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HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI do not envy the Chancellor. I do not think anyone else would have wanted to do today’s Budget, which was delivered in one of the most challenging environments of any Budget for…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI wanted to speak on interim targets in the first group of amendments, but given the time constraints, I have saved myself for sewage. I rise to support the Duke of Wellington’s…20 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUS: Impact on Anglo-Chinese RelationsI am impressed with the force of what my hon. Friend has said so far. As one of the seven parliamentarians who wears the badge of honour of having been sanctioned by the Chinese…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI was going to speak on the targets issue but in the face of the time available I am not. On the question of air quality, I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Without wanting to…20 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUS: Impact on Anglo-Chinese RelationsMy hon. Friend is being very generous. The only thing I disagree with is that it is not just ethnic cleansing; it is genocide, and of course, this House has voted to acknowledge…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsMay I come back to the issue of parental consent and, in doing so, declare my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? I welcome the fact that this will be done with…13 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanFor all the reasons that the right hon. and learned Gentleman mentioned, does he not agree that President Biden is actually wrong when he talks about American sacrifices in a…18 Aug 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI rise to support this Bill, which contains some sensible measures, particularly on regularising the citizenship of certain mothers, fathers and members of the military, and…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftThe SNP spokesman, the hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith), is right: homeopathic remedies do not work when we are dealing with a psychopathic regime. We have had…20 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsIf they are going to go ahead, that would be a very effective label to put on them to really force the point. The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. To go back the LGBT point I…15 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsThat is exactly the point that I have been labouring to make. It was all a sham, and we all know how human rights in China have gone from bad to worse. Back ahead of 2008, the…15 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsI beg to move, That this House believes that the 2022 Winter Olympic games should not be hosted in a country whose Government is credibly accused of mass atrocity crimes; and…15 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsI am grateful to the Minister and to all hon. and right hon. Members who have made such impassioned speeches here today. I think we have spoken virtually as one voice, although I…15 Jul 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government SanctionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Furthermore, I remember mentioning in this House the fate of Tibetans who had been protesting in the Mall and were arrested and stuck behind…15 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good point about Yemen, although it should be acknowledged that the UK gave aid to Yemen well in excess of what we had budgeted for, and that we…13 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateI welcome the fact that this Government have brought this motion before the House today, but I am afraid that I am going to vote against it, and to restore the 0.7% commitment. I…13 Jul 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am grateful, because I think the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee slightly underplays the urgency of this matter. For the past…13 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.07 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I ask what research the Government have commissioned into the causes of the inequality of educational attainment that disadvantages children living in coastal communities? If…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsLast week President Xi cheerily threatened that any foreigners attempting to influence China “will have their heads bashed…against the Great Wall of steel”. Of course, he is still…07 Jul 2021