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HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaWhy does the Home Secretary say, as she did in her statement, that “It is no use pretending that those people are fleeing persecution” when they are not? She will be aware that…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury Counsel(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet office if he will make a statement on requests made to the First Treasury Counsel to assess Government proposals to override…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury CounselThank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing this urgent question. It was reported on Tuesday evening that Sir James Eadie QC, First Treasury Counsel, had not been consulted on the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeThe Minister seeks to justify the Government’s position by tying it back to the principle of parliamentary privilege, as if that is somehow an absolute and inviolable principle.…07 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeI was struck by the Minister’s reference there to an unelected, all-powerful, unaccountable individual; it reminded me that Dominic Cummings was the subject of correspondence in…07 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeIt is a crying shame that we do not have more speakers on the Government Back Benches today, because the contributions we heard from the hon. Members for Devizes (Danny Kruger)…07 Jun 2022HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced ConfessionToday’s revelations just add to the horror that we all feel about the continuing treatment of Nazanin, but she is not the only UK dual national, in Iran or elsewhere, to suffer…24 May 2022HANSARDXinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill PolicyI suspect that the Minister gave a more revealing answer than she had intended to give to the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), when she…24 May 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillIn all candour, I do not envy the Secretary of State’s task. He describes it as painful, difficult and sensitive. All those words are absolutely correct, but this is not the first…24 May 2022HANSARD Food Price InflationI remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Any fair-minded person can see that international factors are clearly at play, over which no…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the Leader of the House’s announcement that we will have the opportunity to pay tribute to the quite remarkable contribution that Her Majesty the Queen has made to the…19 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsThe Home Office has had the report that it commissioned from Stephen Shaw on immigration detention since 2018. What progress is it making in relation to the implementation of its…18 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. May I tell the Minister about the very good meeting yesterday with National Farmers Union Scotland and Scotland Office Ministers on the operation of the Groceries Code…28 Apr 2022HANSARDUK-Faroese Fishing Grounds8. What recent discussions he has had with his Faroese counterpart on access for Russian fishing vessels to shared UK-Faroese fishing grounds.28 Apr 2022HANSARDUK-Faroese Fishing GroundsAs it happens, I had my own opportunity to make exactly these representations to the Faroese Prime Minister yesterday and I am sure that, like the Minister, I was able to welcome…28 Apr 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaWhen the Prime Minister raised the case of Jagtar Singh Johal, did he do so on the basis that for the past four years Mr Johal has been the victim of arbitrary detention?26 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is entirely correct to prosecute the case on the basis of principle, but there is still an amendment on the Order Paper, even if the…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeWill the Home Secretary tell the House how many people she expects to send to Rwanda in the first 12 months of the scheme? She will be aware that Rwandan Government Ministers are…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Food SecurityI promise that this is the last time that I shall intervene. Supermarkets have a crucial role in the setting of farm-gate prices. We have the Groceries Code Adjudicator, but it…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Food SecurityThat point comes to the heart of the matter. With the rising import costs about which the hon. Lady has already spoken, there comes a danger of reduced productivity. That means…31 Mar 2022