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HANSARDAnimal Welfare in Overseas TourismI am grateful to have secured this debate, which allows me to raise the important issue of animal welfare in overseas tourism. I wish to put it on record that I am proud that the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare in Overseas TourismI am grateful for that intervention from the hon. Lady, who is a steady campaigner for animal welfare issues, and I always appreciate her support. I will come on to this later in…24 Jan 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare in Overseas TourismI am delighted to be intervened on by the hon. Lady, who also has a long record of standing up for animal welfare issues in this House. She gives an horrendous first-hand account…24 Jan 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare in Overseas TourismThat is entirely right. I think that this House—with very few minority exceptions—is very much united on the need for increased animal welfare protections both here at home and…24 Jan 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare in Overseas TourismI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for introducing a Bill that would ban these cruel animal experiences abroad, and I wish her every success in its passage. I know she was…24 Jan 2023HANSARDThe Execution of Alireza AkbariMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary spoke eloquently about the brutal hostility that the regime in Tehran is visiting on not only on its own citizens, but Ukraine through…16 Jan 2023HANSARDCommercial Breeding for LaboratoriesMy hon. Friend is making a powerful presentation. On that point, is it not increasingly the case that animal experimentation is just bad science and, worse still, is actually…16 Jan 2023HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryWhat consultations are being held with members of the Chagossian community in my constituency and around the UK ahead of any proposed changes to the British Indian Ocean Territory?13 Dec 2022HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory1. What recent progress he has made on negotiations on the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory.13 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyThank you, Mrs Cummins, for calling me in this important debate on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and…07 Dec 2022HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyOn that point about the environment, which is critical, a couple of years ago a Japanese oil tanker ran aground just off the Mauritian coast, and the Mauritian response was…07 Dec 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillI am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. May I add to that list of legislation? I am very grateful the Government have supported the Hunting…05 Dec 2022HANSARDManufacturing: Support for Innovation7. What steps he is taking to support innovation in the manufacturing sector.29 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Sorry—I did not know I had a topical question, Mr Speaker. Can I get assurances from the Government that airports such as Gatwick will be supported as they recover strongly…29 Nov 2022HANSARDAnti-lockdown Protest in Shanghai: Arrest and Assault of Edward LawrenceWhether it is Chinese Communist officials beating up pro-democracy protestors on the streets of Manchester or Chinese authorities arresting British journalists on the streets of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManufacturing: Support for InnovationRecently, Rolls-Royce, in conjunction with Gatwick-based easyJet, carried out a successful green hydrogen jet engine trial. Will my hon. Friend assure me that the Government will…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I think that illustrates the need for the Bill, which would send a clear message that, in this country—a sovereign nation—we…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The Bill aims to ban the importation of endangered species body parts into Great Britain—to be more precise, those listed…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy right hon. Friend raises an important and alarming point; the so-called “canned” shooting of lions and other majestic animals bred solely to be shot by trophy hunters in an…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s support for the Bill and for her intervention. The Bill, when passed, would make it impossible for people to import trophy hunting body parts…25 Nov 2022