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HANSARD AfghanistanIn his speech of self-justification after the collapse of Kabul, President Biden reduced a complex military issue to only two stark alternatives. It was a gross…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, but, of course, this was a NATO intervention, and it is to NATO that we have to look when there are serious threats to international…18 Aug 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftAs the ISC’s inquiry into China is still current, I shall limit myself to asking why the Government generally describe the communist Chinese system as authoritarian rather than…20 Jul 2021HANSARD Legacy of Northern Ireland’s PastDoes my right hon. Friend accept that these proposals are practically identical to those presented by the Defence Committee in its report of April 2017? Does he accept that the…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillIndeed, and that surely is the point. What really worries people on the Conservative Benches is that what starts off with the justified condemnation of hate speech ends up by…12 Jul 2021HANSARD AfghanistanIt sounds from that as if the Prime Minister is saying that if those groups go down that route again, there could be another military intervention. Does he accept that a fanatical…08 Jul 2021HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe situation is even worse than the hon. Lady suggests, because in some cases these surgeons, who have now been appointed as lead figures in the mesh centres, are the people who…08 Jul 2021HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI must say it is quite hard to speak unemotionally after hearing the tragic story that the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Allan Dorans) has relayed to the House. How…08 Jul 2021HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewIt totally does. I shall share a little something with the House. Although it does not compare with the agony of what these women are going through, I lost a year and a half of my…08 Jul 2021HANSARDInvestment Security Unit: Parliamentary ScrutinyWhat steps he is taking to enable the effective parliamentary scrutiny of the classified aspects of the Investment Security Unit.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe hon. Gentleman is extremely kind in giving way a second time. I do not think he answered my point, which is that the key thing about Dissolution is that we are giving power to…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a strong case that it should not be a question of the Government against Parliament, but does he not agree that it should not be a question of…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Billrose—06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI concede the hon. Member’s point that the Act did work as far as holding the coalition together until 2015 was concerned, but it did not work in 2017. If it had not been for the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe historical case that my right hon. Friend is making is absolutely incontrovertible. The fact is that the legitimacy of previous elections has barely—if ever—been questioned.…06 Jul 2021HANSARDInvestment Security Unit: Parliamentary ScrutinyWill my hon. Friend the Minister kindly explain the practical arrangements that will be made to ensure that the BEIS Committee can scrutinise the top secret documents involved in…06 Jul 2021HANSARDOpen BankingMuch to my surprise, Mr Speaker—Question 35.06 Jul 2021HANSARDCounter-Daesh Operations: Syria and IraqWhat conclusions have our Ministers and strategists drawn from our use of military force from outside the borders of states such as Syria and Iraq that might help to prevent the…05 Jul 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy hon. Friend is making an outstanding case, and she clearly knows this subject from every angle. Does she agree that no matter how much money the Government allocate to this…29 Jun 2021