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HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMy right hon. Friend’s comprehensive announcement will be widely welcomed across the west midlands and in Birmingham, and nowhere more so than in the royal town of Sutton…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Assisted Dying LawI congratulate the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) on what she said and the way in which she has framed the debate. There is no doubt that opinion is moving. I…23 Jan 2020HANSARD Assisted Dying LawI thank my hon. Friend and I hope we will hear much more from her. She expresses the dilemma on both sides of the argument extremely well. For the first time in 33 years I have…23 Jan 2020HANSARD Assisted Dying LawBefore he does, will he give way?23 Jan 2020HANSARD Assisted Dying LawWhat is so interesting about this issue is that I drew entirely the opposite conclusion to what my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes)…23 Jan 2020HANSARDMiddle East: SecurityMy right hon. Friend is clearly absolutely right to focus, laser-like, on defending British personnel and interests, but can he assure the House that Britain is working closely…07 Jan 2020HANSARD Leaving the EU: Integrated Foreign PolicyWhat my hon. Friend is saying about strategy is very good, but the National Security Council tends, to a very large extent, to be the creature of the Prime Minister. All I can…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Integrated Foreign PolicyMy hon. Friend and I have a difference of opinion on this matter. Let me be very clear: no one who has studied these things closely thinks that the Canadian and Australian model…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Integrated Foreign PolicyMy hon. Friend makes a very good point about the BBC World Service. In fact, when I was Secretary of State, I increased by nine times the amount of money spent on the BBC World…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsIs my right hon. Friend aware that during your time in office, Mr Speaker, and the 326 Prime Minister’s questions over which you have presided, thanks to decisions made by the…30 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexThe heartbreaking texts and final messages underline the abject misery, terror and horror of this modern slave trader practice. Is not our hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexThose on both Front Benches and my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price) have spoken for the entire country at this horrific event. Is not one of the most…23 Oct 2019HANSARD British Children: SyriaMay I just pin the Minister down on two key points? First, do the Government accept in principle that these children should be repatriated and are a British responsibility?…22 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. I think he is arguing for a second referendum—a confirmatory vote. I cannot think of anything more likely to exacerbate and perpetuate…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressWill the right hon. Gentleman tell the House what is wrong with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom wanting to make this country the greatest place on earth to live?14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am most grateful to have the opportunity to contribute relatively early in this Queen’s Speech debate, and I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressWith the greatest of respect, the hon. Lady has something of a brass neck by intervening with that. Most Conservative Members, most of the time, voted in favour of a deal and it…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressTo be fair, across the House, nearly all of us are doing what we think is in the best interests of our constituents. In my judgment, the best interests of my constituents are…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressThe argument the hon. Lady puts is the one that led me to vote to remain. I did not feel that the architecture of the EU was enormously compelling, but I did think that most of…14 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaMy right hon. Friends and the right hon. Lady spoke for the entire House on the important issue raised in this urgent question. Does the Minister understand that Britain must take…08 Oct 2019