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HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillLet me just make some progress, because I have been on my feet for a long time and lots of hon. Members want to contribute to the debate. Our country’s reputation is a matter…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe right hon. Gentleman has, like me, been in this House for many years. This is too serious an issue for any shadow Minister or Minister not to have spent the whole weekend…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Should this Bill reach Committee stage, I hope that proper scrutiny and consideration will be given to the powers that the Foreign…27 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Secretary of State knows, 10 days ago I visited Afghanistan. Millions face starvation. One widow whose husband was murdered during the Taliban takeover explained that she…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolThe protocol Bill introduced to this House last week breaks international law. It risks the integrity of the Good Friday agreement. It divides the UK and the European Union at a…21 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI am grateful for the advance copy of the Foreign Secretary’s statement. Putin’s war is now 112 days old. Ukraine continues to show remarkable defiance, but Ukrainians are paying…16 Jun 2022HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced ConfessionI am grateful to you, Mr Speaker, for granting the urgent question, and I think that the whole House is hugely grateful for the tenacity of my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead…24 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for the remarks of the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. He is quite right that this is not in the absence of the United States; it is simply about…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is completely right. As the world recovers from a pandemic that the global south is still in the midst of, and as the world faces rising food prices and rising…26 Apr 2022HANSARDInternational Fund for Israeli-Palestinian PeaceThe last few weeks have seen spiralling tension and violence in Israel and Palestine, with a dozen Israelis killed in a spate of horrific terrorist attacks and more than 20…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman has framed his point in a certain way, and I am reluctant to go down that path. When I went to Berlin with the shadow Defence Secretary, my right hon.…26 Apr 2022HANSARDIndia: Economic and Security RelationshipTo isolate Putin on the global stage, we must build the largest possible coalition against his illegal war. India is one country that has so far stayed neutral. The Prime Minister…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady makes her point incredibly well. We want a joined-up Government in this global emergency. Now is the time to protect the most vulnerable from the cost of Putin’s…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. How is it that the biometric process has held up the humanitarian effort? It feels as if there is a constant concern about security, but we…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend makes his point well. It undermines our partnership with the people of Poland if people are still waiting in the queue because of UK bureaucracy. It undermines our…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for what the hon. Gentleman says. Just to underline the point, he will recognise that the decision by Germany totally alters the picture of defence in Europe over…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkrainePutin’s war is now two months old and it has already backfired. Ukrainians have resisted heroically. They have paid a great price but they remain undefeated and undaunted, with…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of her statement, and the continued briefings on Privy Council terms. It is now more than a month since Vladimir Putin launched his…28 Mar 2022HANSARDIran DetaineesI thank the Foreign Secretary for giving me advance sight of the statement. For too long, the Iranian Government have been depriving British nationals of their liberty to use them…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThe Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee gives the right context of the debate, as I remember it, at that time. Ukrainians have defended their homeland with…15 Mar 2022