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HANSARDLeasehold ReformI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister, for whom I have a great deal of time and respect, but it seems to me that he is talking about tinkering at the edges and improving a…23 May 2023HANSARDVisa Applications from Afghanistan: Women and GirlsDoes the Minister accept that the female population of Afghanistan is enslaved at present? Has he seen the amazing film by the courageous Sky correspondent, Alex Crawford, called…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitIf, against all original expectations, Ukraine succeeds in expelling Russia from her territory, will the time then have come for us seriously to consider admitting Ukraine to…22 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023rose—16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023Surely it is a matter of context, even within the parameters of a single event such as the coronation. For example, a certain measure of vocal protest might be permissible out in…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I have huge respect for the hon. and learned Lady, who has been courageous in expressing her views on gender, with which I happen to agree. It is disgraceful that she has been…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I support a lot of the items on the list of measures the hon. Lady has read out. Would she be prepared to add one more? Although protesters have a right to have their voice heard,…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I was being ironic.16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023The Minister has just uttered the key argument I was hoping to hear from him, which is that even the right to protest is a qualified right, not an absolute right. I quote in…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I have a lot of time for the hon. Lady, and therefore I will share with her a guilty secret: 41 years ago, I was arrested for mounting a noisy counter-protest against a…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023rose—16 May 2023HANSARDNational Crime Agency Investigation: Javad MarandiI had not intended to intervene in this urgent question, but I was delighted to hear my right hon. Friend the Minister say that the Government are proceeding with introducing the…16 May 2023HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyDoes my right hon. Friend the Minister accept that, while people who served with our armed forces are at grave risk within Afghanistan, they are not out of danger even when they…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillAmong the long list of points the Minister addressed, I did not hear the one about murderers who refuse to appear in person in court to face their accusers and their sentencing.…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on his well-deserved promotion. I have recently been contacted by a constituent who discovered the murdered bodies of her sister…15 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend, a fellow member of the Committee, because that is one of the points I am about to come to and it is good to have it reinforced by…03 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillMy right hon. and gallant Friend underlines my point, which is that, in proving damage has been done, the mere fact of displaying why something has been damaging can increase the…03 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillAbsolutely. My right hon. and learned Friend is far too modest to say that his input, as a former senior Law Officer of this country, to the changes that were made was of extreme…03 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend—and he is a friend—who I know is saying what he has to say. We know that the memorandum of understanding can be amended as developments in…03 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillI see that he is nodding. Should he wish to elaborate on that a little more, that would be even more welcome.03 May 2023