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HANSARDInnovative Defence Technologies15. What steps his Department is taking to support innovative defence technologies.19 Feb 2024HANSARDRail FaresIf a person were to get a train from Market Rasen to London later this morning, not only would they be hit by a hefty rail fare, as we all know, but, worse, it would take them…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House knows that I am a member of the programme board on restoration and renewal, and she is the responsible Minister. There is a debate due on the business…08 Feb 2024HANSARDSmall Businesses: Support15. What fiscal steps his Department is taking to support small businesses.06 Feb 2024HANSARDSmall Businesses: SupportBecoming an entrepreneur in this country has become increasingly purgatorial over the past 25 years. Does the Minister agree that what small businessmen want is not more handouts…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe ability of Ministers to govern is already severely constrained by things like the Human Rights Act 1998. What worries me about this is not the deal as such; I am a Brexiteer…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI am not trying to rail against reality; I am just seeking the truth. Would it be a fair summing-up of the Labour party’s position that it is supremely relaxed about all these…01 Feb 2024HANSARDMiddle East: Conflict PreventionOne problem with the middle east is the sense of hopelessness among the Palestinian people, which is fuelling terrorist outrages. What steps can the Government take with our…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIsrael is much more than Prime Minister Netanyahu. What more are we in the US and the UK doing to encourage the moderate voices in Israel who argue for a definite democratic…29 Jan 2024HANSARD High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillI am inspired to say a few words in this debate, because I want to talk about my home town of Gainsborough, which is directly affected by this issue. Gainsborough is a traditional…26 Jan 2024HANSARD High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillOn his point about putting local people in the driving seat, will the Minister assure me that any powers or resources given to the Mayor of Lincolnshire will not suck resources…26 Jan 2024HANSARD International Freedom of Religion or Belief BillThe House should pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her sterling and dedicated work over many years. Although she is talking about the mechanics of why her job is necessary, I hope…26 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillI am getting a bit confused now. The whole point about the Theft Act is that intent has to be proved—mens rea. What happens when somebody takes a cat or a dog—this is precisely…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillI support the Bill, especially in memory of my dear friend David Amess. I am a dog owner, but one thing that slightly worries me is that cats are prone to wander, which is why we…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillThis is a really important point. I am thinking of my wife’s grandmother, who in our family was known as Granny Meow, because she had 14 cats. None of those cats had arrived in…19 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillPeople talk about the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg as if it were rather like our own Supreme Court or that of the United States but, as I said earlier, I am a…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThere is a bourgeois liberal incarnate!17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWe have heard that before, but let us address the narrow legal point. Does the hon. Gentleman think that it was right for a Strasbourg judge to impose an injunction in the night,…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am happy to support my right hon. Friend tonight on this amendment, as I did last night. I am on the Council of Europe, so I take quite a lot of interest in this. There is an…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill my right hon. Friend give way, on that point?17 Jan 2024