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HANSARD Official Development AssistanceThe proposed cut in aid spending, breaking our nation’s promise to the world’s poorest, is not just callous and unnecessary but entirely against our own self-interest. We are…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I first thank the Secretary of State for listening to local leaders, who have been pushing for a one-Oxfordshire approach to coronavirus as we go into tier 2? I am sure many…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanAs an Oxford MP, I echo the Prime Minister’s congratulations to the Oxford Vaccine Group on today’s fantastic news. Will he join me in further congratulating it on being…23 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillYes, indeed; I agree. We should be broadening it, in fact, to underline the values of our country that should be enshrined in the Bill. I hope that Members would agree that there…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes). I can assure the House that I will not be speaking for quite as long,…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I am grateful for the opportunity to make this point of order on the important matter of the country’s international development budget. It is…17 Nov 2020HANSARDHong Kong(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the disqualification of pro-democracy lawmakers…12 Nov 2020HANSARDHong KongThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, and I thank the Minister for his words. Today I have a very simple question. What are the Government going to do as “one…12 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreWe owe a debt of gratitude to whistleblowers such as Mr Taylor, and corruption thrives at times of chaos, such as in a pandemic, for example. Transparency International has shown…09 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Covid-19 Response: Innovation and Access to TreatmentI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Does she share my concern that those parts of the world where people do not have immediate access to healthcare…05 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Covid-19 Response: Innovation and Access to TreatmentWill the Minister give way?05 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Covid-19 Response: Innovation and Access to TreatmentLet me start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) on securing this debate. It is a great pleasure to be part of a debate that…05 Nov 2020HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI thank the Minister for his responses so far and I share the House’s view that it is absolutely ridiculous that we are still here talking not just about Nazanin, but about all…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want first to tell the story of what has happened in Oxfordshire over the past couple of weeks. I want to put on record my thanks to the…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19I feel a bit queasy after the speech by the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely), not because of what he said but because of the microphones—02 Nov 2020HANSARD Free School MealsDoes my hon. Friend feel, as I do, that the Government could learn a lot from the Welsh Government, where Kirsty Williams, the Liberal Democrat Education Minister, extended free…21 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Economic Support PackageToday I want to focus on the forgotten—those who have been forgotten by this Government in my constituency and right across the country. There are 3 million people who are…14 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Contact TracingWell, we will see. I sincerely hope I am wrong, but unfortunately, we have not done enough listening to the experts. Speaking of experts, I want to put on record my thanks to…14 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Contact TracingThe all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus, which I chair, led hearings all through the summer; the very first ones we held back in July were on test and trace, and then we…14 Oct 2020HANSARD China’s Policy on its Uyghur PopulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. We have three minutes in which to cover a huge amount, so I will just say that I agree with literally everything I have…12 Oct 2020