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HANSARDEconomic and Security Ties with AlliesIf the Foreign Secretary is still the only person in this country who has not seen the contents of the Budget, may I refer her to the Daily Mail , which has the entire read-out…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI thank the hon. Member for his intervention and say to him that I absolutely accept that lessons have to be learned from the experience in Afghanistan over the past 20 years.…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI could not agree more and am sure we can find cross-party consensus on this, but those women need practical help now. There is a way to get them to the border if we can issue…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI have written to the Foreign Secretary three times on that very point and not received a response. Perhaps the Minister, who has heard this exchange, will respond to that point…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I want to pay tribute to Lord Ahmad for having, belatedly, rolled into action to try to overcome some of those difficulties, but I say…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeA number of Select Committees—I pay tribute to their Chairs and members—have announced their own inquiries, but the failings we have seen most pressingly in recent months have…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI will take one more intervention and then try to get on with my speech.15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeThe right hon. Gentleman and I have many disagreements, but I think we can agree that, over 20 years, our troops played an incredibly important role in supporting the work of the…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI beg to move, (1) That it is expedient: (a) that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed for the remainder of the current session to consider: (i) Government policy…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI thank my hon. Friend for saving me a bit of time in my speech. I hope the Minister heard that and will provide us with answers today.15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI completely agree. I am aware of that case and how hard my hon. Friend has been fighting on behalf of her constituents. How on earth are we supposed to trust that the Government…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her work on behalf of her constituents and their family members in Afghanistan. Members across the House have been working tirelessly to raise…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateThese have been a painful and sobering few weeks. Had it not been for the heroic efforts of the armed forces as well as the brave diplomats and civil servants involved in…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI am glad the hon. Lady raises that point, Mr Speaker, because it is a sign of an increasingly desperate Government that they launch that sort of attack. Let me tell her what we…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanSome moments in this debate were among the most harrowing I can remember in 11 years in Parliament. I pay tribute to the hon. Members for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) and for…18 Aug 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftThis is an unacceptable attack, costing businesses millions and raising the alarm for people across the country, who will be concerned that their personal information could be…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHong Kong: National Security LawWhile the Foreign Secretary continues to duck the question, the Chinese Government have raised the stakes. Yesterday, he admitted that China was responsible for the Microsoft…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHong Kong: National Security LawWe have watched as the situation has deteriorated in Hong Kong and as genocide is committed in Xinjiang. The Foreign Secretary has issued statements and introduced sanctions while…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI associate myself with the tributes paid to the brave workers of the HALO Trust and put on record our unequivocal condemnation of the targeting of a BBC journalist outside…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhile I welcome that, if we want to carry a broader group of like-minded countries with us we need to lead by example. Does the Secretary of State regret whipping his MPs to…15 Jun 2021