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HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is being customarily generous in giving way, but can I just make a point to him and hear his answer? This situation has constantly been…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI hear my hon. Friend’s point, but does he not agree that one of the greatest bastions against this behaviour by the Chinese Government would be for all members of the free world,…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI am listening carefully to my hon. Friend’s excellent speech. The Minister will note, as I pointed out to him, that this Bill is signed off on the basis of the application of…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI hear what my hon. Friend says, but surely he would concede that, as this Bill deals specifically with vendors and the vendors are themselves located, originally, in countries…30 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has witnessed the most appalling attacks and bullying by the dictatorial Chinese Government against Australia, including sanctions just…24 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you for squeezing me in, Mr Speaker. It was absolutely right for the Government to keep schools open through the tiered system and lockdown, despite the pressure on my right…23 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), not only because he followed me into leadership and discovered exactly how pointless…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI am interested in that point. If a malign actor made an investment in another country with a lower-standard test, which then invested in the UK, putting intellectual property…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillDoes the right hon. Member agree that the definition of national security provided in spheres such as the United States and Australia would actually help clarify for companies an…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI agree with my hon. Friend and I agree that this is not the Bill to discuss industrial strategy. The right hon. Member for Doncaster North made wider points which I think are…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI of course completely agree with my hon. Friend and I was just going to come on to the data harvesting point, because it is caught in this. She is right that China’s national…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy view is that the Bill should help us to identify exactly which of these are genuinely private and not located in China under Chinese law. That will be a big issue. I have to…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I know he has been a big champion of that relationship. We do not agree with each other on this matter because I think that China,…17 Nov 2020HANSARDHong KongI congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) on her position. She is a friend, because she is part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, and…12 Nov 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Covid-19 DeploymentIt is a long time since I served in the armed forces, but one lesson I took from my service was that headquarters command and control is absolutely vital during an operation. I…10 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI rise in sadness, because I simply have to say to the Government that I cannot support them today, and I want to set out the reasons why. I say to my right hon. Friend the Health…04 Nov 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19It is a privilege to serve under your tutelage, Sir Christopher. It is always a privilege. I also welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger). Sometimes when I…20 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend knows that I spoke overnight to the Home Secretary and we agreed that this was an anomaly and needed to be sorted, so I am pleased that he now commits to doing it.…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I think he is right, because it was clear in the whole agreement that both sides needed to negotiate in good faith with a view to…19 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am grateful to be called to speak at this particular point, Madam Deputy Speaker. It was the Centre for Social Justice, which I set up and had the fortune to chair, that…19 Oct 2020