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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are absolutely sure that Russia has been violating the terms of the INF treaty and that the way forward in this is to get back to compliance because it is vital for Europe’s…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsSubject to other parliamentary business I will welcome the opportunity to do that, because it is a very important issue. The timetable we are provisionally working to is that the…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is fair to say that the responses we got in no way assuaged our concerns about what is happening. We do raise these issues: we raise them in private but we raise them…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with the hon. Lady, who is very wise on these matters. The answer, truthfully, is that I have tried to speak to the South African Foreign Minister and so far I have not…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsBefore I address that question, I need to correct the record. When the Minister for Europe and the Americas, my right hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to mention those organisations; they do a very important job. I actually think that the role of the BBC in providing impartial news across the world is…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share my hon. Friend’s concern. I read a moving report about a pastor in Chengdu who has suffered greatly. We raised these concerns during the universal periodic review that we…22 Jan 2019HANSARDSoft PowerI understand the hon. Lady’s concerns. If she writes to me following this afternoon’s meeting, I will happily pass them on to the Home Secretary.22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI had a very good trip in the new year. We have excellent relations with both countries. What I find impressive is the fact that their prosperity has come about through openness…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have always said that we will recognise the state of Palestine when the time is right—we support a two-state solution—but we want to do it at the moment it will have the most…22 Jan 2019HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: UpdateIn April, the UK hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The summit was the largest of its kind in our history. Forty-six Heads of Government and 49 Foreign…14 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActAnd we have had that general election, and 80% of voters supported parties that wanted to leave the EU and the single market. As she has mentioned consistency, will she give a…11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThis is a matter for the Electoral Commission, but exaggerated claims were made on both sides of that debate, as indeed—I think this is fair to say—they are generally made on both…11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I want to reassure everyone in this House that it is a paramount negotiating objective for the Government to make sure that we maintain an…11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI gently say to the hon. Lady that last year we had a general election in which both parties set out what they thought the shape of the Brexit deal should be, and over 80% of…11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI would of course be absolutely delighted to do so.11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActLet me give the right hon. Lady that clarity, because what I have said has always been completely consistent. I do not want us to leave without a deal—there would be a lot of…11 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWhat excellent timing, Mr Speaker, because the right hon. Lady has just said—I think—that Labour does want to end free movement, without then explaining how it will deliver…11 Jan 2019