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HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryOkay, excellent. I want to bring the right hon. Lady back to her statement that there was an imperative to resolve the situation. She knows very well that in the original advisory…26 Feb 2025HANSARDDefence and SecurityI welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement. I personally think it is a start, not a finish—I think we will find that we have to raise defence spending further—but I welcome it…25 Feb 2025HANSARD SEND Education SupportIt is very good to see you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I will obey your strictures and try to keep this brief. I want to focus on a very narrow aspect of special educational needs. I…25 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure: Chinese CompaniesWhatever the question about energy is, China is not the answer. First, we know the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have raised objections…12 Feb 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestI am astonished by the coroner’s findings. He was not asked to contemplate the question about why—getting inside the head of a soldier who is worried about whether they are going…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMilitary Support for Ukraine7. What his planned timetable is for the annual provision of £3 billion of military support to Ukraine.10 Feb 2025HANSARDMilitary Support for UkraineI came back from Ukraine a week and a half ago. I was very close to the front and talked to many of the military commanders there, and they made it very clear to me that they were…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Gambling HarmsI am not quite sure how the logic works on that. We introduced a £2 limit in the betting shops, but for some reason we have introduced a higher limit where we think the harms are…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Gambling HarmsMr Turner, it is, as ever, a pleasure to see you in one of these debates, even if you are not speaking on the subject. It is great to have you in the Chair. I congratulate the…05 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Gambling Levy Regulations 2025I will keep my intervention short. First, it is a significant pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. As chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on gambling…29 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Gambling Levy Regulations 2025Yes, I have.29 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Gambling Levy Regulations 2025I want to make a very simple point. I do not agree with the position that my hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup has taken. We spent a number of years debating this…29 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueThe economic and financial dialogue was stayed because of the brutal imposition of the national security law in Hong Kong. When the Chancellor and the Government go back to engage…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Pro-democracy Campaigners: ArrestsI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) on securing this urgent question. The Minister should not take what I am about to say personally: no matter…07 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkrainePresident Trump has already said that he will continue with the payments and support. May I ask a simple question? We know from the Financial Assistance to Ukraine Bill that…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI congratulate the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) on securing the debate. I am sad that it has been reduced from three hours to an hour and a half, because it is an…06 Jan 2025HANSARDUnited Front Work Department(Urgent Question): To ask the Government if they will make a statement on the extent of the operations of the United Front Work Department within the UK.16 Dec 2024HANSARDUnited Front Work DepartmentMr Speaker, I apologise if that was the case. Yang Tengbo—H6—was, in fact, not a lone wolf. He was one of some 40,000 members of the United Front Work Department, which, as the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsRyan Cornelius has been detained in Dubai for 17 years. His property was seized in what was a very unjudicial process. The Prime Minister has been to the United Arab Emirates.…11 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillWe are moving slightly into the ridiculous; may I bring us back to the main point? The purpose of the Bill that the hon. and learned Gentleman has drafted is simply to provide a…06 Dec 2024