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HANSARD Persecution of the Rohingya: International ResponseI am pleased to be able to respond today. I thank the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) for calling this debate and for speaking movingly of her experience,…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTreaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review ConferenceThe House may welcome an update regarding the 10th treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons review conference, which was held at the United Nations in New York from 1 to…12 Oct 2022HANSARDContingent Liability Notification: Ukraine GuaranteesToday, I have laid a departmental minute that describes two liabilities that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is undertaking to support the economic stability of…12 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I am grateful for colleagues for their constructive comments and their perfectly valid questions. I will attempt to cover off some of them as I conclude. I agree entirely with the…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI. 2022, No. 818). The statutory instrument before…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I feel confident—my expectation is—that it was extensive to the degree that we did not need to do a second one. I look forward to writing to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I think it is the other way around and that this will actually afford greater protection because it will make things clearer and ensure that there is no risk of GDPR being used so…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022That is a very good question. I will gladly write to the hon. Member with the granular breakdown of the scale and depth of the response to that earlier consultation.11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. We do of course have an intelligence-led approach to sanctions. The good thing about the regulations is that they will expedite…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I commit to keeping that on our radar. That sounds like a useful proposition, so I am happy to commit to it. I was pleased to hear questions from the hon. Member for Walthamstow.…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022We are in complete agreement. I agree that this is urgent and it should be a broad consideration of the tumbler facility. I commit to an urgent update from my right hon. Friend…11 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineI am very grateful to all Members for their contributions to this extremely useful debate today. I am also grateful to those on the Opposition Front Bench for their constructive…22 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Dowd, and I am…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022Yes. I hope it will conclude within the next year. The hon. Lady mentioned charities. We should put on the record that the available moneys have doubled in the last financial…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022I was going to come to Ajax, but I will cover the points off in sequence. The hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport made a good point about energy bills. We are striving…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022The hon. Lady makes a good point. It is not just about broad institutional change; it is about ensuring that it is instilled in the leadership training, and that is now being…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022That is an extremely good question. The Defence Secretary touched on some of those broader issues in his statement on Ukraine yesterday. If we are frank with ourselves and look…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022I am very grateful for the contributions and remarks from both the Labour and SNP Front-Bench spokespeople. I will address some of the issues in short order. The Defence Secretary…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022Including this one.06 Sept 2022HANSARDService Complaints Ombudsman’s 2021 Service Complaints System Report: Formal ResponseI am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) formal response to the service complaints ombudsman for the armed force’s annual report for…20 Jul 2022