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HANSARDAfghan Resettlement UpdateI welcome my right hon. Friend to the Dispatch Box. I want to ask one simple question: will no Afghans, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude and honour, be made homeless during the…18 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghan Resettlement UpdateI cannot find him.18 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghan Resettlement UpdateWith respect, Madam Deputy Speaker, this statement was made in Afghanistan and it was relevant to this Chamber. It has been impossible to contact my right hon. Friend the Member…18 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghan Resettlement UpdateI will email him immediately.18 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe point that my right hon. Friend made earlier is that, somehow, those people will be able to get into the UK and make a false claim. However, the Nationality and Borders Act…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI completely agree with my right hon. Friend. I believe that the Bill should go through, as we have to do something about the deaths in the channel, which is an important moral…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI just want to make it clear that under the new regulations, the Secretary of State can still feasibly decide that, even if someone is co-operating, they do not need to remain in…17 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO SummitI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement. I returned from Ukraine in the last few days, where I was quite close to the frontline working with a charity. The one thing that I must…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllicit Finance: War in UkraineI am grateful to be called to speak in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) on securing this debate and on having…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllicit Finance: War in UkraineI agree; we are probably all going to agree. We have talked about the military alliance, but now we are in the realms of the economic alliance, because that is really where we win…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Hong Kong UpdateI must say it is quite ironic that this morning I was granted a UQ about this very issue, only to find minutes later that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office had…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllicit Finance: War in UkraineI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her comments, but I want to test this further. Are the Government reviewing carefully whether those frozen assets could be seized and…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllicit Finance: War in UkraineForgive me—my right hon. Friend is being generous with her time. It suddenly struck me that a year ago, when the blockade was on and Ukraine could not get the grain out, there was…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllicit Finance: War in UkraineAgain, I apologise for breaking the Minister’s train of thought, but can I take her back to a comment I made earlier? It is believed categorically, whatever else we do about the…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI welcome some of the moves the Government have made and I support the principles of what the Bill is trying to do. However, this is a really significant problem of the Government…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThere are two elements here. First, the whole system can be massively speeded up, which is a fact of the NRM, straightaway. That was an obligation I was meant to have been given…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Hong Kong National Security Law AnniversaryI beg to move, That this House has considered the anniversary of the Hong Kong National Security Law. It is a pleasure to serve under your suzerainty, Sir George. I hope that this…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Hong Kong National Security Law AnniversaryMy hon. Friend knows very well that I agree completely with him. I was shocked to see that picture. I wrote to the Prime Minister on the Sunday, shortly before Liu Jianchao was…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Hong Kong National Security Law AnniversaryI stand corrected. My hon. Friend is quite right: it is 11, which makes it even worse. Foremost among them is the Catholic entrepreneur and—most importantly—journalist Jimmy Lai,…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Hong Kong National Security Law AnniversaryI wonder whether my hon. Friend might be so bold as to ask the Minister how many have been in prison for longer than a year and are still awaiting trial. Many of these people have…28 Jun 2023