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HANSARDFire Safety Remediation: Protection for LeaseholdersThe Secretary of State, like me, has been in the House a long time. Does he agree that this scandal measures up to some of the worst that we have seen, whether it be contaminated…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]rose—29 Nov 2021HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN DeclarationI am a huge admirer of my hon. Friend and of the work she does in this field. I am trying to help a Hazara Afghan woman who successfully got into Pakistan undocumented, but even…25 Nov 2021HANSARDEnglish Channel Small Boats IncidentDid not the hon. Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood) put her finger on the problem when she referred to Afghanistan, where there are many legitimate asylum seekers who…25 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillWill the Minister give way?22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillWould the Minister be as surprised as I was to know that quite a lot of Members of this House are completely unaware that that provision has been added at the end of the Bill?22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am sorry to be unhelpful to my right hon. Friend, but if this element is so integral to the overall package, why was it not brought forward right at the beginning?22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI happen to agree that there is a question of proportionality on the alleged nanny state issues, but does my hon. Friend agree that where an issue is contentious—such as the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsLike the Home Secretary and many other Members of this House, I am the descendant of immigrants who came to this country legally. I am campaigning for more immigrants to be…22 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Kim Johnson) on securing this urgent question, but does my right hon. Friend agree that it should not really have been…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26After the downfall of the Soviet Union, it was discovered that various multilateral agreements that we thought we had over things such as biological weapons had been…15 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghan Nationals: EvacuationDoes my right hon. Friend accept that Pakistan, with its deplorable record of support for the Taliban, is a hostile environment for a number of people who have fled Afghanistan…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillIt is a pleasure to follow all the Back-Bench speeches so far. I would like to blaze in capital letters what the Minister said: “This is, first and foremost, a national security…08 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsThat argument would surely carry more weight if the people doing the testing outlined some sort of timeline and plan for concluding a testing programme, rather than apparently…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsI have been looking at the Hansard of yesterday’s debate—there is an opportunity for the Minister to refer to it when she makes her remarks—and I see that one of the main points…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsMy hon. Friend is making a fascinating case, because I, like many other Members of the House, I am sure, thought that this problem had largely been solved. Why does he think it is…04 Nov 2021HANSARDHigher Education: Learning Lost to Covid-19The Minister is doing a first-rate job for students in promoting freedom of speech on campus. Does she agree, however, that it would not help students to recover from everything…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget: Pre-announcement of ProvisionsThe Minister is one of the nice guys in Parliament and richly deserved his promotion. What he did not deserve was to be put in this position by an untenable policy. I have to ask…26 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI realise that the Government can do much more for at-risk Afghan women who have managed to cross the border and are outside the country. One thing they can do for at-risk Afghans…26 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe Minister has been very accessible, and I have had conversations with him over this issue, but I am still not clear what people can do if they have already been stung with…25 Oct 2021