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HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodMy right hon. Friend knows more than most how increasingly unstable our complex world is becoming. Does she agree that the threats we face, from both state and non-state actors,…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthMr Deputy Speaker, I think I learnt from you not to let the fact that something has been said in a debate prevent me from saying it again. The same thing has been said again and…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillO2, Three and BT had concerns that they would have to cancel their contracts with Huawei but still pay for them, because the equipment was on its way. Could my right hon. Friend…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThe hon. Lady is setting out a long list of concerns with which many in the House would absolutely agree. Does she agree that for the reasons she is outlining it is perhaps now…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—does that mean that I get 16 minutes to speak? That is fantastic. [ Interruption. ] That is my first intervention, so it is now 17 minutes. It is…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillIt feels like a long time since we had debates about Huawei at, I think, the beginning of the year, which perhaps started this national conversation about our critical national…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI commend the Chancellor for having to make some very difficult decisions, but as President-elect Biden commits himself to a new era of western leadership, here we are about to…25 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewI welcome the commitment to significantly upgrade our defence posture, for which the Prime Minister knows I, the Defence Committee and others in this House have been calling for…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsThe recent focus on the Northern Ireland protocol has not just raised questions about our commitment to uphold international law but shone a light on our wider commitment to play…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Remembrance, UK Armed Forces and SocietyIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate. Defence is a subject that we do not discuss enough, so I suspect that, just as the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Remembrance, UK Armed Forces and SocietyI am grateful for that intervention, and I was pleased to see the Minister nodding as my hon. Friend was speaking. That is exactly what we did with troops returning from…11 Nov 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Covid-19 DeploymentThank you, Mr Speaker. I am grateful for the chance to catch your eye. I hope the message that the Minister hears today is loud and clear: we are absolutely proud of what our…10 Nov 2020HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: TimescaleI can tell the Secretary of State what a one-year funding settlement will do: it will make the integrated review next to meaningless. The Prime Minister gave me a direct assurance…02 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Prime Minister has just spelled out the terms of the second national lockdown, and I do hope the House supports these important measures. However, we are six months into a…02 Nov 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeAt the Munich security conference last year, the term “westlessness” was first coined, meaning an absence of what the west now stands for, what we believe in and what we are…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI repeat Bournemouth University’s offer to establish a testing lab on its campus to help the local community. I welcome today’s statement, but the Prime Minister is well aware of…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateTalking of tools at my hon. Friend’s disposal, Bournemouth University stands ready to help with lab testing. However, it is covid testing in schools that I would like to address.…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19My hon. Friend can intervene on me if he likes; I will give way to him. I join others in calling, six months on, for this place to have greater oversight as we deal with this…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to make a declaration of interests: I am a current member of the armed forces, and I did serve in Northern Ireland. I very much welcome and…23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI was not expecting to participate in this debate, but I never thought I would hear a Minister in this Chamber say that we might be breaching international law. I am grateful to…21 Sept 2020