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HANSARD British CouncilThe hon. Lady could make a two-minute intervention.08 Sept 2021HANSARD British CouncilI do. In an ideal world, that is the case, but there are services that can be delivered digitally. Since the pandemic, the British Council has done a brilliant job of turning…08 Sept 2021HANSARD British CouncilI am more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman or any hon. Member here today to discuss the British Council. We discussed it in the main Chamber quite recently, and I am more…08 Sept 2021HANSARD British CouncilI will come on to the point made by the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens). The hon. Member for North East Fife suggested that the British Council had to provide…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Global Britain: Human Rights and Climate ChangeI will. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I start by thanking the hon. Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams) for securing this important and wide-ranging…07 Sept 2021HANSARDBritish Council: Sale of IELTS in IndiaI can today inform Parliament that the British Council, a non-departmental public body of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, will sell its IELTS English language…22 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsWe are making good progress. Our guidance to businesses is being updated. We have launched a regular programme of ministerial engagement with businesses and trade bodies, but my…15 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsMay I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) on securing this debate? We have heard some passionate and well…15 Jul 2021HANSARDGovernment Hospitality Wine Cellar Biannual Report 2018 - 2020I have today placed a copy of the Government hospitality wine cellar biannual report for the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 in the Libraries of both Houses. Following the…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018: Report on Regulations MadeMy hon. Friend the Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) has made the following written ministerial statement: I am today laying before Parliament…15 Jul 2021HANSARDDraft European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for the order. It is absolutely appropriate that we crack on and put it in place. As I set out in my opening speech, the EU…12 Jul 2021HANSARDDraft European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021. It is a pleasure to appear…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He is right to mention his interaction with his excellency. We have used existing programmes to support Nepal since the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalI am incredibly grateful to the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) for securing the debate. I am sure everyone in the House will pay tribute to his work as chair of the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalI can tell the hon. Gentleman that we are of course acutely aware of the challenge, whether that is getting first or, in the 1.4 million cases scenario, second doses. We have…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalI thank the hon. Lady. She is absolutely right to speak up for the Nepalese diaspora in her constituency and elsewhere. What I can add to my response to the hon. Member for…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalI am not sure that I had advance notice of the hon. Lady’s intervention, but I am happy to take it.06 Jul 2021HANSARDDetention of Jagtar Singh JohalThe Government take all allegations of human rights violations extremely seriously, and we raise concerns with the authorities on the ground where appropriate. The assistance we…30 Jun 2021HANSARDDetention of Jagtar Singh JohalWhat I can tell the hon. Gentleman is that we have consistently raised the need for an independent and impartial investigation into those torture allegations. The Foreign…30 Jun 2021HANSARDDetention of Jagtar Singh JohalAs ever, it is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for taking part in this very important debate, and the hon.…30 Jun 2021