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HANSARD Edmonton EcoPark: Proposed ExpansionIt has been a very good debate in the short amount of time available, and the cross-party nature of it is important. Nobody has stood to defend the nature of what is going on with…09 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI congratulate my right hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary and the Defence Secretary on forming a very robust leadership with NATO and our European allies, and with the United…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal Judgmentrose—20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentMy right hon. Friend has just referred to and welcomed the tribunal’s report, so why did the Government refuse to give evidence for the report when requested to by the tribunal?20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentSomething just struck me as the hon. Lady was quite rightly laying out where China is involved. I do not know whether she is aware, but it is now clear that most of the…20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The truth is that the Government have not said anything, so we do not know whether they think the tribunal makes sense or what it…20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) on securing this debate. She spoke brilliantly about what the issues were and laid them out in some detail. I will…20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case, as many, such as my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani), have. Does he not think that, if the Government do not lead on that,…20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentMy right hon. Friend has made her point; will she give way on it?20 Jan 2022HANSARDUyghur Tribunal JudgmentThe truth is that, ironically, nothing stops the Chinese Government from sanctioning absolutely everybody who speaks up against them. We here have been sanctioned. In fact, I…20 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Of course it is shocking that any Member of this House should allow themselves to be used by a foreign power, but one problem we have…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Prosecution Service and Legacy in Northern IrelandI recognise that my right hon. Friend has arrived to his position fairly recently, so this is more of a trail of what has gone before. None the less, there is a genuine and deep…13 Jan 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. An email from Mr Speaker has just arrived in our offices. I understand the key issue is that he has been contacted by MI5, and is now…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Prosecution Service and Legacy in Northern IrelandThat is the point of the whole debate, so let us get to it. I must tell my right hon. Friend the Minister that the Secretary of State told me specifically in terms that this Bill…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI point out to the Secretary of State that HSBC, a British-registered bank, is being reported as having invested in Xinjiang Tianye, which is a subsidiary of Xinjiang Production…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. It is long overdue. Many in my constituency and elsewhere face huge bills, as he knows. The biggest problem is getting the developers…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateFirst, I say to my right hon. Friend that it is welcome he has come here today, but I am a bit concerned about the mixed and heavy messaging coming from the Government, the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDChild PovertyI very much welcome the change to the taper rate for universal credit. This will be of enormous help in reducing child poverty for parents who are in work. As we run into the new…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to be called so early in the debate. Mr Speaker. I will speak to my new clause 47, which has been signed by Members on both sides of the House. The aims of the new…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI agree, in principle, that if we are to get more prosecutions it is vital that those who are pursuing these characters should be well-funded. Although that is not part of this…08 Dec 2021