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HANSARD Higher Education ReformThe Secretary of State mentioned having paused the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023. Does she accept that, given that the Act got Royal Assent in May 2023, it remains…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesHow does the Minister reconcile his sensible acceptance of the fact that food security is vital to national security with farmland being split up and sold off, probably for…04 Nov 2024HANSARD SudanBoth Front Benchers seem united in their passionate concern about this terrible conflict. Does the Minister agree that if this situation were happening in a conflict on the…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsYesterday, Mr Speaker, you made the strongest statement of condemnation on a subject of this sort that I have heard from the Chair in 27 years in this House. The Minister is a…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Remembrance and VeteransI am grateful to the Defence Secretary for giving way; he is always very courteous. When I was on a previous iteration of the Defence Committee, we produced an in-depth report on…28 Oct 2024HANSARD International EngagementWhen one group of people have done something terrible to another group of people, it is understandable that resentment about it can pass down to the next generation and possibly…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Middle EastDoes the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office share my view that none of this dreadful cycle, which began on 7 October, would have happened but for Iran’s determination to…28 Oct 2024HANSARD China: Human Rights and SanctionsAs I believe the Foreign Secretary is an honest man, I am perfectly prepared to accept that he raised these matters of human rights as forcefully as he says he did, so there must…28 Oct 2024HANSARDLeasehold ReformAgainst my wishes and advice, the previous Government brought in a planning presumption in favour of applications to add extra floors to apartment blocks, irrespective of the…28 Oct 2024HANSARDBlack History MonthThere is one cohort that it would be nice to hear mentioned by the Front Benchers: the black warriors who came to this country to fight in two world wars, and particularly to…24 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI am sure most fair-minded people will feel that the Home Secretary has got the balance exactly right, particularly as she has now brought in the presumption of anonymity. May I…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI would be delighted to volunteer to fill that gap for the hon. Gentleman.23 Oct 2024HANSARD Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]May I urge the Minister, when the Government are considering the political dimension of what is being proposed, to engage in consultations with Lord West of Spithead, his own…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]What a pleasure it is to follow such a splendid maiden speech by the new hon. Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal). As a third-generation immigrant myself, whose family lived in…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityThe Lord Chancellor speaks with great clarity and determination on this issue, and I am sure that she will remember last week promising me a ministerial meeting involving my…22 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraineThe delicious irony of the interest on Kremlin kleptocrats’ ill-gotten gains being used to fund the resistance against Russian aggression will not be lost on Members across the…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRelationships with EU CounterpartsWhile we hope that it never happens, if a future American President wished to withdraw support from Ukraine, will the Government assure us that that would be a prominent item on…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSt Helena: UK ImmigrationI accept what the Minister says—that there have been no immigration arrivals since 2022—but does he accept in turn that there is a danger of creating a pull factor? If that…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Criminal Justice System: CapacityMay I reach out across the party divide to say that I warmly welcome what the Justice Secretary said about punishment and rehabilitation? By coincidence, I have just written to…17 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI reassure the Leader of the House that some of us feel that nothing is too good for the marvellous Taylor Swift, including, where appropriate, a police escort for her “Getaway…17 Oct 2024