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HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI can see that my right hon. Friend is about to make an erudite intervention.13 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillIf I may be helpful while my hon. Friend is finding his notes, he makes a compelling case—a case that was made prior to this Bill by the Government and by those who recommended…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI am extremely grateful to the Home Secretary, who I know is trying to move to a peroration. On the issue of dynamism, intentions alter and threats change. The Bill creates the…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillAs ever on these matters, the right hon. Lady is making a compelling speech. Given what she has said about the apparent paradox between freedom and order, will she join me in…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillWith all due regard to my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker), a much better approach would be exactly as the right hon. Lady describes—to have the proposal early in the…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Lady is making a good point about oversight and checks and balances. She mentioned the Investigatory Powers Act and the judicial commissioners. I was involved in…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillOn that very point, my hon. Friend might want to turn his attention to the Confucius Institutes that are active in several of our universities and may be doing precisely what he…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making a compelling point, because there are two implications of what he is describing: the problem of scale and the problem of methodology. The scale…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillWill the Minister give way?06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to the Minister. I hear what the right hon. Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) says. It is a compelling case, although I do not agree with it. The Official…06 Jun 2022HANSARDFreedom of Speech in Education10. What progress he has made on helping to protect freedom of speech in education.23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillMy hon. Friend is right that these are largely deranged members of the bourgeoise making working people’s lives difficult, but, actually, the situation is more serious still. In…23 May 2022HANSARDFreedom of Speech in EducationAs the Secretary of State says, it is right and just that we are in the vanguard of the fight for free speech. As the Bill that will ensure that progresses through the House, the…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThe hon. Lady speaks about stop and search. She will know that during a two-year period up to 2021, 150,000 arrests were made as a direct result of stop and search. She will also…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillMy hon. Friend seems to be distinguishing between peaceful protest, of which there is a long tradition, as he rightly says, and violent protest. These acts are violent acts. The…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillMy hon. Friend is making a compelling case for the Bill. We have heard from the Bill’s critics that the end justifies the means—that because the end is noble, in their judgment,…23 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI hope the right hon. Gentleman will excuse me for not being here at the beginning of his speech but, when I saw him on the screen, I rushed to hear what he has to say. Does not…19 May 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will not delay the House unduly; my colleagues would not want me to. I just want to make two points. The first is that the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) is right:…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWill my hon. Friend accept my congratulations on the Patel-Pursglove plan vis-à-vis Rwanda? And will he ensure that, when people arrive here, they are on a plane as quickly as…26 Apr 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseEarlier this week, I was privileged to attend an event with colleagues about diabetes. At that event, I met sufferers, and, as you will know, Mr Speaker, many people live with…21 Apr 2022