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HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationWill the Secretary of State give way?21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationAs well as the self-licking lollipop of legislation and compensation, does my hon. Friend acknowledge that this is a proxy war? It is all about relitigating the question, “Who…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI hope I am not misquoting the Secretary of State, but he said the Government are using this guillotine motion to withdraw parts of an existing law before they have another one in…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI am new in this place, but my sense of the hon. Member is that he a great parliamentarian, so I would like to understand how he has reconciled himself with this being the correct…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe shadow Secretary of State makes a very powerful point, but I think it is worth putting it on the record that it is pretty unlikely his words will carry the day on the basis…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI fear that the Liberal Democrat spokesman may have misspoken earlier in his remarks. I will quote from the Joint Committee on Human Rights report on the first draft: “A…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationAs the hon. Member says, we are considering this order alongside the Bill. I am grateful to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on which he sits, for producing this very good…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe hon. Member is describing the Bill, but we are not here to debate the Bill; we are here to debate the remedial order. I asked him why he was comfortable with the fact that the…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI am grateful to the hon. and gallant Gentleman for giving way. He has glossed over another thing that he will potentially be voting for today: allowing Gerry Adams to claim…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI want to make a couple of points, one about democracy and one about service and justice. I am deeply uneasy about this remedial order being brought in today. I will make no…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI haven’t got time. I do not think that we are doing the House, or indeed Parliament, justice by proceeding in this way. I was a soldier for 25 years and spent three and a half…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI will not. I challenged the hon. Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) earlier, asking him to speak to veterans and the people of Halesowen to justify why that triple whammy is…21 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillHas my right hon. Friend noticed, like me, that all the military veterans in the Government and on the Labour Benches—with one notable exception—seem to have abandoned their post…20 Jan 2026HANSARDProposed Chinese EmbassyCan the Minister not hear herself, and not see how absurd it is for the Government to insist that they should treat the decision on the embassy as a quasi-judicial, independent…19 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 14 January.14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks, particularly about Iran. Visiting schools in my Spelthorne constituency is one of the great joys of this job, so I was,…14 Jan 2026HANSARDNew Homes3. What recent progress his Department has made on delivering 1.5 million new homes by the end of this Parliament.12 Jan 2026HANSARDNew HomesIn my Spelthorne constituency, as a result of action taken by the independent, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green-led borough council, we have not had a local plan for a couple of…12 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateMay I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement this evening? I hope it is heard widely across the world, and I hope it is heard in Moscow and Washington. I hope it is heard…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesYou’ve announced them.07 Jan 2026