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HANSARDUkraineI welcome the statement and commend the Prime Minister and his Government on their robust approach, but I hope that he will take away from today’s exchanges the strong cross-party…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI know my right hon. Friend will agree that jaw-jaw is preferable to war-war, but does he accept that given Russian ambitions regarding Ukraine and events elsewhere, including in…21 Feb 2022HANSARDDRAFT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2022The Government are right to clamp down on money laundering and to ensure, courtesy of the draft regulations, that the rules are not too onerous, but will the Minister, when he has…07 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ2. The latest evidence and research show that the UK is the most attractive country in the world for young people across the G20. Amid intense soft power competition from other…19 Jan 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. At Defence questions on 15 November, I raised the plight of nearly 200 Afghans who had worked with the British Council but are still hiding in…14 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to my constructive Adjournment debate on the British Council with the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, my right hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (James…30 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI thank the Minister and the Government for listening and for accepting the new clause in its entirety. It is a progressive step. I and the whole group behind the new clause look…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI will not. I do apologise, but time is short. New clause has been endorsed by the founding chief executive of Cancer Research UK, Professor Sir Alex Markham, who has commented…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillThank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank Mr Speaker for selecting my new clause 19. I also thank all those who have kindly supported it. It remains an inconvenient…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI tend to agree, and that is in part what the new clause is intended to address. I chaired the all-party parliamentary group on cancer for nine years. We were painfully aware that…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care Billrose —22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillThe Government deserve credit for grasping this nettle, which has evaded Governments of both parties for too long, but he must understand that there is a real cause on the…22 Nov 2021HANSARD British Council: Global BritainI appreciate my right hon. Friend’s generosity in giving way again, but we have a little bit of time, without wishing to detain the House for too long. I accept what he has just…18 Nov 2021HANSARD British Council: Global BritainFirst, I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments about those at the British Council, who will be heartened to hear what he says. I know it will not be strange to them, but it…18 Nov 2021HANSARD British Council: Global BritainI thank my right hon. Friend for being generous in giving way. Of course I do not doubt his words, but what seems to be happening is a disconnect between Departments. This week in…18 Nov 2021HANSARD British Council: Global BritainFirst, may I thank the Speaker and indeed you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for choosing and allowing this debate to take place? I also thank the Minister for the Middle East and North…18 Nov 2021HANSARD British Council: Global BritainMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: when the Government are quite rightly talking about the importance of global Britain, it sends completely the wrong message to the world…18 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghan Nationals: EvacuationI have no doubt that the Defence Secretary is straining every sinew, but one fears that bureaucracy and lack of clarity are getting in the way. I understand that almost 200…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26Real progress has been made at COP26, and we should all be grateful to its president and the Prime Minister for achieving so much. However, the Prime Minister will be aware that…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseWill the hon. Gentleman give way? [Hon. Members: “No.”]08 Nov 2021