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HANSARDAssisted DyingI draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and to the fact that I am co-chair—with the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth)—of…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingI hope I can just nail this point about palliative care. Both sides of this debate are strongly in favour of increasing palliative care. Does the hon. Gentleman accept that all…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingWill my right hon. Friend give way?04 Jul 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police ServiceOne of the principal problems, bluntly, with the Metropolitan police is the quality of leadership at the very top, which determines the quality of leadership at street level. As…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI have an immense amount of sympathy with what the Foreign Secretary is saying, and it does seem to me as though the EU is not being particularly constructive in trying to get the…27 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ2. The whole House will unite behind the Prime Minister on his determination to hold Ukrainian war criminals to account, but is he aware that there are five alleged Rwandan war…08 Jun 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI am extremely grateful to the Home Secretary for giving way. May I reinforce the cross-party nature of what the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) has just said?…11 May 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI draw the House’s attention to my registered interests. I want to try to be constructive with the Minister this afternoon. I do not believe the Rwanda scheme will work, but I am…20 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillCould my hon. Friend set out for the House what the safe and legal routes are, apart from the now closed route from Syria, the route under the scheme from Afghanistan and the…20 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend absolutely puts his finger on the point, and he knows of what he speaks because he has dealt with these matters a senior councillor. It was Lord Kirkhope who…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeMy right hon. Friend deserves great personal credit for seeking to tackle the dreadful crisis that exists in the channel, but does she accept that many of us have grave concerns…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI take a rather different view from the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady). I draw the House’s attention to my outside interests. I also want to make it clear that I…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI very much welcome what my hon. Friend has said today, and there is no doubt that he has been part of the resolution of this problem, but he will know that across the House for…22 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy right hon. and gallant Friend, who made such a great speech earlier, is absolutely right. There should be total solidarity with the frontline states and our European friends…15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI draw the House’s attention to my outside interests as set out in the register. It is a huge pleasure to follow the hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer) and…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineOf course my right hon. Friend is absolutely right that many of the people who are fleeing from this appalling murder and mayhem, from war crimes and from breaches of the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsI thank my right hon. Friend for the announcement that she and the Prime Minister made about humanitarian relief. I urge her to join other European countries in helping to…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeMy right hon. Friend has brought excellent news to the House this afternoon, but will he at least acknowledge that the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge), my hon.…28 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK Response(Urgent Question) : To ask the Foreign Secretary if she will make a statement on the UK response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I thank the Minister for her response. The stark reality is that Britain can and must do more to rise to this horrific…09 Feb 2022