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HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI am pleased to hear that we are going to make these efforts to ensure that any Ukrainian who wants to come here to live safely can get here. Will there also be a package of…16 Mar 2022HANSARDIran DetaineesThis is brilliant, excellent news. I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement and congratulate the hon. Members for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) and for Hampstead and Kilburn…16 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaThe right hon. Member probably has not had time to see it, because it has only just appeared on the wires, but there is a manifesto from socialists across Russia who absolutely…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaWill the Minister give way?02 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillDoes the Minister appreciate that many people listening to this debate will be very suspicious of his words? They will see in the proposed regulations and discussions with the…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI want to refer to two parts of the Bill: on protests and on Travelling communities. I was one of the organisers of the huge 2003 demonstration against the war in Iraq. It was…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineI am pleased we are having this debate today, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) on securing it, because it is well past time that we had…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAt this incredibly dangerous time, I notice that the Defence Secretary did not say much about the Minsk agreement. Does he think that is a way by which we can get back to talks?…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionIt is a pleasure to be in this debate with you chairing it, Mr Hosie. I thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for the energy he has…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionIt is more or less the same thing.09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionI thank my hon. Friend for what he is saying. Does he not think we should be recording the level of composting, as well as recycling? Sadly, a huge amount of food waste and green…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionI absolutely concur. If we look at the processes of waste disposal—perhaps we should not talk about waste disposal but about recycling as the priority—that are happening in…09 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsAny war on the border between Ukraine and Russia will be utterly disastrous for the people of Ukraine, the people of Russia and the future of peace throughout the whole continent…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentI hope that the Secretary of State can recognise the very important message given by the unions and the royal colleges only seven weeks ago about the short-sightedness of a…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEthiopia: Humanitarian and Political SituationDuring her visit, will the Minister for Africa be able to speak directly to the Ethiopian Government to press for them to allow unfettered access to the UN, Human Rights Watch and…19 Jan 2022HANSARDEthiopia: Humanitarian and Political SituationThank you for chairing the debate, Mr Bone. I thank the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) for his very good work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Ethiopia…19 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryIn all the awful answers the Minister has given, he has not shown one iota of empathy for desperate people putting their own lives at risk to try to get to a place of safety, many…18 Jan 2022HANSARD UkraineWhen the Minister meets his Russian counterpart in a few weeks’ time, will he use that opportunity to widen the debate into nuclear disarmament and security measures in general,…17 Jan 2022HANSARDBahraini Political PrisonersThe point is about engagement. Will the Minister assure us that he will pressurise the Bahrain Government to engage with the United Nations human rights organisations and allow…13 Jan 2022HANSARDBahraini Political PrisonersIs not one of the main concerns that people are convicted in Bahrain with no access to independent legal representation or legal accompaniment and claim to have been subjected to…13 Jan 2022