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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will give way to my hon. Friend and then I will finish my comments.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThose four existing routes are country-specific for certain emergency situations that arose—for obvious reasons, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan and the rather prolonged emergency we…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady. I have drawn up new clause 13 and the accompanying amendments in a way that is not overly prescriptive. It puts the onus back on the Government to…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 BillThank you very much, Dame Rosie. I rise to speak to six amendments that stand in my name and those of right hon. and hon. colleagues: new clauses 13 and 19 and amendments 72 to…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 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewThis is a shocking report, and it is particularly galling for the majority of decent officers who do an outstanding job day in, day out. Whether or not we think the Met is…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI am so pleased that the Secretary of State is placing great emphasis on AI. When I was a child growing up on a farm, AI stood for artificial insemination—a somewhat messier…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe hon. Lady has been quoting experts and the newspapers. Will she now admit that the figures that her colleague, the shadow Chancellor, gave about the benefit that the pension…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI support the Budget. More importantly, the markets seem to support it as well. Stability and balance are the hallmarks of what the Chancellor has achieved, and I congratulate him…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationGiven my references to children in care, I forgot, in my haste, to declare my interest as chairman of a safeguarding board.20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationIf my right hon. Friend will forgive me, so many other people want to speak that it would be unfair if I took interventions. With six minutes, and with a Budget containing so many…20 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseYou, Mr Speaker, are of course very familiar with my Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, section 3 of which obliges the Secretary of State to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRelations with China: Xi Jinping PresidencyI am hoping to speak in the debate, so I will not intervene much. Just to be clear, whatever the Chinese Communist party Government think, the next Dalai Lama will be the…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRelations with China: Xi Jinping PresidencyThat is the problem: the Chinese constantly test and push the parameters. They literally push the borders in that case to test the resolve of the west and those around them to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRelations with China: Xi Jinping PresidencyThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Hong Kong used to be a beacon of freedom, liberty, the rule of law, enterprise and entrepreneurialism in the far east. How quickly virtually all…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRelations with China: Xi Jinping PresidencyMy right hon. Friend is right again. Too often in this country, we seem to be playing catch up with some of the much more proactive and obvious measures taken by the US…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRelations with China: Xi Jinping PresidencyI will approach my peroration forthwith on that basis. I will not mention Jimmy Lai because, again, the hon. Member for Strangford mentioned him. He also mentioned at length the…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRelations with China: Xi Jinping PresidencyBut I will not, as you just cautioned me. Lastly, I welcome the Government’s announcement today on the use of TikTok on Ministers’ devices, in so far as it goes. I do not have you…16 Mar 2023