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HANSARD Genomics and National SecurityI beg to move, That this House has considered genomics and national security. Alistair Campbell, of course, might be somebody who will wind up at some point. Notwithstanding that…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Racial Discrimination in SchoolsThere are some things in life where we expect changes to come naturally, organically or incrementally, and there are other things for which change has to be driven, and the…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Genomics and National SecurityAbsolutely, and the question of the work in our universities and other research institutions is one to which I will turn in some detail later. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Genomics and National SecurityI want to bring the Minister on to the point about BGI. I think we are aggressively agreeing with each other here, essentially because we are talking on parallel lines. Will he…08 Mar 2023HANSARD EnergyIt is apparent from my constituency casework that there are people who have already received the payment through their energy company, but who probably should not have. I ask the…07 Mar 2023HANSARD EnergyI declare an interest, as my home is off grid. We are heated by an oil-based central heating system, and I have received the £200 alternative fuel payment from my energy company,…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseBy the time that we come to deal with the alternative fuel payment pass-through requirement regulations on Tuesday, can the Leader of the House assure me that the Minister will be…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSingle-use Plastic13. What recent assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of ending the use of non-essential single-use plastics.23 Feb 2023HANSARD Turkey and Syria EarthquakeThere are 47,000 dead—my constituency has 44,000 people in it. That gives a sense of what we are facing in human terms. On the subject of refugees, many of those who have been…23 Feb 2023HANSARDSingle-use PlasticThe Minister has a long-standing record in this area; I thought she might be jumping to get to the Dispatch Box to answer my question. We have to accept, though, that although we…23 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe Chair of the Select Committee prompts me to reflect that I am one of the handful of people here who had an active part in the last period of direct rule, in about 2004 or…22 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureFrom our end of the country, we see things through the other end of the telescope. We have an enormous surplus of renewable energy generated in Orkney but no way to feed it into…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights10. What his policy is on the future of the UK’s adherence to the European convention on human rights.21 Feb 2023HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsMay I take the Secretary of State back to his answer to the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes)? If he is not ruling out ever leaving the convention, is…21 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentThe Minister told us a few minutes ago that part of the problem here is human rights lawyers who abuse and exploit our laws. That is obviously very serious, Mr Speaker. Any lawyer…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Governor of Xinjiang: UK VisitWell, that will really show them, won’t it? There is really only one reason for having a meeting like this: to keep that man talking until the rozzers arrive with a stout pair of…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Anti-Slavery CommissionerI thank the Minister most warmly for that answer. She illustrates perfectly the need for my private Member’s Bill, which would allow Parliament to make this most important…06 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Anti-Slavery Commissioner6. When she plans to appoint an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.06 Feb 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentIn every other area of fisheries science and management, when facing something for which we do not know the cause, we proceed according to the precautionary principle. The…26 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesSocial value is not restricted to these shores. The hon. Gentleman will be aware that China has a very prescriptive regime, particularly in relation to people in Xinjiang…25 Jan 2023