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HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (First sitting)Q Trevor, you mentioned the porter. That would not be covered under the Bill. Do you think the Bill therefore needs to be expanded? Trevor Phillips: Forgive me—you say I mentioned…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (First sitting)Q The devil is in the detail. You mentioned at the beginning of your evidence, in response to some of the questions, about part of the problem being that people are unsure,…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (First sitting)Q Will the Bill not promote that perverseness? Rather than allowing an academic to speak within their own frame, the university will feel obliged to make sure that there is…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (First sitting)Q I have to declare an interest. I am a trustee at the University of Bradford union. I have received donations from the University and College Union. I was the UCU co-ordinator at…07 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanTwenty years of presence in Afghanistan and I, like many, have known young men and women who gave their youth, their time and their lives to Afghanistan. My friend from university…18 Aug 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryWhat a ridiculous speech we just heard; let us get back to reality. On 19 May, only 19 days after the passing of the Trade Act 2021, which updated the Taxation (Cross-border…21 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe world is not currently on track to meet our Paris targets, is it? The current pledges only add up to less than 10% of emissions; we need 45% to meet the target. In the last…09 Jun 2021HANSARD British CouncilI remember, while going on British Council activities in the Balkans after the Kosovo war, the importance of having local offices in Pristina and Belgrade that connected with…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Distancing Restrictions: Support for the Night-Time EconomyCould the Minister address one request that I get a lot from the night-time economy, by giving some pre-guidelines of what the opening up might look like, even if that were to…08 Jun 2021HANSARDMental Health Treatment ReformWhat recent assessment his Department has made of changes in waiting times for mental health treatment.08 Jun 2021HANSARDMental Health Treatment ReformLast year, in my NHS trust 37% of children referred to mental health services were turned away. That was up from 28% the year before. That is 2,649 children not getting treatment…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Distancing Restrictions: Support for the Night-Time EconomyI beg to move, That this House has considered social distancing restrictions and support for the night-time economy. I asked for today’s debate because I am vice-chair of the…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) BillTalking about the cost to the taxpayer, I wonder if my right hon. Friend continues to be shocked by the fact that a Member of this House, the hon. Member for Plymouth, Moor View…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseA subject access request to Pioneer Academy has revealed that it sent covert participants to planning meetings of the “Save Moulsecoomb Primary School” campaign, taking notes to…20 May 2021HANSARD ODA BudgetThe rate of HIV infection remains stubbornly high—1.7 million people acquired HIV in 2019—and AIDS remains the leading killer of women of reproductive age. These are all…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Arms Trade: YemenThe ongoing war is intolerable. Although we know that almost £7 billion has been spent on arms sales, the figure is probably more like £20 billion, because many of those sales are…20 Apr 2021HANSARDUniversity Students: Compensation for Lost Teaching and RentThere is increasing concern from students who have not been able to take many of the part-time jobs that they would otherwise have been able to. They are not eligible for much of…15 Apr 2021HANSARDWorld Water DayMy hon. Friend is listing some really important interlinkages showing how water is vital to achieve all these other important goals. Of course, many of them are the sustainable…18 Mar 2021HANSARDWorld Water DayMy hon. Friend is right to point out that Britain is the only country in the world to have dabbled in complete privatisation of water. In places where Labour has maintained power,…18 Mar 2021HANSARDArrest of Opposition Politicians: TurkeyI do not want to challenge the proscription of the PKK, but does the Minister recognise that the European Court of Justice has twice now said that the proscription was illegal in…16 Mar 2021