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HANSARD 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 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 Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineTo clarify, there is a difference between the seizure of private assets and the seizure of state assets. Sovereign immunity simply does not stand in the way of the seizure of…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI apologise for interrupting the right hon. Gentleman again. Sovereign immunity applies in international law to foreign judicial processes. It is clear in international law that…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI am grateful to the Opposition for selecting this subject for debate. I cannot be here to make a full contribution, but I just want to ask the right hon. Gentleman a simple…27 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend; she is, as ever, making a powerful contribution. I want to push her on that point. The number of taxi drivers has now halved. Road…26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesRight now in Labour-controlled boroughs, such as my borough of Waltham Forest, they are trying to build tower blocks. They will not allow any car parking except for those with…26 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsForty years ago, Sir Galahad was struck during the Falklands crisis, and many Welsh Guardsmen lost their lives and burned to death. I have just attended a meeting of the widows…26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. He has talked about road charging, and the problem right now in the outer boroughs of London, where the ULEZ charge is apparently to…26 Jun 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals)May I start by saying what a pleasure it is to follow the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma), whom I congratulate on his position on saving the Asian elephant? That is a…21 Jun 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals)I say gently to the hon. Gentleman that there is the issue, and then there is the politics. If the Opposition had genuinely wanted to put pressure on the Government to adopt the…21 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy right hon. Friend knows that I have signed her amendment. It is a good amendment because the compromise, as it stands, gives the Government more time to think carefully about…20 Jun 2023HANSARD Nottingham IncidentI align myself completely with everything that has been said about the people of Nottingham and the difficulties they are going through now, but Grace O’Malley-Kumar, one of the…14 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]The Minister has mentioned sensitive sites. I do not quite understand what that phrase means—I am hoping that we will get a proper explanation in due course—but what I would…13 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]One of the biggest problems during the pandemic, which came out of China and became a global pandemic, was the question of everybody scraping around trying to find PPE, most of…13 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to the amendment in my name and those of 26 others in the House of all parties. The real issue here is the existence of a specific law in China that makes pretty…13 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]I did not send the hon. Lady a copy of my speech but I am glad she has jumped into this because I want to move on to that point now. Finishing on the point I have been making,…13 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]The Cabinet Office must now decide the pace of this change. I hear that it is talking about six months and will come forward with a clear and explicit decision. In line with what…13 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]That is not the subject of the amendment but I will touch on it briefly. I have already spoken to the unions on this and I am very much in line with their position. The Government…13 Jun 2023