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HANSARDUkraineFor reasons we do not need to go over just now, Germany has blocked some NATO allies from providing certain military assistance to Ukraine. What assessment have the Government…25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkrainian NATO MembershipI do agree, and I hope that the new Chancellor, who has taken up post during this debate, will take a more robust position, not least because of Annalena Baerbock’s appointment as…08 Dec 2021HANSARDUkrainian NATO MembershipI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for reminding me of a point I wanted to make about the special monitoring mission. I take the point that the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and…08 Dec 2021HANSARDUkrainian NATO MembershipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate and thank the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) for bringing the debate forward.…08 Dec 2021HANSARDBelarusWhat assessment have the Minister and the Government made of Lukashenko’s statement in the past couple of days that, in any furthering and deepening of the conflict between Russia…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Walter Smith OBE: Contribution to Scottish FootballAs the token Rangers fan of the SNP group—albeit I have not been at a Rangers game since Basile Boli played for them—I can say that Walter Smith is somebody who, as other Members…17 Nov 2021HANSARDRandox Covid ContractsHe can just make a speech.17 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. In responding for the Scottish National party, I offer my full support on the issue that my hon. Friend the Member for West…09 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryI congratulate the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), the Chair of the Defence Committee, on securing the debate, and commend him for the leadership he has shown…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryAs a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I can tell the House that we are proceeding with our inquiry on this. However, I submitted a number of written questions to the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSanctionsWe welcome the measures by the Government—we have no objections to them whatever—and I do not think there is any point in detaining the House on this any longer than we must.04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I believe that the Defence Committee has started its investigation, and we on the Foreign Affairs Committee have started ours.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryAnd turn—and even if the hon. Gentleman suggests that we rise again, I suggest that this should perhaps be something from which we learn and get to what we really need, which is…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryIndeed. Can the hon. Gentleman imagine what a slap in the face it will be to those who put on the uniform so bravely—for whom we wear the poppy at this time of year—if we do not…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Eighth sitting)Perhaps I am not generous so much as realistic; given my form so far, I suspect I will not be able to win any votes in this place, so I will have to settle for what I can get,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDSalisbury Incident 2018: UpdateI do not disagree with anything that was in the Home Secretary’s statement and commend every word of it, but will she explain something that I am perhaps just not understanding?…21 Sept 2021HANSARDData Breach: ARAP Applicants in AfghanistanI thank the Secretary of State for his apology. I do not doubt the sincerity of it, and I do not doubt for a second the anger that he will have felt when he got the news of this…21 Sept 2021HANSARDDefence ExportsThank you, Mr Speaker. It is good to see you back from “Coronation Street” in such fine form, and to see the defence team still in its place. When the Government presented the…20 Sept 2021HANSARDDefence ExportsBut that was exactly what it was. Let us not muddy the words here: Paris was deceived, was it not? Are common challenges not better faced when liberal democracies trust each other…20 Sept 2021