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HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftMay I underline what the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee said about the dangers of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in this context? When adopting this aerial adaptation from the…24 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for pointing out at the beginning of today’s debate, that there is no restriction on the subjects that can be raised on any day of the debate on the…18 May 2021HANSARD Amendments to the Independent Complaints and Grievance SchemeI know that my right hon. Friend will only be able to give me his opinion on this, in the light of what he has just said, but does he know of any specific historical case that is…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Amendments to the Independent Complaints and Grievance SchemeI apologise to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, that I did not hear the opening comments from the Leader of the House because I was chairing a Committee meeting in another building.…28 Apr 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: ProsecutionsMy understanding is that very few promoters of these schemes have been prosecuted. Is it not rather shocking that so many people who were mis-sold the schemes on the basis that…27 Apr 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: ProsecutionsHow many promoters and operators of schemes subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for promoting and operating those schemes.27 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI hate to be slightly disobliging, but it is a fact, is it not, that the staffs of these Select Committees do not have the clearance necessary to see or handle top secret…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI am not sure that without concrete examples of what my right hon. Friend has in mind, I am in a position to give an answer to that question. What I do know is that it is the work…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI will give way in a moment, because I would like my right hon. Friend to hear this next bit, as I think there was a bit he was missing in his earlier intervention. These words…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI appreciate that I have tried the patience of the House, but on that one point let me say that the MOU is flexible in the sense that we can add new organisations to it. The…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCarrier Strike Group DeploymentIf we want the United States to help defend our interests in Europe, it is only right that we should help it defend common interests in the far east. Does the Secretary of State…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillIf I gave an example of something that would be top secret—even if I were in a position to do so because we had started the work that we are not being allowed to start—I would…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillThe ISC, on behalf of Parliament, is able to scrutinise the input of the intelligence agencies into these processes. It would not be able to scrutinise how that input is then…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillUnfortunately, and I am afraid unusually for my right hon. Friend, he missed one little part that was missing in turn from the Minister’s answer, because the MOU as it stands does…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillThe Intelligence and Security Committee greatly appreciates the work of the Minister and of his predecessor on this important legislation. I was on the Committee in June 2013 when…26 Apr 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI know that the Minister will take back the very strong feelings expressed on both sides of the House that interpreters and other locally employed civilians must not be abandoned…20 Apr 2021HANSARD Strength of the UK’s Armed ForcesMay I warmly endorse what the hon. Member for Rochdale (Tony Lloyd) just said about our late, dear colleague Cheryl Gillan? It is often said, in the military context, that…14 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghCombining his royal role with a very long life meant that Prince Philip met vast numbers of people in widely differing circumstances. One of his more unusual encounters was with…12 Apr 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Government are rightly working on a scheme to protect blameless leaseholders from financial ruin owing to…25 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyFor a long time.23 Mar 2021