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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this. Let me be very clear: in no way and under no circumstances are any of the acts that he has spoken about acceptable. They are thoroughly…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityMy right hon. Friend speaks a great deal of sense on this issue. He has highlighted and spoken clearly about the direct threat, which we have seen, in this House alone, when it…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf I may say so to the hon. Lady, I repeat the comments that I made earlier. I appreciate that she may be trying to demonstrate some humour, but the Prime Minister has apologised.…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsPerhaps the right hon. Lady has forgotten that, in this country, the police and courts are independent of the Government, and I will always respect that principle. Rather than…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the right hon. Lady to her role; I did not get the chance to do that when we last met to debate the Nationality and Borders Bill. With regards to the coronavirus…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on foreign interference in UK politics. I, like all Members across this House, am utterly appalled that an individual…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityFirst of all, I take issue with the right hon. Lady’s overall comment: there is no complacency. There is never any complacency at all. On issues of national security, it is…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises the very important and, frankly, quite pressing issue of spiking and its impact across the night-time economy and, much more widely, across society. We are…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will come to my statement shortly, when I will talk about that issue in much more detail. There are important issues about protecting our…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityFirst, I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will continue to work with the intelligence and security services and co-operate with them at the highest level with regards to the alert…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityMy hon. Friend knows my views on the whole area of foreign agent registration. This is not shining a spotlight any more; this is putting the full beam of transparency on to the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDProtect Duty Consultation: Government ResponseBetween 26 February and 2 July 2021, the Government consulted on proposals for the protect duty, whereby certain venues and organisations would be required to consider terrorist…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHome Office Delivery 2021Today I am updating Parliament on Home Office delivery over the last 12 months. Dealing with the effects of covid-19 has been a challenge for the entire country, but it has also…16 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThey do not like hearing the fact that this Government will seek to rapidly remove those with no legal right to be in the UK. We are establishing a fast-track appeal process and…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will not give way further, so that the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) can have some time. The Back…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillNo I will not, because I want to give the right hon. Lady a chance to speak in the debate and quite frankly, other Members on the Opposition Benches have already delayed the…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will not give way, because I want to leave some time for the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford. The hon. Gentleman would have had time to contribute…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. Madam Deputy Speaker, may I echo your remarks—08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I echo your remarks— [ Interruption. ]08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is appalling that we have seen these delaying tactics today. This Bill introduces the most significant overhaul of our asylum system in over…08 Dec 2021