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HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismIs it not the truth that there is not the slightest shred of evidence, after decades of European and British contact, that Hezbollah has in any way moderated? It is still one,…26 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeWith exit day drawing closer, can my right hon. Friend confirm that the Government will do everything to protect the rights of British citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the…25 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme4. What support he is providing to applicants to the EU settlement scheme.25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationI am afraid that I do not know the answer to the hon. Lady’s question. I will not attempt one off the top of my head, but will think about it for a little bit. I believe that we…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationThe hon. Lady makes an important point. One does not want to see that level of abuse continuing down the generations, but those issues can be picked up by other measures and dealt…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationI partially agree with my right hon. Friend but am not sure I go all the way with it. Faith schools provide a lot of such education, or could provide a lot of it, if they were…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationI shall try to be absolutely impeccable, Mrs Moon. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. It is also a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Warrington…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationI will give way first to my right hon. Friend.25 Feb 2019HANSARD Foreign National Offenders: Prison TransfersThe operational capacity of the prison is about 1,300.19 Feb 2019HANSARD Making Tax DigitalOne of the problems areas in my constituency is the farming industry, which seems to be having enormous problems with this. The Minister mentioned this in his statement, but can…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Foreign National Offenders: Prison TransfersOn a point of order, Mr Austin. May I correct the record? I said that the capacity of Huntercombe was 1,300; it is actually 480. I read the wrong figure.19 Feb 2019HANSARD Foreign National Offenders: Prison TransfersI thank my hon. Friend for giving way very graciously. I hope he will be pleased to know that in my constituency we have a prison at Huntercombe that exists to house foreign…19 Feb 2019HANSARD FlybmiThe collapse of Flybmi is to be very much regretted, but does the Minister accept that connectivity is about more than one airline and that she should continue to establish growth…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Mediation)As my hon. and learned Friend knows, I am hoping to become an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration. I have spent much of my political life championing mediation as…18 Feb 2019HANSARDUK Nationals returning from SyriaIn the European Court of Human Rights, the case of K2 v. the United Kingdom was about taking away nationality in the context of terrorism, and that was found to be manifestly ill…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Human Rights in the UKAs I said, I am a great champion of the convention, and although it was written immediately after the second world war, it contains nothing that does not apply to today.13 Feb 2019HANSARD Human Rights in the UKIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes, and a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Tommy Sheppard), who is a fellow member of the Council of…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Human Rights in the UKWhen the EU decided to bring out its own human rights framework, it thought very carefully about what should be included, and it differs from the European Court of Human Rights on…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Human Rights in the UKThe hon. Gentleman plays politics with human rights, which is unworthy of him and of this Chamber. To return to the issue I was discussing—the success of the British Government…13 Feb 2019HANSARDSupermarket Supply Chains: Human RightsIn my role as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Nigeria, I am aware that Guinness Nigeria is being sold by Tesco. Is the Minister aware that Diageo and other companies in…12 Feb 2019