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HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a good point, but does he accept that illiquid investments, by their very nature, tend to be more volatile, and that from a risk-adjusted point of…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy hon. Friend is making a strong speech and some strong points. Does he agree that the alarm bells he is ringing about financial education, the under-provision of pensions and…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs I am sure you, Mr Speaker, and the Leader of the House know, the number of children who have been killed in the war on Gaza now runs into the many thousands. Similar numbers of…03 Jul 2025HANSARD West Bank: Forced DisplacementI want to add to the hon. Gentleman’s list something that the Government could do. In the main Chamber we are busy proscribing two Russian supremacist organisations. Does he think…02 Jul 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillAs I am sure my right hon. Friend knows, there are various layers of appeal that can be taken, right up to the Supreme Court. The Bill says that, throughout that period, as long…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillThe Minister keeps referring to a “loophole”. In fact, it has been an important principle of British justice that successful appeal equals vindication. This Bill is trying to…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillAs I hope the Minister knows, I have devoted much of my adult life to keeping individuals, neighbourhoods, towns, cities and indeed the entire country safe, but I have to confess…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillThe Minister is quite right—not that I ever exercised those powers. But as I said, in my view the Supreme Court has corrected an anomaly that the previous Government took…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. However, it does mean that the state can render someone stateless by inaction, because it can take many years for cases to work their way…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillI understand the hon. Member’s point, but I am afraid that I am not interested in comparisons with the United States. I would hold us to a higher bar. We are a more ancient…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillI can imagine that situation, but I have been an enthusiastic supporter of lots of powers to protect the public from people from whom the Minister cannot remove citizenship. For…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillWill the Minister give way?30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillThe Minister keeps referring to a loophole in justice. I do not understand why he cannot see that “innocent until proven guilty” should apply in these cases, as in any other. The…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillThe hon. Lady makes the point powerfully. I do not know, but she does. This legislation leaves people from minority backgrounds, second or third-generation immigrants, and those…30 Jun 2025HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsSince the second world war, our national security has been based broadly on three pillars: our physical defences, which the Prime Minister mentioned in his statement; the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces DayOne of the 180 events that the Minister mentioned will be Armed Forces Day in Andover, which I will attend on Saturday. As the Minister knows, Andover is home to the Army’s land…26 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyI draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. This is the sixth industrial strategy announced from that Dispatch Box since “New Industry, New Jobs”…23 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastAway from the headlines, as the Foreign Secretary said, hundreds of Gazans have been losing their lives. Let us be clear about what is happening. As tens of thousands of people…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThose of us who have come here today to support the Bill do not speak lightly of life and death, as some have accused us: we come here to recognise that this House has a…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Billclaimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put. Question agreed to. Question put accordingly, That the Bill be now read…20 Jun 2025