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HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, which is typically gracious of him. He calls it a “minimal check,” but the reality is that it is an absolute veto. If a Government do…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI do not think it was a dreadful election—it was a brilliant election. What was dreadful was the fact that it was in the power of the Opposition to stop that election happening…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillHow is it an abuse of power and a strengthening of the Executive for the Executive to say, “We want to go to the people and let the people decide whether we should be allowed to…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeMay I ask for an official point of contact for a very valuable resource, the Council for At-Risk Academics, which has not only been rescuing scholars from dictatorial regimes…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Sir Richard ShepherdWhat is so striking about all those quotations from parliamentary colleagues is that they are absolutely interchangeable. They were all written separately and they all said the…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I quite agree with both my right hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) and my hon. Friend. Bearing in mind your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will conclude with one…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I do agree with that point; using GDP percentages has always been only a very rough and ready guide. What was absolutely shocking was the way in which, given that even within half…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I will briefly give way, and then I will conclude.09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22Yes, and I am also aware that as a result of Ukraine’s decision to give up those nuclear weapons, Russia guaranteed the security and the borders of Ukraine. If the hon. Gentleman…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I will allow the hon. Gentleman to intervene, because I know his party has a problem with this issue, but I do not intend to let it dominate my speech.09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22Not for the first time and, I am sure, not for the last time, the House has cause to be grateful to the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar) for reaching across the party…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsMany of the Ukrainian refugees who eventually get here will be vulnerable women and children, not all of whom will have relatives here who can offer a roof over their heads. Have…08 Mar 2022HANSARDEuropean SecurityNow that the world has woken up to the reality of the cold-hearted ruthlessness of Putin’s police state, does the Minister agree that the most important thing that members of the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineThese welcome efforts will put huge extra strain on the Home Secretary’s Department. May I urge her to bear in mind the situation of those other refugees who fled from Afghanistan…01 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsAs a matter of superior tactics, does my right hon. Friend accept that the right way to deal with a robotic, sneering psychopath firmly in the grip of small-man syndrome is not to…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI welcome the statement, as far as it goes. As a matter of principle, does my right hon. Friend agree that cleansing British public life of dirty Russian money is not…28 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineFor the best part of 50 years, Britain gave sanctuary to the Governments in exile of the occupied Baltic states. If, as appears likely, Ukraine gets overwhelmed, will we offer to…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineDoes my right hon. Friend accept that too many NATO Governments and political parties have accepted energy dependence on Putin and financial dependence on dodgy donations from…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWhat will the Government do to try to impress on President Putin that even if he invades the rest of Ukraine without military comeback on behalf of Ukraine, it would be a fatal…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Territorial IntegrityWhat lessons have our Government drawn from the consequences for Ukraine of its decision in 1994 unilaterally to give up all the nuclear weapons that it had inherited from the…21 Feb 2022