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HANSARDRelocation from Afghanistan4. What steps his Department is taking to support the relocation of (a) vulnerable Afghans and (b) British nationals from Afghanistan.10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyEverybody welcomes the statement of principle that it is immoral that innocent leaseholders should pay for remediation of something which was not their fault, but if that is…10 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyMy hon. Friend is making a brilliant speech, and thereby shortening the one that I will make very considerably. He has made the comparison with the run-up to the second world war.…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyWill my hon. Friend allow me to intervene?06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyAll analogies are risky and no analogies are perfect, but in one sense my analogy stands up: if North Korea now knew that America would not be prepared to go on indefinitely…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyAt the beginning of March 1946, less than a week before Churchill delivered his iron curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri, the joint intelligence sub-committee of the chiefs of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeThe Minister mentioned former Chevening scholars being eligible under one strand of the new scheme. May I once again draw the House’s attention to the scholars who are already…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaOn the question of the recommendations made by the ISC, may I welcome the steps taken by the House of Lords to clean up its act in relation to the registration of work undertaken…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Antisemitism: Bristol UniversityI seem to recall that the previous title of CST was the Defence Department of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, so if CST is being accused of being an agent of the Israeli…06 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthI supported the requirement for people working with vulnerable people in care homes to be vaccinated or, if they would not be vaccinated, to be removed from direct contact with…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPensioner Poverty: State PensionI know my right hon. and hon. Friends in the ministerial team are doing their best, but is there any encouragement they can give, perhaps in conjunction with the Treasury, to the…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIt has been suggested more than once that, when deaths with covid are announced each day, it should simultaneously be stated how many of them were of unvaccinated people or of…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillI am glad to be such a cause of pleasure to my hon. and gallant Friend. I am not a lawyer, so this might be entirely irrelevant, but I do not think so: before he leaves this first…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillWill my hon. Friend allow me?13 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestThere is always a danger that an entire institution will be damaged by the failures of a few. However, what action will be taken against officers who are found guilty of such an…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIf bed capacity is the problem, were we right to close the Nightingale wards, and are they available for reopening? If so, does he expect to have to reopen them?08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillAm I right in thinking that these very patriotic individuals are seeking the right to come here if they need to in case of future discrimination? They are not necessarily all…07 Dec 2021HANSARDInternational Students and Researchers: Immigration RulesOf the 16 Afghan scholars sponsored by the Council for At-Risk Academics, 10 remain trapped in Afghanistan; four, with the welcome help of the Home Office, have managed to come to…06 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs someone who, very thankfully, received his booster jab last Thursday at the outstanding St Thomas’ Hospital, may I ask the Secretary of State why certain groups and communities…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I am very encouraged to hear that my right hon. Friend is so forward-looking on this matter. May I ask him to explain to the House how one rather backward step took place some…29 Nov 2021