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HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to you for clarifying, Mr Speaker. I will just say to the right hon. Gentleman that of course he is right, and it is important for us to understand that this is an…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI thank my hon. Friend for signing the new clause, and he is absolutely right. Justice and Care has done a phenomenal amount of work; I am enormously grateful for its guidance and…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillFor clarification, we argued for the period as a de minimis, to give greater scope and time for the person’s case to be resolved fairly and reasonably. That was all. We could go…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful that my hon. Friend has given the commitment to 12 months, but there are other elements in the new clause. It is not my intention to press it to a vote but, if such…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillNot moved. Clause 58 Late compliance with slavery or trafficking information notice: damage to credibility Amendment proposed : 128, page 57, line 25, leave out clause 58.—…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesIt is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mrs Miller. As was referred to earlier, I am a co-chair of the APPG and we are in complete agreement about this. I will résumé…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Magnitsky Sanctions: Human Rights AbusesI am just finishing now, Mrs Miller. Finally, I name Colonel Jeannot Ruhunga, secretary-general of the Rwanda Investigation Bureau, heavily involved in detention and torture. I…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has already been asked about the winter Olympics, but having listened to his answer, I have to say that, sadly, it was not strong enough. I support the request…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillYou would call me out straightaway, Mr Speaker, if I went so far as to enter into another debate. Tempting though the offer is from my right hon. Friend—I call him that because of…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWill my hon. Friend give way?08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillCan I just reassure my hon. Friend that, by the very fact that he is speaking to this new clause, he is more than a substitute and that he is on the side of right?08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWhile we are talking about Tatiana—she has been phenomenal in bringing cases forward and I pay tribute to her—it is worth reminding the House that she cannot be with us at the…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on having tabled this new clause. It speaks of the decency of what we represent here in this House, and I support him in that. Does he agree…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you for allowing it. I have just discovered that the United States Government have finally decided on a diplomatic boycott of the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics: Diplomatic RelationsIt has now been published that, in a number of speeches back in 2014, President Xi drove his authorities to carry out the genocide that is going on in Xinjiang among the Uyghur.…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseGiven the outrageous information emerging from a Sheffield Hallam University study on the slave labour used in the mining of rare-earth materials that are used here in our solar…25 Nov 2021HANSARDEnglish Channel Small Boats IncidentIt is quite clear that this matter is not going to be ended at a stroke. The reality is that, even though we are no longer a part of the Dublin convention, the Dublin convention…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI welcome the report from my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch). She and I share a passion in that we are both season ticket holders at Tottenham—and…25 Nov 2021HANSARDGambling Review White PaperWill my hon. Friend look seriously in the White Paper at the abusive use by gambling companies of VIP rooms, through which companies deliberately target those who are gambling…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI thank the hon. Lady for giving way and congratulate her on securing the debate. I will also take this opportunity to say exactly how brave Richard has been throughout this…16 Nov 2021