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HANSARD Prison CapacityThe Lord Chancellor is clearly well on top of this subject, so may I bowl him a couple of googlies? What safeguards will there be to prevent deported foreign criminals from coming…16 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaDoes the Prime Minister accept that what Hamas did was not terrorism for its own sake, but an act of calculated barbarism with a strategy behind it? The present war will not…16 Oct 2023HANSARDLeaseholders: Residential Building RemediationDoes the necessity for the Government to take that sort of action show the danger that leaseholders are under from the abuse of freeholders’ power? May I, through him, gently…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Youth Programmes and GirlguidingI fully recognise that this matter falls outside the Minister’s responsibilities, but does he agree that where millions of pounds appear to have been fire-hosed away from the…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Youth Programmes and GirlguidingI have been watching this developing disaster with increasing horror. The reason that may lie behind some of it appears to be a disastrous venture into property investment. Does…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Youth Programmes and GirlguidingI will take the opportunity to stress that when Girlguiding UK says that only 10% of the movement uses the five centres, we are still talking about tens of thousands of young…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Youth Programmes and GirlguidingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; she is being generous with her time. Does she agree that it is almost as if the people at the top of the organisation, who do not…19 Sept 2023HANSARD At-risk Academics: UK SupportI beg to move, That this House has considered UK support for at-risk academics. Yesterday evening, I was privileged to attend a remarkable 90th anniversary event hosted by the…12 Sept 2023HANSARD At-risk Academics: UK SupportTwo words before the end, in the nick of time.12 Sept 2023HANSARD At-risk Academics: UK SupportI entirely agree with everything the right hon. Member says, and I told a special adviser before the debate that I would be mentioning this case. I understand that there has been…12 Sept 2023HANSARDPANS and PANDASThe Minister will have heard the excellent speech made by my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous), who talked about taking it on himself to send…12 Sept 2023HANSARD At-risk Academics: UK SupportI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman, who is another long-time friend from across the divide in the House of Commons Chamber. He is absolutely right, and I will refer in…12 Sept 2023HANSARD At-risk Academics: UK SupportMy hon. Friend tempts me to move into a wider area of controversy, but one thing that I would note, without crossing that line, is that very often the people in our university…12 Sept 2023HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyI commend to the Defence team and, indeed, the House the new book by Larisa Brown, “The Gardener of Lashkar Gah”, which outlines in great detail the sort of debt we owe to the…11 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateWithout referring to any specific case, may I gently remind the Government that their initial response to the ISC’s substantial and wide-ranging report on the national security…11 Sept 2023HANSARDG20 SummitI welcome the robustness of the Prime Minister’s stance on Russia, but does he agree that there are aspects of other topics discussed at the G20, such as China, which he might not…11 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsThank you for calling a state-educated Conservative Member, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I, through the Secretary of State, thank Baroness Barran, who reached out immediately to me,…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Veterans UpdateDoes the review report throw any light on the strange paradox that this ban was so rigidly enforced in peacetime, yet during the first and second world wars there was mass…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThe Secretary of State will be aware that it was back in April 2017 that the then Defence Committee first recommended drawing a line with a statute of limitations coupled with a…18 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghan Resettlement UpdateIn May, I referred to the remarkable programme “Women at War: Afghanistan” by the courageous journalist Alex Crawford. I recommend that any Member of this House who has doubts…18 Jul 2023