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HANSARDRevised National Planning FrameworkThis is not just a question of housing; it is also about public and private facilities and a community. As I indicated in my intervention on the right hon. Member for Basingstoke…23 Jan 2024HANSARDRevised National Planning FrameworkI thank the right hon. Lady for giving way. People also have to live in those communities and be entertained. Does she agree that music venues are enormously important for the…23 Jan 2024HANSARDIran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way again?22 Jan 2024HANSARDIran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023But should we not be proscribing the IRGC, as in the end we had to with Hezbollah?22 Jan 2024HANSARDIran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023The Minister mentions individuals with the revolutionary guard, but what about the revolutionary guard itself?22 Jan 2024HANSARDIran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023I thank the hon. Gentleman very much. Is there not an understanding that the Home Office and successive Home Secretaries have wanted to proscribe the IRGC against resistance from…22 Jan 2024HANSARDIran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023Will the Government also take into account intelligence on the international criminal aspects? There is significant involvement of Hezbollah and other parts of the Iranian nexus…22 Jan 2024HANSARDIran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023The right hon. Member has rightly outlined the threat that the regime poses to its own citizens and to international security. Just in the last week, it has shown that it is a…22 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Procurement: SMEsIn his reply to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Sir David Davis), the Minister totally missed the point, because he referred to defined reasons why companies…18 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesEarlier this century, following threats of access to the Suez canal from Somali piracy, the international community united with a widely based taskforce to successfully suppress…15 Jan 2024HANSARD New Dementia TreatmentsI congratulate the right hon. Member on securing this important debate. Is there not an enormously important fourth strand of this: effective management of the condition and the…11 Jan 2024HANSARDAustralian WineAs part of a dispute over covid, China imposed particularly punishing tariffs on Australian wine, damaging that industry. May I urge the House of Commons Commission to stand with…11 Jan 2024HANSARD Civil Nuclear Road MapMay I welcome the statement? I was going to commend the Minister on the work that I know he has done, until he unfortunately became petty political—I think he spent a bit too much…11 Jan 2024HANSARDAustralian Wine6. If the Commission will take steps to increase purchases of Australian wine for sale in the House of Commons.11 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Does the Secretary of State agree that, in the media world, content is king, and that that is why we must support our world-leading creative talent? Will she take steps to…11 Jan 2024HANSARD Antisemitic OffencesI thank the hon. Lady for for introducing this very important debate, as we see the oldest hatred in the world resurfacing so badly. Should we also deal with the argument about…09 Jan 2024HANSARDAUKUSAUKUS has strong support from across the House, but although the time scales seem very long, in reality there is growing concern in the defence community that they may already be…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Deputy Speaker’s StatementIt does, Madam Deputy Speaker.19 Dec 2023HANSARD Deputy Speaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.19 Dec 2023HANSARD UkraineI readily acknowledge the support that we have given to Ukraine to try and ensure that Putin cannot win. That is an objective shared in all parts of the House, but the scale of…19 Dec 2023