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HANSARD Global BritainAh, well, the hon. Gentleman, who is new to the House, will have to get used to that. Those on the Government Benches have a habit of forgetting that the UK is a political state.…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainWell, there is a man who has read the global strategic trends document of the Ministry of Defence. The right hon. Gentleman is right to say that this is important for his…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI think the hon. Gentleman was in the Chamber when I spoke earlier. The United Kingdom is a multinational state. I wish his nation the best Brexit possible, as it is in my…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI cannot believe that I am agreeing with the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone), but his assessment is right. What the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) has just…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainIs not one key element in this discussion, which does not get much political oversight, how China operates in different universities and the academic sector, not just here in the…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global Britainrose —30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe will work that bank holiday if the hon. Gentleman is successful in getting it. Throughout his speech he has been railing against the “establishment”. I know he sees himself as…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI do.30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainLet us see what comes forward. Sure, I am all for that debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) is much more qualified on these affairs than me. I will…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI thank the right hon. Lady for her most sincere apology, and I extend an invitation to her as my plus one for tomorrow night’s London SNP Burns supper, at which I am sure she…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainI would not be in this House if I did not accept the 2014 referendum result. There would not be this huge number of Scottish National party Members of Parliament if we did not…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global Britainrose —30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainCan the Minister tell me one concession he made that the Scottish Government asked for?30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainWell, it was a fine speech, in parts, that the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker) just made, and I say that with all sincerity. He ended—I can tell—with a quote from President…30 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe Foreign Secretary talks about Huawei as though it is some kind of Chinese answer to John Lewis, but this is a Faustian pact with the Chinese Communist party, and he needs to…28 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldWill the Foreign Secretary give way?13 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldI want to take the hon. Gentleman back to that discussion because, if he remembers, the thrust of the reason why we opposed the action at the time was that it was, in and of…13 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldOkay. Sometimes interventions are best made on one’s feet, as opposed to from one’s seat. Lastly—this was partly the subject of my Adjournment debate last week—it is time that we…13 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldThe right hon. Gentleman makes a not entirely unfair point. It does not recruit me to the aim of leaving the European Union, although in fairness I do not think he was trying to.…13 Jan 2020