Contributions
440 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEngagementsLet’s face it: we have heard it all before. The only point that the Minister did not make this time was that Britain must be able to establish her own international trade…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Minister for the Cabinet Office and I usually enjoy trading a few jokes at these sessions, but sadly, this really is not a week for laughter. We on the Opposition side join…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Minister for his answer, and I know that he speaks with huge authority and passion on this issue. Reading the statement from the so-called New IRA last week, with its…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI agree entirely with the sentiments expressed by the right hon. Gentleman, but can I bring him back to the issue of the border? I agree with the ends he is trying to achieve, but…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsIt is interesting what the Minister says, but the Home Office also says there are six problems with deploying these technological solutions: one, it is expensive and there is no…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI think we will find that there is only one side of the House that is engaged in a leadership contest at the moment, and it is very active as we speak. In a week like this, when…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement and for the tone of his words, with which I wholeheartedly agree. I join him in commending the work of the British…23 Apr 2019HANSARD LibyaThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I also thank the hon. Member for North East Fife (Stephen Gethins) for securing it. I can only echo what he and the…08 Apr 2019HANSARDRules-based International OrderDoes the Foreign Secretary understand the frustration we feel in this House when time and again over the last four years, including on Jamal Khashoggi, we get the same response…02 Apr 2019HANSARDRules-based International OrderMay I join you, Mr Speaker, in welcoming our distinguished and learned visitor, Gareth Evans, who continues to make a vital contribution, as he has throughout his career, to the…02 Apr 2019HANSARDYemenThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. Let me begin by completely agreeing with the Minister about the terrible loss from the Foreign Office Front-Bench team of…26 Mar 2019HANSARDYemenIt has been pushed to the limit.26 Mar 2019HANSARDYemenindicated dissent .26 Mar 2019HANSARDYemenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in Yemen.26 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThat’s not good enough.25 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryI do apologise, Mr Speaker. Everything is so topsy-turvy at the moment; I seem to have lost myself.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to make a statement on the vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council this morning.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryI believe it does. Yesterday, we read the explanation for that decision in an article by the Foreign Secretary, along with the announcement that the UK would vote against all…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryThank you, Mr Speaker; I will have another go. As I was saying, a few days ago, Dr Tarek Loubani came to see me. He is a Canadian who was volunteering in Gaza last year. When the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC Inquiry(Urgent Question): Thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. A few days ago, Dr Tarek Loubani came to see me. He is a Canadian who last year was volunteering in…22 Mar 2019