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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat assessment have the Government made of the threat to the future of the Baltic states if Putin is seen to succeed in seizing territory permanently from Ukraine?30 Jan 2024HANSARDPostgraduate Research Applications: Visa ChangesWill the Minister be investigating the discovery, exposed by The Sunday Times yesterday, of Russell Group universities taking students with much lower academic qualifications for…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI am afraid I do. I agree with my hon. Friend’s main thrust, that there is no doubt that the Prime Minister and the Executive have the right to take initial action and seek…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI am grateful, and I regard him as my hon. Friend too. Before he leaves the issue of percentages spent on defence, would he not agree with me that, crude though they are, these…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red Searose —24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaMy right hon. Friend is, as always, the model of courtesy. For the avoidance of any lingering doubt—I am sure this can be avoided as I am getting very positive signals from the…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red Searose —24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaOne way in which one can stretch the terms of the debate a little further than its precise wording without infringing any rules is to remark upon the fact that in the Red sea,…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red Searose —24 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeLike many other Members here, I was not aware of this issue until several constituents contacted me. Does the hon. Lady know whether there is any mechanism whereby small farmers…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow many times must a demonstration in the same cause be repeated, week in and week out, before the well-funded organisers become liable to pay for at least part of the policing…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThe Prime Minister was clearly absolutely justified to respond as he did, particularly after the direct attack against HMS Diamond, but given that at the time of the Falklands…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentI just wish to put on the record the Committee’s appreciation of the hard work of the right hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on the Intelligence and Security…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Afghanistan: UK Government PolicyI absolutely am concerned about the attitude of Pakistan and about the potential for Pakistani nuclear weapons to one day pass under the control of more radical elements than are…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Afghanistan: UK Government PolicyI shall put forward a few random and hopefully connected thoughts that have occurred to me in the course of the contributions we have heard so far. I congratulate my right hon.…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsIf individual employees of the Post Office face serious criminal charges for malicious prosecution or criminal conspiracy, how would the Minister feel if it turned out that the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDARAP Ineligibility: Wellbeing of PersonnelSurely special consideration must be given to those members of the Afghan special forces who, even if they did not work directly for us, worked extremely closely with us. Can the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsA “short-sighted, militarily illiterate manoeuvre totally at odds with strategic reality” was how the Defence Committee described, in February 2018, the proposal to retire HMS…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineGiven that Hamas will never accept a two-state solution, does the Minister agree that any two-state solution must exclude Hamas—or any renamed successor—from any role in the…08 Jan 2024HANSARD UkraineI agree with my hon. Friend that we have sent a great deal of ammunition to Ukraine. The question is, have we been able to replace that ammunition, especially in the context of a…19 Dec 2023