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HANSARD Financial Services BillI rise to support amendment 7, in the name of the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali), myself and 41 other Members. The Minister knows well, because we have had…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Financial Services BillWill the Minister give way?13 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. The effects of the things he has announced today have been called for by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and by the Centre…12 Jan 2021HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to seek your advice on an issue in my constituency for which I am unable to get redress. The fact is that there is a social…12 Jan 2021HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillNo, I cannot give way—I beg the right hon. Gentleman’s pardon. I wish to conclude by simply saying that Brexit was never about being anti-European. Brexit is about restoring power…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI always love colleagues in this place trying to explain their actions, but it comes down to one simple point: we all know in this House that if we defeat an objective, we are…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI wonder if I could put to the right hon. Gentleman the same question that was put to a colleague of his by the Leader of the Opposition and by the Prime Minister. Today, when the…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillIt is a privilege to be able to speak in this debate and to follow the right hon. Gentleman, whom I consider a friend. I was going to start by congratulating my right hon. Friend…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) Billrose—30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI am grateful for this—30 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangLet me make it clear that this question is not about being anti-Chinese—far from it. It is about the abuses of the dictatorial Chinese Communist Government and its ruling elite.…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: Xinjiang(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on what the Government are doing to deal with the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI fully recognise my right hon. Friend’s serious dilemmas—it is not an enviable position—but the application of tier 3 to London raises some questions. I have had long…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGambling and LotteriesI thank my hon. Friend for his statement, which marks the beginning of a real sea change in our attitude towards the gambling abuses that have taken place. On that point, I pay…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy ActivistsI congratulate the right hon.—or, rather, the hon.—Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) on bringing forward this question. [ Interruption. ] Who knows? I shall certainly, on the basis…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodI thank my right hon. Friend for the statement. I, for one, absolutely have confidence in Lord Frost and the Prime Minister, who are basing their negotiations on a manifesto that…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThe hon. Lady has referred to what the Chinese Government have been doing with regard to the Australians, which is appalling and breaches WTO rules. In a way, her request for the…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI agree completely. The point is that when we were talking about this earlier on, it was clear that that was, underneath it all, the centre’s real opinion, but it was moving and…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI welcome the Government bringing forward this Bill now, and I congratulate them on having listened, which is not always something that Governments can be accused of. The…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI have to say that I do not agree with the right hon. Gentleman on this. Although the Huawei cyber security evaluation centre was installed, when I sat and listened to people from…30 Nov 2020