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HANSARDGlobal Human SecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. My heartiest congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this debate. As…13 Apr 2021HANSARD UK Asylum System and Asylum Seekers’ Mental HealthAs always, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I am going to do something that I have never done before in this place. I am going to read a letter—it…13 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Human SecurityThe Minister is absolutely correct that the roll-out of the vaccines is good news and is a success story. As I said in my contribution, our armed forces played a role in that. The…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensThe Chinese approach to geopolitics is grim to behold. At the United Nations, scores of countries have signed up to China’s distorted view of human rights. What is the UK doing at…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghThere is one other person in this place who attended that school, Gordonstoun, and that is me. When I was at Gordonstoun, I knew that the Duke of Edinburgh took a huge interest in…12 Apr 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Hospitality IndustryThere is nothing like a free advert in the House of Commons—whether I will get a free takeaway, I rather doubt; we shall see. My constituency depends on the tourism industry, and…24 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Hospitality IndustryI thank the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) for securing the debate. First, I want to mention a business in the town of Tain in my constituency called Platform 1864,…24 Mar 2021HANSARDOnline Anonymity and Anonymous AbuseWell done the hon. Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie) for securing this debate. I stand here today as a Liberal and I am a great supporter of free speech, but I have no…24 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS PayIn the time-honoured words, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and to see you in rude good health. To follow that, if I can—almost everything has been…24 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS PayWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Mar 2021HANSARDLive Events: Government-backed InsuranceI rather fancied that my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) was hinting, perhaps with tongue in cheek, at my role in events and festivals in the past. I…23 Mar 2021HANSARDLive Events: Government-backed InsuranceIf I understand the Minister correctly, she is saying to us, in drawing the comparison with Germany, that the time is not ripe. Can I then assume that there will be some stage,…23 Mar 2021HANSARDLive Events: Government-backed InsuranceI beg to move, That this House has considered Government-backed insurance for live events. Everybody here today will be aware that live performance production is an inherently…23 Mar 2021HANSARDLive Events: Government-backed InsuranceThe hon. Gentleman is making a splendid contribution to the debate, which I really appreciate. Does he agree that the longer we delay in getting these events up and running, the…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyMay I also pay tribute to our armed forces personnel for their role during the pandemic? Their work has been fantastic and it has been all over the UK, including the very far…23 Mar 2021HANSARD Integrated Review: Defence Command PaperI should make it clear that neither I nor my party can agree with the proposal to increase the number of nuclear warheads. We also have grave doubts about some of the spending…22 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, the Government announced that superfast broadband coverage was going to be 97%. That is great: well done, Her Majesty’s Government! In my constituency, the coverage…18 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureI have listened to the debate with wry interest, because on 30 March 1989, I was actually there; my name is on the claim of right. I think I can say that I am the only Member of…17 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsSome days ago, I read with great interest a piece in The Times saying that the intention is to deploy Royal Navy warships to the high north to safeguard trade routes via the…15 Mar 2021HANSARD Contingencies Fund (No. 2) BillMay I use this opportunity to personally thank the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, who has met the gaps in support all-party parliamentary group several times over the last…11 Mar 2021