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HANSARDAsylum and MigrationI am listening with great interest to my hon. Friend’s authoritative speech. There is a paradox that always strikes me about giving money to the French to stop the small boats…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAsylum and Migrationrose —14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementSurely the essential point here is that the Government are proposing not to ban any organisation, however extreme, from operating legally and within the law, but to identify…14 Mar 2024HANSARDGibraltar: UK-EU NegotiationsCan the Minister explain to us his assessment of the attitude of the European Union towards the continuing sovereignty of Gibraltar, bearing in mind Spain’s long-standing ambition…11 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Armed ForcesMay I commend to anyone interested in the historical context a report produced by the Defence Committee in July in 2019 called, “Shifting the Goalposts? Defence Expenditure and…11 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationI welcome the Minister’s earlier assurance about Afghans who fought with or otherwise supported our troops against the Taliban. Can he explain, for the benefit of those of us not…04 Mar 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingMy hon. Friend does not even need to talk about products that are that addictive. As one of my constituents has pointed out, no one checks on him if he spends £150 on a dinner for…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaThe Secretary of State will recall that, in handling this topic on 5 February, he strongly endorsed the suggestion that a lot of this trouble in the middle east was linked to…26 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaI could understand the hon. Gentleman’s argument better if he were talking about what the Americans seem to call a temporary ceasefire to see whether more hostages could be…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]On a different but not unrelated point, the Minister will recall that I referred to the annual report given to the Secretary of State detailing the individual bulk personal…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]In that case, we can reach agreement if the Minister would like to give us an assurance that the only difference between the two reports will be the exclusion of matters that are…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle). As she mentioned, she is the newest member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, but that has…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I will assist the Home Secretary with a little context. When I was a ranking member of the Intelligence and Security Committee between 2010 and 2015, it was a matter of routine…19 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the debate on the Red sea on 24 January, I asked for confirmation that HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark would not only not be scrapped, but would not be mothballed. The deputy…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Antisemitism in the UKFollowing the battle of Cable Street against Mosley’s blackshirts, the Public Order Act 1936 introduced measures that severely restricted the ability of Nazi-type movements to…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportIs it not time that both sides of the House came together to agree on a common policy of increasing defence expenditure, so that by increasing our support for Ukraine, we can set…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaDo the Government accept that it is difficult to deter terrorist fanatics, and that one mainly has to contain the effectiveness of what they do until they are ultimately…05 Feb 2024HANSARD Protecting and Restoring WetlandsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, both for initiating this debate and for kindly letting me say a word about the Freshwater Habitats Trust, whose New Forest representative, Thea…31 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraineI share the concern of the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Richard Foord) about the attitude towards the Ukraine fight, and indeed towards NATO, of certain elements on the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIWhen the wonderful Taylor Swift discovered that her back catalogue had been bought by a purchaser of whom she disapproved, she began to render it worthless by re-recording all her…30 Jan 2024