes I have for this Bill is that we will see housing built closer to where people can go to work…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesThat is certainly something that we should look at. The passage and the Committee stage of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill are opportunities for Parliament to genuinely…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesIt is always a pleasure to speak in this House, but it is a particular pleasure for me today, as it is 30 years to the day since I stood on almost the same spot to give my maiden…12 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as chairman of the Abraham Accords Group? Might my right hon. Friend find time…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Does my right hon. Friend agree that choices always have consequences? Putin has chosen to inflict death and destruction on the people of Ukraine and must be made to pay, but…02 Mar 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaNo, we have not been doing enough. Since we saw the occupation of Crimea in 2014, many of us, including some who are in the House today, have been arguing that the west should be…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. To clarify it for the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), what the Prime Minister did was set…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineThe 1994 Budapest memorandum saw Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons in return for a security guarantee signed by not only Britain and the United States, but Russia. Does my right…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaThe world order is at a pivotal point in history. From Moscow to Tehran to Beijing, autocratic rulers are attempting to enforce their undemocratic models not only on their own…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. The UK Government have behaved with integrity and honour throughout the crisis. I echo his welcoming of Chancellor Scholz’s brave…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineFollowing the first invasion of 2014, and in order to get around sanctions, Russia has had extensive import substitution and investment in European companies in critical…21 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI thank my hon. Friend for that question. It will not surprise him to hear that, as a committed Unionist, I will come back to that. We need to consider the quality of life of all…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillIndeed. I would not even say it is the end of the beginning. It is on the way to being the end of the beginning, but this will be a perpetual battle. So long as medical science is…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. May I begin by thanking Members on both sides of the House for the support that they have given the Bill from the very…04 Feb 2022