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HANSARDCOP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I had not expected to speak in this debate, but I think it is worth re-emphasising the point that the WHO is…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCOP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlWill my right hon. Friend comment on the undue influence of China on the WHO, as exemplified in my remarks? China is trying to ensure that its policies are adopted by the WHO, and…18 Jan 2024HANSARDExcess Death TrendsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for introducing the debate so coherently. Can he explain why module 4 of the public inquiry into the safety of the vaccines has been arbitrarily…16 Jan 2024HANSARDInternational Health Regulations 2005I, too, thank the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) for setting out the issue, quite succinctly. I also thank her in her capacity as Chair of the Petitions…18 Dec 2023HANSARDInternational Health Regulations 2005Absolutely; I agree with my right hon. Friend. We do not want to withdraw; there is no need to withdraw from a voluntary organisation that is confined to giving us advice and…18 Dec 2023HANSARDInternational Health Regulations 2005I was holding the book as I was about to quote from it, Dame Maria. I was not trying to advertise it, and I have not contributed to it, although I have to admit that it was given…18 Dec 2023HANSARDInternational Health Regulations 2005Absolutely, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing that to our attention. Let us reflect for a minute on what other countries are doing. I would have thought that we…18 Dec 2023HANSARDInternational Health Regulations 2005Surely the regulations and the changes are not just one block that we either accept or reject. The Government can deal with each proposed amended change seriatim—one by one. That…18 Dec 2023HANSARDInternational Health Regulations 2005Can the Minister explain the process in relation to the amendments? He talks about consensus, but what happens if this country does not get its way in relation to some of the…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelNo, resume your seat. I call Nadia Whittome.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. This is a debate about arms sales to Israel.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. We must move on, I am afraid. I call Richard Foord.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelBefore I call the next speaker, I must tell hon. Members that the wind-ups will start at 3.30 pm. That means that the demand exceeds the supply, and I will impose a three-minute…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. I have listened to the hon. Gentleman patiently, and I was hoping that he was going to start talking about arms exports to Israel. We have had to cut the Back-Bench…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. I am afraid that we cannot take any more Back-Bench speeches, so I call Martin Docherty-Hughes, please, to wind up.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. This is an abuse of an intervention.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. We now have Mohammed Yasin.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. I will order the hon. Gentleman to resume his seat if he carries on about the Hungarian revolution. I was at school with somebody whose father served in the diplomatic…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Arms Export Licences: IsraelOrder. If you are challenging the Chair, I am going to order you to resume your seat.12 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.07 Dec 2023