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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanIt is clear that AI brings great opportunities, as well as some dangers. Nowhere is that more clear than in the military realm, where, to put it simply, an algorithm can help us…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Sudan: US Determination of GenocideConflicts such as this and genocides such as this tend to create refugees. Have the Government made an assessment of what the continuation of this conflict will do to the number…13 Jan 2025HANSARDImpact of Conflict on Women and GirlsI congratulate the hon. Member for Norwich North (Alice Macdonald) on securing this debate and hon. Members on both sides of the House on their fine speeches. I will touch on some…09 Jan 2025HANSARDImpact of Conflict on Women and GirlsI would like to add another example to the hon. Gentleman’s great list. As he knows, Somalia, Somaliland and the other Somali countries are organised by clan, and in Somali…09 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaSanctions, arms sales, recognition of a Palestinian state—07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsBecky’s son Will was a normal, happy teenager until he suffered multiple covid infections. His mother tried to find out what was wrong with him, but she found that there were no…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaThe case for further British action to protect Gazan civilians is unanswerable. Is the Government’s moral integrity being damaged by their inaction?07 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI agree. This is a war crime of stupendous scale, breadth and width. There is a question of not only justice, but getting those children back to their families in Ukraine. That is…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI quite agree. In Tunbridge Wells, I have been heartened by the number of families who have taken in Ukrainian refugees. We also have a Ukrainian school, to continue the important…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI can answer the right hon. Gentleman directly. I am not advocating that we move unilaterally. I do not think that would be a good idea. If one country were to move, that allows…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI beg to move, That this House recognises the horror of Russia’s renewed illegal invasion of Ukraine; further recognises the necessity of a Ukrainian victory over Russia; agrees…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI am coming to a conclusion, Madam Deputy Speaker. What we ask for in the motion is simple. It is not to seize the assets, although we think the time for that has come, and it is…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In the light of my overrunning speech earlier, I will not take up the full two minutes allocated to me, so I can give you back some time in a…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineIt is as if I gave the hon. Member a copy of my speech, because I will come to that in my next paragraph. In April 2024, the US passed the REPO Act, which enables the US to seize…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI thank the Chair of the Defence Committee, on which I have the honour of serving. He is of course right, and that is why we have come here today. As I make progress with my…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineMy hon. Friend is right: it is about not just actions that lead to practical outcomes but the signals that we send to our geopolitical opponents.06 Jan 2025HANSARD Gatwick Airspace Modernisation ReviewIn my constituency of Tunbridge Wells there is only one noise monitor, in the village of Rusthall. Although we are all in favour of airspace modernisation—the Minister makes some…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Copyright and Artificial IntelligenceI beg your pardon, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will recommend to Anne that she contributes to the consultation. However, the Minister hits on the nub of the problem, which is the…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Copyright and Artificial IntelligenceThis is a timely statement, because I have been conversing with Anne, one of my constituents. Anne is a visual artist and dress designer, and she has exactly the concerns that you…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Winter PreparednessI note that the Minister thinks that the absence of the word “pharmacy” from her statement was an omission. I wonder whether she also thinks that the absence of the words “general…18 Dec 2024