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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThank you very much indeed, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I begin with an apology to you and others for the fact that I will not be in the Chamber for some part of the debate because of…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am conscious, Mr Deputy Speaker, not to transgress into Second Reading territory, but I think my hon. Friend is right about that. as our right hon. and learned Friend the…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. and learned Friend anticipates my conclusion, and I agree with him entirely. In fact, he agrees with me entirely, in advance.18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am afraid I do not accept what the hon. Lady says. First, as the Minister made clear, the Government have not ignored the conclusions of the Supreme Court, which we must remind…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillEssentially, Lords amendments 2 and 3—flawed as they are—raise the valid issue of what happens if Rwanda at any point falls below the standards expected of it to justify its safe…18 Mar 2024HANSARDZoological Society of London (Leases) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for North Herefordshire asked whether 150 years is enough, but I want to ask whether ZSL is enough. It strikes me that other institutions benefiting from…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]Let me say first of all that I am in favour of the Bill, which I think constitutes a sensible updating of the intelligence community’s powers in the ways that the Home Secretary…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I accept what my right hon. Friend says but, in the context I described, the case is being made to someone else within the intelligence agency. There are, of course, two types of…19 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI welcome what my right hon. Friend has said, and I understand why some of the new resources that she has announced are directed at particular types of intervention and particular…07 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. Friend knows that the Attorney General is consulted on a variety of different legal questions, both domestic and international. He would not expect me to disclose…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThank you, Dame Rosie. In fact I have two amendments—amendments 54 and 55—on which I wish to focus my remarks. We all understand that the purpose of the Bill is to allow this…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI suspect that what the hon. Lady is referring to is the statement of incompatibility with the convention on human rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 at the beginning of the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I know, Dame Rosie, you would not want me to abuse the privilege you have given us to range slightly more widely in this…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI understand the argument that my right hon. and learned Friend is making, and I will not be dogmatic about the approach that I set out earlier. Is there not a danger, if we…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI do not want to prolong the discussion about prisoner voting, but like my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash), I remember having conversations about it inside…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the international law case for his Government’s action in the Red sea is, unusually in my experience, relatively straightforward? Does he also…15 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. As he says, international law and domestic law are both important, but they are different. The Bill seeks to give…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillBefore my right hon. Friend moves on to the specifics of the Government amendments, may I ask him about something they do not yet cover? The Bill does not address the availability…29 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker, for welcoming my constituent John Farringdon to Parliament this morning. At 110 years of age, John is among my more experienced constituents, and I know…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. He will appreciate that we are all trying to get clarity, so we understand what the proposals really mean. In relation to the appeal…20 Nov 2023