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HANSARDCovid-19: Support for BusinessesMany local newspapers in Scotland were pleased to get UK Government advertising business at the start of lockdown, and agreed heavily discounted rates for it. Many of them were…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister may be aware that there are some Scottish nationalists who want Scotland to follow the example of Catalonia and have a wildcat independence referendum. I oppose…09 Sept 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK Legal ObligationsWhat authority do we have to criticise China for not keeping her side of the bargain under the joint declaration on Hong Kong if we are seen to approach our own treaty obligations…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Birmingham Attacks and Extinction Rebellion ProtestsI welcome, in the warmest possible terms, the very robust defence of the freedom of the press that we heard in the Minister’s statement. As he says, the freedom of our press to…07 Sept 2020HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsI apologise in advance for stating the totally blindingly obvious, but I do so in the hope of assisting the Minister here. If we do not provide safe and legal routes for people…02 Sept 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: the EconomyI am sure that all in business will welcome the announcement from the Secretary of State that there will be guidance given to all those trading in Northern Ireland by 1 November,…02 Sept 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: the EconomyWhat recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect on the Northern Ireland economy of the UK leaving the EU.02 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]Well, here we are again. This is the sixth Parliament to which I have been elected: for the first four we had no fisheries Bill; for the fifth and sixth we have had one. The Bill…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. She is being very, very generous. Whether that is wise is another matter. Regardless of the terms of the deal, or even if there is…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]Fergus Ewing told the Scottish Parliament Committee on 19 August—I shall quote his words exactly— “I’m confident this Bill gives Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Parliament the…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says with regard to safety at sea, but there is another aspect to this issue that has become apparent to me recently, through the activities of…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Counter-Daesh UpdateDFID.22 Jul 2020HANSARD Counter-Daesh UpdateIt feels like distant history now, but the vote in December 2015 on the subject of deploying airstrikes in Syria was one of the most difficult that I faced in my time in the…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportIt was not lost on the House that the Minister did not answer the question of the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Will he do so now, please?22 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaIt seems wrong to be welcoming a suspension of extradition and exports, but backward steps though these may be, they are necessary, and my party will support them. Never mind the…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseFurther to the comments of the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee, may I say to the Leader of the House that it is deeply regrettable that we will, even for the first week…16 Jul 2020HANSARDBritish Overseas Troops: Civil Liability ClaimsIt should be possible to build an easy consensus in the House on protection for those who have given service in the past, but the Bill that the Minister claims to have drafted…16 Jul 2020HANSARDSale of Arms: War in YemenAs is well documented, the Government of Saudi Arabia are indiscriminate in their use of the death penalty, including against minors. In recent years they have detained without…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBahrain: Prisoners Under Sentence of DeathI chair the all-party parliamentary British-Qatar group, among others, and the Minister will know that when it comes to engaging with countries in the Gulf, I preach a sermon of…09 Jul 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI add my voice to those who have pled for more attention and assistance to be given to freelancers. As the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller) said, they are…08 Jul 2020