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HANSARD Business of the HouseLast month, Niyak Ghorbani was wrongly arrested for holding up a placard saying that Hamas are terrorists. He was later de-arrested. Yesterday, just yards from this place, the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsMy hon. Friend knows that I am the last person to be a nimby, and Nottinghamshire’s heritage is among the richest for industry and energy production—it dates back centuries—but…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way again. I want to re-emphasise the point she just made about the height of the solar panels. I wonder whether the proponents of the…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementMy right hon. Friend has, for a very long time, been consistent and clear-eyed about the threats that we face, for which I applaud him. He has faced personal threats and responded…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIf freedom of the press means anything, it means the freedom to criticise and to oppose. That freedom is in danger if we become the first democracy in the world to allow a foreign…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the real issue of the events of the last 24 hours is not the party political shenanigans suggested by the shadow Leader of the House, but that…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaMy right hon. Friend said that the Foreign Secretary has asked Israel to think again about any further military offensive or incursion into Rafah. I think we would all urge Israel…21 Feb 2024HANSARDEngagementsA first responsibility for Government is to fix the housing crisis that young people did not cause. Three years ago, we dragged house building in this country up to the highest…31 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThat is not the point I am making. Once again, the hon. Lady is not listening. The point I am making is not about the virtues or otherwise of our membership of the European…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWith your permission, Sir Roger, I would like to withdraw it. However, if you are agreeable, I wish to press amendment 23 instead.17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt seems as if we are having a dialogue of the deaf, because that is not what I said at all. I said that the debate about the European convention is for another day, but the hon.…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIf the shadow Home Secretary does not like the Rwanda policy, why did she brief T he T imes over the Christmas holidays that she was in favour of an offshore processing scheme,…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Billrose —17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is a pity, but I cannot say I am surprised, that the hon. Gentleman sinks to those depths and does not present a proper legal argument. Had he been listening to me, he would…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI beg to move amendment 11, page 3, line 21, after “Act” insert “, and of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 insofar as they relate to the removal of persons to Rwanda”. This…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI entirely agree with my right hon. Friend.17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI know that the Minister for Countering Illegal Migration, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Michael Tomlinson), said that he did not watch box…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will come on to the exact points that my right hon. Friend is making; they are fair and important ones. As night follows day, if we do not make changes in this respect, we will…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillNo. There may be a good-faith disagreement between the hon. and learned Lady and me, but I do not believe that international bodies and courts should be able to grow organically…17 Jan 2024