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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. We now know that the cold war is back with a vengeance. We regularly spent between 4.5% and 5% of GDP on defence in the closing stages of the cold war. Has the time come to…21 Feb 2022HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentI will not detain the House, but it seems a suitable opportunity just to say a word of thanks to the two members of the Intelligence and Security Committee who are leaving, and a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care Recovery in EnglandHow much greater would the backlog be if we had not successfully resisted the entreaties of those modellers, and indeed politicians, who wanted another shutdown over the Christmas…07 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI pay tribute to everybody who has campaigned on this issue. I agree with every word of every previous speaker. I do not envy the Minister in having to reply to the debate, but I…03 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsCutting out a cancer is both painful and dangerous. Is the Foreign Secretary aware that the previous Intelligence and Security Committee, in its Russia report, drew on the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportMay I advise my right hon. Friend publicly what I have said to emissaries from his campaign team privately? It is truly in his interest, in the Government’s interest and in the…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentMany patients in hospital will presumably be protected by having undertaken their own vaccination process, but some will be clinically extremely vulnerable because of compromised…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that section 406(1)(b) of the Education Act 1996 already outlaws “the promotion of partisan political views in the teaching of any subject in the school”, will the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDUkrainePresident Putin has not even waited for the gas to start flowing through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before exploiting the stranglehold that he has been building on the German…25 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI have been here purely to listen to the debate, but I have one question for the Minister. Does he accept that both Government and Opposition parties are targets of systematic…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI did not want to mention Charlotte Leslie specifically, but we have spent plenty of time hearing about the Charlotte Leslie case, so I will now mention her specifically. The fact…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI am sorry to come back, but that was not a reply to my intervention. I made it quite clear that parties on both sides of the House are subject to the problem. I am looking for a…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Coronavirus Grant Schemes: FraudThe Government are saying that fraudsters will still be relentlessly pursued. If, heaven forbid, the Minister ever had to implement such a scheme in the future, would he regard it…18 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillAs someone who was responsible for bringing in the original provision that people could just say the constituency where they live, the only word of caution I suggest is that we do…17 Jan 2022HANSARD UkraineMr Putin knows that NATO will not start world war three to defend Ukraine, but has he been made aware of precisely what non-military sanctions will follow? For example, are…17 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary will undoubtedly be aware of the important distinction between agents of influence or covert propagandists, and espionage agents or spies.…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTransport CommitteeI congratulate the Committee on its work and thank the Government for having listened to the recommendations so positively. Will my hon. Friend put a little more flesh on the…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Prosecution Service and Legacy in Northern IrelandWho is blocking the Bill? The Bill is ready; who is blocking it?13 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Prosecution Service and Legacy in Northern IrelandI differ rather from my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Plymouth, Moor View (Johnny Mercer), as he knows, in that I actually agree much more with the Government’s…13 Jan 2022HANSARDRelocation from AfghanistanIt is worth noting that the last speech Jack made to the House of Commons was on this very subject of standing by our friends in Afghanistan. Given the unhealthy closeness of ties…10 Jan 2022