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HANSARDHong Kong Anniversariesrose—29 Jun 2022HANSARDHong Kong AnniversariesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Our thanks go out to Hong Kong Watch, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and other groups that have facilitated this debate. My hon.…29 Jun 2022HANSARDHong Kong AnniversariesMy right hon. Friend just touched on the retired judges and then moved on. What is the Government’s opinion on the continued service in Hong Kong of those who are not serving…29 Jun 2022HANSARDHong Kong AnniversariesI am grateful to the Minister for addressing that part of the debate. What does she believe the United States knows, and we do not, about the individuals it has sanctioned? Why is…29 Jun 2022HANSARDHong Kong AnniversariesThe reason for the debate was to commemorate the process and the destruction that has taken place since the original signing of the joint declaration, which, as the Minister has…29 Jun 2022HANSARDHong Kong AnniversariesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, because that is correct. I had clashes with HSBC when it froze the accounts of those who had fled Hong Kong under the Government schemes. The…29 Jun 2022HANSARDHong Kong AnniversariesI beg to move, That this House has considered the anniversaries of the handover of Hong Kong and the implementation of the National Security Law. It is a pleasure to serve under…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI congratulate the Minister on this, but I have a specific question. I want to be absolutely certain and get clarity from the Dispatch Box that a Report stage will be guaranteed…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI say to the hon. Member, having sat here for 30 years, that he has every right to press his amendment to a vote. That is what this place is all about. We debate something and…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI do not wish to detain my right hon. Friend, but I was listening to what he said about inquests, and I am a little concerned or confused—or both—about how this process will work.…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillPerhaps it would be helpful for me to put a case to the Minister. Let us say, for example, that somebody committed a terrorist offence, in the course of which they committed a…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillFurther to the intervention by the hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), the Minister will know that I have expressed my support for the Bill, caveated by the fact that…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful to be called so early. May I start by saying to the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) that I agree with all that stuff about the trade issues? They…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI read the protocol—that is why. I do not know whether the hon. Member did. In the protocol, it is clear that if it does not work, it will be changed “in whole or in part.” He…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIf I heard him aright, the right hon. Gentleman indicated earlier that the Government should have used article 16. He said, “They have not yet used article 16”, indicating that…27 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend on having made this statement? It is quite right that we need to get on with this. To those who complain about not having absolutely…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. He and I are both members of IPAC, and we have seen all this ourselves. Colleagues on both sides of the House are involved in IPAC, and…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillNo, no—Austen!13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on her new clause. I understand that the Government have moved on the matter, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Minister. However, does my…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe hon. Gentleman just came out with the throwaway line that he was thinking of applying for the job. Well, good luck to him, but do his own words not rule him out? If he is a…13 Jun 2022