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HANSARDIran Nuclear DealAs my hon. Friend will understand, for obvious reasons I am not going to make any comment on intelligence-related matters. There was a concern at the time: the Trump…08 May 2019HANSARDWomen Human Rights DefendersI am grateful to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) for securing this important debate. She mentioned the scourge of the misuse of social media and the…07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyWill the hon. Lady give way?07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyI will not, if the hon. Lady will excuse me, because I want to move on to human rights issues. The hon. Member for Warrington South and my hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch…07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyI thank my jousting partner, the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman), for her robust views. In a relatively short time, I will try to say a little in response. I thank…07 May 2019HANSARDWomen Human Rights DefendersThe situation in Yemen is far more complicated than the hon. Lady puts it. I could rehearse the issues that have resulted in the civil war in Yemen. As she is aware, there are the…07 May 2019HANSARDWomen Human Rights DefendersIf I may, I will say a little more about that later. I hope the hon. Lady will appreciate that the Floor of the Chamber is probably not the right place for me to make up policy on…07 May 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI very much agree with the hon. Gentleman and thank him for his comments. We are often criticised for speaking endlessly about trade and other opportunities. Clearly, Hong Kong…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI am happy to confirm that. As I said, we have highlighted our hope that a range of recent court rulings do not discourage lawful protest in the future. I stress that Hong Kong…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI thank my hon. Friend, who speaks so knowledgably about these issues, particularly in relation to Hong Kong but also China as a whole. I reassure her that it remains the UK…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiI will not, if the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, because I want to try to answer as many of the points as I can. The introduction of the sharia penal code and hudud punishments…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI thank the hon. Lady for her contribution, and I am sorry to hear that her constituency office was attacked over the weekend, which is unacceptable in the world in which we live.…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiNo, I really am running out of time. The UK Government remain committed to delivering an asylum system that is sensitive and responsive to all forms of persecution, including…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I am not sure what I was doing 42 years ago, but I know that he was already a Member of this House at that time. He makes a valid and fair…10 Apr 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeWill the hon. Gentleman please be assured that there is ongoing legal advice on all the matters to which he referred? I should perhaps also say, to correct the record in that…10 Apr 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeWill the hon. Gentleman please be assured that there is ongoing legal advice on all the matters to which he referred? I should perhaps also say, to correct the record in that…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsMy hon. Friend is obviously trying to get herself on to the next trip that I take to Hong Kong. We need that matter explained in a much more succinct style than I am used to…10 Apr 2019HANSARD LGBT Rights: BruneiYes, it is, obviously, in counter-terrorism and other areas. The most disappointing thing for me and, I know, for my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester, who is also a regular…10 Apr 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeWill the hon. Gentleman please be assured that there is ongoing legal advice on all the matters to which he referred? I should perhaps also say, to correct the record in that…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I will see her later this afternoon for a Westminster Hall debate on other matters—it is one of those busy days. Obviously, we are…10 Apr 2019