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HANSARD Business of the HouseI hate to think what is happening in Ukraine today. It is almost unbelievable, but it has achieved one thing: in all my time here, I have never seen the House more united or…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineI am grateful to the Home Secretary for her approach. Please forgive me, but I did not hear correctly whether it was 13,000 appointments per day or per week. She mentioned many of…10 Mar 2022HANSARDPlatinum JubileeMay I say in passing how wonderful it is when we have a question session in which the people who reply are succinct and to the point. Perhaps we should get Ministers here for a…10 Mar 2022HANSARDImpartialityI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s response. This week the former Speaker of the House of Commons got his comeuppance for being mean and unfair to a number of people, by…10 Mar 2022HANSARDImpartiality8. To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Committee will make an assessment of the impartiality of…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThey have answered the questions they have been asked. I just want to ask one other thing. If something dreadful happens in the next few days before Parliament comes back on…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House again to keep us informed. He was right when he said that the whole House was moved by the President of Ukraine’s address…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsDoes the Minister agree that most of the help with processing visas should be provided close to the Ukrainian border? What are the Government doing to increase processing there—in…08 Mar 2022HANSARDSuccession of the UK Presidency: TimeframeWill the Minister use his remaining time as President to pivot the conference away from making climate change the No. 1 goal to making energy security the No. 1 goal?02 Mar 2022HANSARDSuccession of the UK Presidency: Timeframe1. What his timeframe is for the succession of the UK presidency following the COP26 conference.02 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI am very grateful to the Home Secretary for coming to the House at the earliest opportunity to update us. As we know, women and children are fleeing through west Ukraine to get…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests—I am a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Further to what many…28 Feb 2022HANSARDSanctionsI thank the Foreign Secretary for coming to the House to update Members. I understand that today she has banned travel from the United Kingdom to Russia. Have we also asked…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am sorry, but I thought we were told that the House was expecting emergency legislation tomorrow. It seems that this is not…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for coming to the House to give us the supplementary business statement. I entirely agree with the shadow spokesman, the hon. Member for Bristol…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I apologise for not having given you prior notice; the reason is that, while the Secretary of State has announced emergency legislation for…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI start by thanking the Minister for the Armed Forces for his detailed update. I also congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his leadership during this appalling…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the military situation in Ukraine.25 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI thank the Prime Minister for yet again coming to the House to keep us informed and for his leadership in this crisis. He was right to provide military aid to Ukraine. The…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI never thought that I would wake up one morning to find that a democratic independent European country had been invaded by a bigger country. I am grateful for the Prime Minister…24 Feb 2022