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HANSARDSt Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UKWest Dunbartonshire!14 Mar 2024HANSARDSt Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UKThe right hon. Lady has stolen a bit of my thunder. I totally agree, and for a specific reason: the complexity of our relationships. I go back to my other family, in County Mayo,…14 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Armed ForcesI congratulate the shadow Defence Secretary on securing the urgent question and join him and the Minister in remembering those on HMS Richmond. On Friday, the Public Accounts…11 Mar 2024HANSARDMortgages (Switching)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the purpose of enabling certain mortgage borrowers to switch to a new mortgage arrangement; and for…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaFirst, let me thank the Secretary of State for due sight of his statement. I think that, as an opposition party, we would give it our tentative support. What the shadow Defence…26 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineLet me thank the Secretary of State for prior sight of his statement and reiterate the unequivocal support of SNP Members for the defence and, we hope, liberation of the rest of…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaIn terms of the semantics, does my hon. Friend agree that we must remind ourselves of the words of Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019, when he stated that as long as Hamas remain in Gaza,…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaThat is sooner than I expected, Mr Deputy Speaker, but thank you. Interestingly enough, I rose in the House on Monday and quoted a former Member of the House—indeed, a former…21 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportTo paraphrase a former Member, the Government’s response has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Given the Czech Republic’s profound donations of artillery and shells,…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportOn 17 February, at the Munich conference, Prime Minister Frederiksen of the Kingdom of Denmark said: “If you ask Ukrainians, they are asking for ammunition now, artillery now.…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaIt is always good to follow the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns), and I actually agree with quite a lot of what they…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI will, briefly, but I want to move on quickly.24 Jan 2024HANSARD Nuclear Defence Infrastructure: Parliamentary ScrutinyI could not disagree with my hon. Friend at all. Of course, if any of the allegations made by Dominic Cummings, crucially those on senior Ministers being manipulated, are without…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Nuclear Defence Infrastructure: Parliamentary ScrutinyNot right now; if the hon. Gentleman would allow me to continue for a moment. I am going to set aside my own and my party’s well-known and understood standpoint on the morality…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Nuclear Defence Infrastructure: Parliamentary ScrutinyMy answer to the hon. Gentleman is that he might as well stay for the rest of the debate to hear my view on that. I have to say that Mr Cummings’s former role, and the nature of…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Nuclear Defence Infrastructure: Parliamentary ScrutinyThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am very grateful for the opportunity that Mr Speaker has given me to raise an issue that I think we can all agree deserves wider attention and…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Nuclear Defence Infrastructure: Parliamentary ScrutinyThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did not know I was so popular with Government Back Benchers.24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaThere has been concern about the change of registration for vessels going through the Red sea, notably those changing to the People’s Republic of China. If the Minister cannot…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI will give way to my right hon. Friend.24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI both agree and disagree. Had the Ministry made sustained investment in capability, we might not have found ourselves in this situation. The right hon. Gentleman is welcome to…24 Jan 2024