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HANSARD Business of the HouseI add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend for her magnificence at the coronation. I am disappointed that she has not been asked to reprieve her role on the Eurovision…11 May 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Technologies: Regulation5. What steps she is taking to ensure effective regulation of artificial intelligence technologies.03 May 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Technologies: RegulationWhen advances in medical technology—around genetic engineering, for example—raise sensitive issues, we have debates on medical ethics, we adapt legislation and we put in place…03 May 2023HANSARDHoly Land: Desecration of Religious Sites1. What discussions the Church of England has had with international counterparts on the desecration of religious sites in the Holy Land.27 Apr 2023HANSARDHoly Land: Desecration of Religious SitesIt was particularly galling to see these scenes in what is supposed to be a liberal democracy in the middle east: the desecration of Christian graves and other Christian…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 April.26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThis is an issue that the hon. Gentleman has raised before. As I said during the Bill’s earlier stages, when the Home Affairs Committee went to Calais in January and we met all…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, because this is just nonsense. In the last year that we were covered by the Dublin convention, before the pandemic struck, we…26 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsYesterday, the Opposition grabbed a crude headline about teaching boys to have respect for women—an important issue, as I am sure the Prime Minister will agree—but given that the…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIt is difficult to know in five minutes how to address the five amendments with my name at the top, including the two that have been leapfrogged by the Home Secretary. I have…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThat is what we put in the Immigration Act 2014 with the then Immigration Minister, now the Transport Secretary. What has changed between 2014 and 2023 that means apparently we…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThat is absolutely right. It is notable that three former Children’s Ministers are behind the measures we are trying to push today. It is essential that any child in this country,…26 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillSir Roger, if I do too much back-jobbing to yesterday’s business, I am sure you will call me out of order, but let me tell my hon. Friend that there were some intensive…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI declare my registered interest as chairman of the safeguarding board of a children’s group. It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI shall come on to detention in a minute, but I entirely agree with the principle of the point that my right hon. Friend is making, which is that, whatever we think about our…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will be very indulgent, but I know many other people want to speak.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think I have made the point that whatever migration system we run needs to be effective, efficient and sustainable, but at the same time we need people to fill job vacancies in…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillNone of this is ideal, but when people arrive in their hundreds—one day last summer it was more than 1,000—and all of a sudden become the responsibility of the United Kingdom…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe reality, as the Home Affairs Committee found when we were last in Calais in January, is that the French authorities do not arrest a lot of the people trying to cross the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful for that intervention from my right hon. and learned Friend, with his huge legal expertise and experience from his former roles. That is the point. We need to…27 Mar 2023