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HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI have always walked in sunlight; it is others who have perhaps walked through a veil of shadows. We will draw a veil over that. In the spirit of my hon. Friend’s helpful…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. Gentleman is proving most entertaining, but as this is consideration of Lords amendments, will he get on to dealing with the amendments? I want him to be in order!15 Apr 2024HANSARDSentencing: Dangerous OffendersI commend my right hon. and learned Friend for building on the work that he and I did together to ensure that the most dangerous and serious offenders spend longer behind bars.…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI think it is important that we emphasise the wholly exceptional nature of this legislation, but we are dealing with wholly exceptional circumstances—we hope. The point about…20 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. and learned Friend makes a powerful point. The amendment is capable of perfection. The suggestion that I think I made on Report was that the Bill should not to come…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI note your strong exhortation to address the amendments, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I will address them in turn. It is tempting to get into a debate about whether the Bill offends…18 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Words matter, and I note in particular the aim to “intentionally create a permissive environment” to deal with the harms that he…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week saw the launch of the independent report that I, together with the Department for Work and Pensions and the leading research charity Autistica, prepared as result of a…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe right hon. Gentleman knows how much I value his work and the leadership he has shown. On changes at EU level, the announcement by Maroš Šefčovič in the Joint Committee about…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI will certainly bear that exhortation in mind, Madam Deputy Speaker. This debate has properly focused on the statutory instrument that will amend primary legislation through the…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketI have listened carefully to the interventions from the hon. Member for Foyle (Colum Eastwood) and the concerns that he and others will have about the scrapping of the legal…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI feel the emotion and hear the proper points that the hon. Gentleman makes. The process became the legislative and constitutional equivalent of brain surgery, and the patient was…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketWill my hon. Friend give way?01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for being so generous. Does it not all boil down to this? As is outlined in annex A, it is important to distinguish between Northern…01 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI warmly welcome the statement. I have been a strong champion of pharmacies in my constituency. We are experiencing challenges, however, when the likes of Boots withdraw their…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI warmly commend the hard work of my right hon. Friend—and good friend—the Secretary of State. It is only a week ago that we passed legislation to extend the election period, and…31 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWe are in the process of preparing a report on the state of public services in Northern Ireland. We have taken a wealth of evidence, and I am grateful to the hon. Members for…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillObviously, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will answer on any engagement that the UK Government have had with Brussels. He is right to cast it at that level, because…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe message I would give is simply that we still need a functioning Executive to work out and bring to account, with proper scrutiny, issues with the framework, so that at a…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson). I listened very carefully to his assertions about an independent Scotland being a member of the European…24 Jan 2024