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HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI was thinking more of the Leader of the Opposition.19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will endeavour not to mention the particular person we refer to.19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and I could not agree with her more. This undermines those reforms in total, and also calls into question the ability of Select Committees to…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeCan I seek your guidance, Mr Deputy Speaker? There are a few things I want to say about Select Committees that I think are relevant. I understand what you are saying about the…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. To finish addressing the point made by the Chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling, as to…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeAs evidence to support what my hon. Friend is saying in the most powerful way, members of the Independent Group who left the Labour party just a couple of weeks ago and who sit in…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThat is a powerful point, and what I would say in terms of equality is that I said in my speech when I resigned from the Labour party after 38 years that it was in the main due to…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThe hon. Gentleman’s intervention echoes where I started: there is no formula setting out the exact required number. It is not entirely without precedent, but it is extremely…19 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeWhy are the Government not making a real and substantial funding commitment now to address this issue, as requested by the Home Secretary? If it is a matter of priorities, why…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Regional Transport InfrastructureI am sure that Members can see how many people wish to speak. I suggest that, out of consideration for each other, Members limit their speeches to about three minutes. I will not…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Regional Transport InfrastructureThe two Opposition Front-Bench spokespeople have kindly agreed to reduce their time to seven minutes each, which gives us an extra six minutes, but that still puts pressure on, so…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Regional Transport InfrastructureOrder. This has been a very busy debate with huge pressure on time. I do not think it is acceptable to come in so close to the end of the debate and be given an intervention. It…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Regional Transport InfrastructurePaul Sweeney, may I offer you one and a half minutes?05 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. May I support the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), the Chair of the Health Committee? Members of…05 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—05 Mar 2019HANSARD Regional Transport InfrastructureOrder. I will call the Front-Bench spokesperson for the SNP at 3.35 pm.05 Mar 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismMay I unequivocally welcome today’s announcement from the Home Secretary? I pay tribute to all those in this House and beyond who have worked long and hard to achieve this result.…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI just wanted to say to Opposition Front Benchers that British officials can still meet their Lebanese counterparts. As the Home Secretary will perhaps confirm a little later, the…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyIt is a great sorrow that we are once again debating the rise of antisemitism. As a Labour party member for 40 years, now a former member, I am sickened and ashamed that we have…20 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Government have supported the concept of an international fund for Israel-Palestine to promote the values of co-existence, reconciliation and peace. The evidence is robust…14 Feb 2019