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HANSARDUK-EU SummitI hate to warn the hon. Gentleman, but I have a horrible feeling that if he were to compare the speech he made today with many of those he made between 2017 and 2019, he might…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOh, go on—I will give way. The hon. Gentleman was like this when I was 15, too.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMay I start with a warning to my colleagues elected in 2024? Many of us who were here between 2017 and 2019 have been deeply triggered by this debate, which has rerun and rehashed…13 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI represent Walthamstow; once upon a time, the architect of the ECHR, Winston Churchill, was our constituency next-door neighbour. But let us be under no illusions and let us be…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAbsolutely. Let me be clear: I recognise that my suggestion will not address all the issues with overseas domestic workers, but a worker’s justice visa could be the start of…12 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]In the short time available to me, I want to speak to four amendments. On two of them, I would like to urge the Minister to think again. On one, I am in total agreement with the…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I understand the point that the Minister is making about existing copyright law, but, as he has said, the Government opened a consultation that has, for many of our constituents…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe Minister will know that our British constituents with strong links to Kashmir are both horrified by the terrorist attack and terrified by the escalation of violence that we…07 May 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitAs another Member of this House who voted in 2014 to recognise the state of Palestine in a motion that this House passed, I will say that progress on this matter is long overdue.…29 Apr 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionIt is our common humanity that unites many of us in this House in our condemnation of a terrorist act and our condolences to the families affected, whether they have community…29 Apr 2025HANSARD EU Trading RelationshipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy, and to be part of today’s debate. It is less than 100 days since Donald Trump entered the White House, and in those…24 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsAs somebody who had to put up with what I think was seven photo opportunities by previous Conservative Ministers—including one who is sat on the Opposition Front Benches…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Israel: Refusal of Entry for UK ParliamentariansColleagues who were elected after 2024 may not know that in 2022, 287 of us parliamentarians were banned from entering Russia over our views about the Ukrainian crisis, including…07 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsIf those on the Opposition Front Bench are still trying to propagate the arguments of 2016, I suggest they are a bit drunk on chlorinated chicken. We need to get real. Celebrating…03 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsIf the rule of international law is to mean anything, we must uphold it, so just as we recognise that taking hostages is a breach of international law, we must recognise that…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I want to help my hon. Friend out, because he was not here when the previous Government introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, which deleted more than 4,000…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will, if the right hon. Gentleman can tell me which of those 2,361 statutory instruments he now regrets forcing through this House.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]The challenge for many of us who were here during the previous Parliament, when the hon. Member was in office and had the power to diverge, is that we watched what happened and we…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to take part in this debate. I hope to offer a course correction from the Opposition’s attempts to fight many things today, not least the concept of geography and…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will, if I may, continue with my speech, but I shall take an intervention a bit later. Our colleagues in Northern Ireland know the practical consequences of divergence—the…01 Apr 2025