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HANSARD Unpaid Work TrialsI beg to move, That this House has considered the use of unpaid work trials at the outset of employment. Thank you very much, Mr Hollobone; it is always a pleasure to see you in…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillAbstain or against?28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillHe didn’t.28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the historical point. In response to what the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) said, does my hon. Friend recognise, as I…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI rather suspect the hon. Gentleman will not agree that immigration should be devolved, so let us park that to one side. What role should the devolved Governments have in setting…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am extremely grateful for that. Will the hon. Gentleman explain that point? What should the devolved Governments’ role be? Should they get to set student numbers or have…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) said earlier that we needed to stop freedom of movement to counter extremism. However, is it not the point of freedom of…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillWill my hon. Friend give way on that point?28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI hope to make some sense with this thought, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thinking of the generational shift, does my hon. Friend think, as I do, that, in the past, the waters and the…28 Jan 2019HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Border Security BillAs far as I can see, those far-right organisations are winning the hybrid war against society. Will the Minister talk a wee bit about what his Department is doing to curb the…22 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European Unionrose—21 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionAnd don’t you forget it, Mr Speaker! The Prime Minister is of course to be commended for waiving the fee, as many have asked her to do, but I want to question her on the phrase…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ8. The deal defeated last night is a product of the Prime Minister’s own red lines. Which of those red lines is she willing to give up in order to get the compromise she seeks?16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI tried this with the Prime Minister earlier during Question Time, and I am going to give her one more chance: which of the red lines that she set, which caused her defeat last…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI am trying to be helpful to the Prime Minister, believe it or not, but this is pure robotic fantasy. It is her deal that has to change, and her deal is a product of the red…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThey are a curious bunch, Mr Speaker. I ask my right hon. Friend and Members across the House to reflect on the fact that, sure, in 2014 the Scottish people voted to stay in the…16 Jan 2019HANSARDVanguard-class Life Extension ProgrammeBut I am afraid to say that, as the misery of the modernising defence programme has shown all of us, the Secretary of State’s Department has much less latitude with large projects…14 Jan 2019HANSARDVanguard-class Life Extension ProgrammeAs the doyenne of British nuclear history, Lord Hennessy, observed recently, the current Vanguard life extension plans are a “technological leap in the dark”, which also means…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActIn his denunciation of Stalinism from exile in Paris in 1951, the Polish poet and diplomat, Czeslaw Milosz, wrote in his seminal book “The Captive Mind”: “Men will clutch at…10 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will confine my remarks to the issue at hand. The current constitutional arrangement forbids Scotland from interacting on an equal footing either with our neighbours in the rest…10 Jan 2019