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HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am extremely grateful to my namesake for giving way. He is making an interesting speech. He is right that global power and its growth is making people feel that they cannot…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThe hon. Gentleman will know that thousands of young people—perhaps not in Chelsea but in most of the country—are NEETs, meaning they are not in education, employment or training,…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU Summitrose—13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI assume the hon. Gentleman is not advocating returning to the common fisheries policy, which, with its ludicrous quotas and equivalence, was bad for fish, which were discarded…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU Summitrose —13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am immensely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. The last time we exchanged comments in the Chamber, I think they were about Asquith, but I cannot match that…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend’s scepticism is well founded, because many on the Government Benches—I do not say all—could barely sustain the result of the referendum and regarded it with…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitSince we are straying into political ideas and philosophy, is not the point that the democratic legitimacy we enjoy in this place is on the basis of popular consent, and there is…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend makes a profound argument. He highlights the EU, which sees itself as a supranational body, and NATO, which, by nature, is anything but that, in that it is a…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right; Sir Bill’s political career has not ended; his parliamentary one has. I can, like my right hon. Friend, acknowledge that Sir Bill has…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his tribute to the Conservative party; it has indeed been a great party and remains so. On entanglement, he makes a valid point about…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU Summitrose—13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitIn human affairs, there is a persistent fascination with novelty. It is curious that people clamour for what is different—for the other, whatever that other might look like. It is…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI will happily give way—let us see whether the hon. Member is a self-loathing individual.13 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIs not the truth of the matter that showing humanity means recognising, as the Minister has implied, that some people are coming, perfectly understandably, for entirely economic…12 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentWe will move to the winding-up speeches now but, given how much time we have left, I emphasise that Front Benchers should not fall into the Gladstone trap of becoming intoxicated…07 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentI remind the remaining Back Benchers that interventions should be pertinent and pithy.07 May 2025HANSARD New Nuclear Projects: WylfaI call the Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the hon. Member for Rutherglen (Michael Shanks).07 May 2025HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesWill the Minister give way?30 Apr 2025HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesMight my hon. Friend add to her list of questions and ask about the experience of other countries that have looked at these matters? For those countries that have used…30 Apr 2025