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HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementIt is clearly a skilled job. The number that is needed to sustain the crews of the boats for the whole of the United Kingdom is not more than 600 or 650 people, so it is a small…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, some 1,000 people joined the “stop Hazara genocide” solidarity march outside Westminster, which was organised following the attack on the Kaaj education centre in Kabul…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementThe Minister is being incredibly generous in giving way, and his responses are very knowledgeable. In my contribution, I made the comment that the Northern Ireland fishing sector…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Persecution of the Rohingya: International ResponseI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this matter to the House, and I congratulate her on her dogged perseverance on behalf of the Rohingyas, who face persecution and…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementOver the years, I do not think there has been a fishing debate in which I have not been sat alongside the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael). I feel…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillJust last year, as everyone in the House will remember very well, the Police Service of Northern Ireland seized £215 million from a money laundering scheme that started in eastern…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Edenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsI thank the Minister for his answers, and I welcome him to his place. Having seen a very similar issue with the treatment of vulnerable patients in Muckamore Abbey Hospital in…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Voting by Proxy (Amendment and Extension)I hope, as I think we all do, that the pilot scheme will become a reality in its entirety, because society is changing. There is maternal leave and paternal leave, and other…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]It is a real pleasure to speak in this debate. I am proud to be an Ulster Scots speaker. The hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson) is no longer present, but he referred to…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?12 Oct 2022HANSARDNew Developments on Green-belt LandI commend the hon. Lady for securing this debate, and I apologise for the fact that I will not be here later on, because I have another thing to go to. Does she agree that in…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I thank my right hon. Friend and colleague for his intervention. Yes, there is no doubt that there could be a number of bonfires, not just on 11 July, but at other times as well.…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I greatly respect the hon. Gentleman’s point of view and understand the reasons for it, but we hope to have a language Bill that respects our point of view. That is what we are…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationWill the Minister outline the specific help that is available to the working poor? They face not simply energy increases but mortgage increases, and increases in the cost of…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I am not surprised that the Minister of State has replied so positively. Yes, I look forward to those meetings, and, obviously, my party will be more than happy to engage with…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I thank the Minister of State for giving way. The thrust of our request to him—in a very kindly but also very firm manner—is about the fact that the Irish language commissioner…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I thank the Secretary of State for moving Second Reading today. Does he understand that, when it comes to the Irish language, the focus is on the language, but Ulster Scots—I am…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Baha’i Community in IranI commend the right hon. Gentleman for securing the debate and on the hard work he does for the Baha’i community. I share his concern for that community in Iran. I believe that…11 Oct 2022HANSARDBlasphemy Laws and Allegations: Commonwealth CountriesThank you, Sir Charles. You are always very generous. I thank everyone for taking part. In particular, I thank the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) not just for…11 Oct 2022HANSARDBlasphemy Laws and Allegations: Commonwealth CountriesI thank the Minister for her strong response on blasphemy laws, which I expected. In relation to wee Deborah Samuel, there is a strong evidential base—it is available in some…11 Oct 2022