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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister will be aware that I have raised repeatedly the case of Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl forcibly abducted, raped and forced into a marriage. Will the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOnly this morning, I received an email on behalf of deaf pupils who have been so disadvantaged by forced mask wearing in schools. But for this Prime Minister, we would have had…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI want no more shouting; we are wasting time.18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingOrder. I think we need to move on.18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingCan you leave a minute at the end, Minister?18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingWill the Minister allow a short time for closing remarks?18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingOrder. Bob, will you calm down, please? Will everybody calm down?18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingIt is much easier as Chairman not to hear a lot of what goes on here. I am sure that nobody is foolish. [ Interruption. ] I respect the hon. Gentleman; all I know is that he is…18 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryIn the absence of Ministers having the political will to use pushback, what is the point in appointing a royal naval admiral to help Border Force to be a more efficient taxi…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsWill Members now keep to about five minutes, so that everybody can speak?18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsOrder. Minister, do you want to give Jamie a few seconds?18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsOrder. We have to move to the next debate, I am afraid. There is a strict time limit. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingOrder. To get everybody in, I will now have to ask for a five-minute limit for speeches.18 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingReform is clearly needed. It is absurd in the modern world that people can be criminalised for not paying a licence fee just for an entertainment channel. However, the devil is in…17 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyGiven its success, I believe we should now place our faith in the vaccination strategy and not in further controls. When I voted against plan B before Christmas, I said that more…12 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyWe have spent a lot of time on Russia, and we have heard from a lot of people who claim to understand the Russian mentality, but I am not sure it has been mentioned that in the…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaUnlike in Soviet times, Russia is no longer a viable candidate for world domination. Indeed, recently declassified documents from the United States make it clear that in February…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyYes, but it is not going to happen, for this reason: President Biden is not the sort of President who is ever going to do it. He is a weak President and he is not going to…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyBut we are where we are, and one of the mistakes of these sorts of debates is to equate Putin, for all his faults and his corruption, with Hitler. I would suggest that we are…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI know that entirely, but when people go on about the fact that Crimea was originally Tatar—no doubt America was originally populated by Red Indians, but we do not say that…06 Jan 2022