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HANSARDArrest of Opposition Politicians: TurkeyI thank my hon. Friends who have just spoken. This is an area of work that the all-party parliamentary group for Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria has been deliberating on. The…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the inclusion of parts 3 and 4 of the Bill undermines victims, the police force and the whole point of what the Government are trying to do to…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis is a Trojan horse Bill, and the Home Secretary is Sinon at the gates of Troy saying, “I’m the only one left! Please let me in with this fantastic Bill that’s going to do all…15 Mar 2021HANSARD National Bus Strategy: EnglandI welcome any strategy that will continue to support buses. I also welcome the Secretary of State’s mentioning Brighton several times. Brighton & Hove Buses might be in private…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWhat consideration has the right hon. Lady given to the rights of generations of Travellers and Gypsies, who have often been around longer than some of our property laws, who…15 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThis is a Budget that sounds half reasonable when we first hear it, and then even that half quickly unwinds as we delve deeper. The latest blow, of course, will in my view be to…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsPostal votes in this forthcoming election will be more important than ever, as elderly and vulnerable people, even when vaccinated, might still be at risk of getting mildly ill…11 Feb 2021HANSARDYemenThis is a complex conflict, on which any sensible Government would not take sides. There is clearly evil on all sides, and the Houthis are some of the worst of all of them. But…08 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Court EstateSolicitors in my constituency, particularly those who may be vulnerable, have contacted me to say that they are frightened to attend court due to the lack of safety provisions.…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Court EstateWhat assessment he has made of the adequacy of the steps taken by HM Courts and Tribunals Service to mitigate the risks of covid-19 infection on the court estate.02 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersWe have today heard a long list of residences that continue to have cladding on them and people stuck in them, not able to sell and without enough resources to fix the problem. I…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWhen Australia had a second wave it held an inquiry that showed the failures of the private contractors in the system of quarantine that they were running. Australia learned from…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outWithout increasing the 2 million doses a week to 5 million, we are going to be administering the vaccine to the adult population until the end of the year. That causes great…21 Jan 2021HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThis was the never-ending story, but it seems a bit like it is turning into a never-ending nightmare for businesses, which have been told not of a settled situation, but that the…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I appreciate what the Minister just said. What would be useful, maybe in writing, is an absolute confirmation for the industry and for animal rights organisations that any…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am really pleased to hear that the Government and HSE have been engaging with businesses. However, I am still hearing concerns from businesses that are worried about…09 Dec 2020HANSARD UN Mission in Mali: Armed Forces DeploymentI very much welcome this deployment, as I think everyone here does. In the ’90s, Britain was one of the largest troop-deploying nations for UN peacekeeping forces and now we are…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My hon. Friend is making a good point about the HSE. In the European context, both the HSE and the Environment Agency fed into chemicals regulations. Is there a danger that not…09 Dec 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementOn the quantification of future benefits, of course the Secretary of State has given us the most advantageous figures that she has, which are about what trade would have been if…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementThe Minister shakes his head; I am happy to send him a “Constitution 101” on all those countries, because the fact is that we have one of the least developed parliamentary…25 Nov 2020