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HANSARDWorld Press Freedom DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Hollobone. I want to start by thanking the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) for securing such an important…21 Jun 2022HANSARDFCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding LevelsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Bardell. This debate is very timely, so I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz) for securing the…24 May 2022HANSARDHuman Rights: ColombiaThank you for chairing this morning’s proceedings so well, Ms McDonagh. This is a very timely debate, because we are about to see elections in Colombia that could fundamentally…20 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. In December, my constituent Daphne Franks and I delivered a paper to the Ministry of Justice setting out proposals to end predatory marriage, but so far nothing has been done,…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsVladimir Putin’s decision to severely restrict the BBC World Service in Russia is, I am sure all hon. Members agree, an attack on freedom of speech and on accurate, trustworthy,…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Westminster Foundation for Democracy: FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Dr Huq. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) on securing such an important debate. It comes at an…02 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Mother Language DayI thank you for chairing today’s important debate, Sir Edward. Let me start by saying that the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus Brendan MacNeil) is still a legend in…01 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ2. At the height of the lockdown restrictions in 2020, my constituent, who has worked for the NHS for over 30 years, was diagnosed with a tumour on her spine. While she was in…09 Feb 2022HANSARDBritish Council Staff: Afghanistan(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on British Council staff in Afghanistan.20 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Council Staff: AfghanistanThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. The fact is that months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, there are still many British Council staff and…20 Jan 2022HANSARDDeforestation in the AmazonIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I add my thanks to the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) for once again securing this debate,…05 Jan 2022HANSARDFCDO StaffingI am very grateful to the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) for securing this important urgent question. In the last year, we have seen just how vital Foreign,…16 Dec 2021HANSARDMass Transit System: LeedsAs Leeds remains the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system, or indeed any kind of rail-based system, surely the Secretary of State should stop pouring money into…16 Dec 2021HANSARDMass Transit System: Leeds12. What steps he is taking to help ensure that work begins on delivering a mass transit system in Leeds.16 Dec 2021HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN DeclarationWe have had a very serious and sober debate, and one that is appropriate for the 40th anniversary of the UN declaration. I want to add my thanks to the hon. Member for Congleton…25 Nov 2021HANSARDDevelopment: Promoting the Rule of LawI am sure the Minister agrees that reports that the Turkish Government are to expel many of our allies’ ambassadors from the country, after they rightly raised concerns about the…26 Oct 2021HANSARD ColombiaI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) on bringing this debate to Parliament today. In a very powerful opening speech, she told us that the peace…15 Jul 2021HANSARDIranI join the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) in sending our thoughts and best wishes to the victims of the terrible attack on the HALO Trust staff in…15 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsA few years ago, one of my elderly constituents with late- stage dementia was married by a man who had befriended her. Upon her death, the man subsequently inherited the whole of…09 Jun 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllHousing has become an increasingly expensive commodity, consuming an ever larger proportion of a family’s disposable income. Many people in this country no longer have the…18 May 2021