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HANSARD BruneiI thank the Minister for his unqualified condemnation of these actions by the Brunei Government—these appalling new punishments that are an attack on the LBGT+ community and…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeThe hon. Lady is precisely right. That is what I think has offended people. Technically for people with open tax years it is not retrospection, but in practice—and, frankly,…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeGiven that the hostile environment is clearly one cause of the Windrush scandal, have the Government accepted the recent High Court judgment against right-to-rent checks?03 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMembers of the British armed forces from foreign and Commonwealth countries are rightly allowed to settle here in the UK with their families after their service. Why must they pay…01 Apr 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making those points. I hope he can confirm that in those years we allowed local democracy to function. I opposed people who were arguing…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationMy hon. Friend makes a good point. If the Government proceed to allow permitted development, that will be in sharp contrast to their planning approach to onshore wind. I had…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, especially in respect of solar power and community energy renewables. When I was Secretary of State…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI think the whole House is with the Minister in the determination to tackle knife crime and to try to prevent young people from getting into it, but can she tell the House what…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons Billrose —26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillThe hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) speaks with authority as a former youth worker, and one listens to him with great attention, but I disagree with his…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillThere I have sympathy with the Minister, and I want to propose an alternative which addresses that very point. However, she was beginning to suggest—I am not sure that she meant…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillNot in the first place. The idea—and this goes alongside the Government’s proposal—is not that every young person would be open to the process, but that it could be offered to…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI am very grateful to the Minister for doing that, but I hope she will reflect on this. I will be supporting the Labour amendments in the name of the hon. Member for Sheffield,…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons Billrose —26 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryTen years ago I visited southern Israel to see the Israeli bombing, the Hamas attacks and the effect of the blockade on Gaza. The humanitarian crisis was appalling then: all the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeIn the past debate about antisocial behaviour, many of us found that acceptable behaviour contracts were far more effective than antisocial behaviour orders because they worked by…22 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In our current constitutional crisis, I welcome your reaffirmation of the rule of law in this House—namely, “Erskine May”—and the doctrine of…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Far-right Violence and Online ExtremismI send, on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, sincere condolences to the victims, their families and all the people of New Zealand. We stand in unity with them and with all our…18 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima Begum and Other CasesDid the Home Secretary seek advice on whether a charity already active in the Syrian camps, such as Save the Children, could have helped the British Government to remove this…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. The intervention she just took was wrong on every count. It was the Conservatives who got rid of the Department for Energy…28 Feb 2019