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HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaEven if the Home Office were halfway competent in dealing with these matters, this area would still be absolutely fraught with difficulties, as the figures given to the House by…30 Nov 2020HANSARDClimate Change Assembly UK: The Path to Net ZeroI add my voice to those that have welcomed the assembly’s report. As an initiative with its roots in Parliament and an exercise in co-operation across the different Select…26 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly). I will pick up where he left off—on the question of the scrutiny of this agreement and others that are yet…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIt appears to me that the House is now in a wholly unsatisfactory position. We stand to have a Division soon in relation to House business, which, by convention, is not normally…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsI congratulate the Minister on a bravura performance today. It is absolutely without parallel, and Sir Humphrey himself would be proud of what we have heard from the Dispatch Box.…18 Nov 2020HANSARDAviation IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) on securing this timely debate. I…18 Nov 2020HANSARDHong KongI listened to the answer that the Minister gave to the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). I can understand the logic of it and I can…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister will doubtless recall meeting my constituent Ronnie Norquoy on board his crab boat Carvela when he visited Stromness and Orkney in July. I know Mr Norquoy told…11 Nov 2020HANSARDUK Terrorism Threat LevelI thank the Minister for advance sight of this statement. He is well regarded across the House because he takes his duties seriously, and he generally goes about his business in a…05 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast week, the Home Secretary ended the exemption in relation to the number of people who can take part in a protest, meaning that for the duration of lockdown the maximum number…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe Minister tells us that the system is working well and that it would be dangerous to change it, and for that reason, the Government are not going to change it. What purpose is…04 Nov 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds). I have heard him speak on this matter in the past, and he does so with clarity and…04 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillWill the hon. Member give way?03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful to you for the opportunity to take part in this debate, Mr Speaker. As the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) indicated, it bears a remarkable…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe all know that those who want to break up the United Kingdom love nothing more than a manufactured grievance, but I have to tell the Prime Minister that he does nothing to help…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsFishermen working in Scapa Flow occasionally still dredge up ordnance left there from the end of the second world war. My constituent Ian Spence did exactly that in January this…02 Nov 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyIndeed, which is why I deliberately did not use the terms “overseas aid” or “overseas development assistance”. However, to the hard-pressed British taxpayer, it is money that is…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I remind the Chamber of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I chair the all-party…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyThe Minister cites two examples that we have discussed already. That is good, but if he can tell us about those examples, why can we not be told about them all?22 Oct 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyThe hon. Gentleman is setting up the debate nicely here, but may I suggest that it might be helpful to go back to first principles and ask ourselves whether, in the areas he has…22 Oct 2020