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HANSARD Unpaid Work TrialsI am unclear. Do the Government and the Minister’s Department collect data on the use of unpaid work trials?29 Mar 2023HANSARD Unpaid Work TrialsWe have had a good debate, with all the obsequiousness that is customary in the House. I thank the Minister, who I know to be diligent, but I briefly have to pick up on a couple…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Unpaid Work TrialsMy hon. Friend speaks to an important issue that he touched upon earlier, which is the practice of talking Bills out. I got an assurance from the then Minister that the Bill would…29 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe Manchester-based physicist and Nobel prize winner Andre Geim has said that the top researchers around the world and in the UK are either not coming or looking to get out…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a sign that God is shining on the House to see you back in the Chair—healthy and feisty as ever, I am sure. You will recall that, when I…20 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAerCap is the largest provider of commercial aircraft in the world and, after the imposition of sanctions, it required a number of leased aircraft in Russia to be returned. That…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshWilliam Gladstone’s third Midlothian speech said that good foreign policy started with “good government at home”. We can see that in the US with President Biden’s Inflation…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Ukrainian Holodomor and the War in UkraineIt is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. Like others, I begin by sincerely commending the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) not just for her…07 Mar 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerI am sure that the United Kingdom’s first ever female First Minister is enjoying the lecture from the Secretary of State and the various Cicero tribute acts behind him on feminism…17 Jan 2023HANSARDClimate Change and Human SecurityI thank the Minister for acknowledging that. He is brave to want a debate on credibility right now. It is not disinformation to point out that the COP presidency—of which he…03 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change and Human SecurityI am grateful. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Efford, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing the debate. It was a pleasure to be a…03 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change and Human SecurityI agree with the hon. Gentleman and will come to some of those points in turn. I want to speak about how I view climate security and where it fits in the broader issue of the…03 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change and Human SecurityWill the Minister give way on that point?03 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change and Human SecurityYes, and that is perhaps a neat way for me to conclude my remarks. We do need that support, and we need all the parts of the state architecture working in concert with devolved…03 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI congratulate the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns), on bringing the former Chair of the FAC, the Minister, to the…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ13. Like the public at large, I have supported the Government in the actions they have taken to support Ukraine, not least because of what is at stake there, but right now, as…19 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineYes, I think we can come together and agree on that. I am sure that other colleagues will want to discuss it in great detail. So here we are, seven months on from this invasion,…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineYes, I agree. The hon. Lady is absolutely spot on. One of the most insidious arguments from that particular group—and they can be found on the extreme left or the extreme right,…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. I nodded along in agreement with much of what the former Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson)…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for the update that he has given the House. Like many, we have been watching over the summer period as Ukrainian forces take back their territory.…05 Sept 2022