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HANSARD NATO Accession: Sweden and FinlandI thank the Minister for her statement. Like many others, I absolutely condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. What steps are being taken to engage an interlocutor, through the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDIran’s Nuclear ProgrammeIran has to be serious about negotiations and we have to be serious about negotiations. That is the whole point of this debate and the whole point of the joint agreement. If my…30 Jun 2022HANSARDIran’s Nuclear ProgrammeI compliment the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) on obtaining this debate and I particularly endorse the last point he made about looking forward to the ultimate day…30 Jun 2022HANSARDIran’s Nuclear ProgrammeOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to correct a name that I gave wrongly in my speech. I said that Anoosheh Ashoori was in detention, but I was wrong to do so. The…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Fifth AnniversaryI am interested in what the Minister says about the remedial works being done. What compensation will be made available to people who, as I outlined, have paid unbelievably…16 Jun 2022HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Fifth AnniversaryI welcome this debate and the work done by many Members of Parliament to bring it forward and by the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) in particular to secure it. We had…16 Jun 2022HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Fifth AnniversaryI am alarmed by what my hon. Friend says about a 55-storey building having a single staircase, which I believe would make it impossible both to fight a fire and get people out.…16 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaInstead of attacking lawyers who represent desperate and frightened people and attacking courts who give judgment on the European convention on human rights, why cannot the Home…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesThe Secretary of State rightly says that billions were pumped into the railways during the covid pandemic. That money kept the system going, and a lot of people worked very hard…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesMy hon. Friend must be aware of the anger that many people who work in the rail industry feel—those who clean and repair the carriages, those who repair the track and those who…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the problems with the Council of Europe is that its work, importance and role are not fully understood, even by Members of this House,…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeI am pleased that we are having this debate, and to be an alternate member of the Council of Europe. I have found the experience very interesting. As I said to the leader of the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of EuropeDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is also important in this context to have as much contact as possible, through the Council of Europe, with Russian human rights campaigners and…15 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, particularly with the historical references. Those of us who were here during the grim days of section 28 remember just how horrible…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyWill my hon. Friend give way?13 Jun 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityWould my right hon. Friend agree that the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, originally conceived in 1968 under the Government of Harold Wilson, was an enormous step forward and is…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI thank my right hon. Friend for the remark he just made about future diplomacy. Does he not think that this moment, when defence expenditure is rising so rapidly all around the…19 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressI will try to keep within the 10-minute limit that you have requested, Madam Deputy Speaker. The day of the state opening of Parliament is quite surreal. We have all the pomp, the…10 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am interested in what the right hon. Gentleman is saying. I assume he is talking about fracking when he talks about onshore gas production, and suggesting that we leave it to…10 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am pleased that the right hon. Gentleman has raised the issue of sewage pollution in our rivers. Does he not think the solution is to take all our water companies back into…10 May 2022