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HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that this is one of those domino moments where we can hold the advance and prevent the next one from falling, or we can watch a…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend knows extremely well that we have no say either on anybody’s membership of the EU or on how the Ukrainian Government decide to assert their sovereignty over…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSexual Violence in ConflictI welcome enormously my right hon. Friend’s words on sexual violence in conflict. We have seen the rape of Bucha, sadly, and the rape of so many other towns and cities around the…26 Apr 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesI was going to make quite a different speech, but I am going to start by saying that, from Kirkcaldy to Kent and from Gosport to Glasgow, we have heard such a strong message of…26 Apr 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is exactly the commitment we got from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. We need to look hard at the various forms of…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will be entirely mindful of the time, because I agree with many of the points that have already been made. However, it is worth making a few…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineThere is no question but that what we are seeing too often, sadly, not just in Bucha, but in many other areas, including Kharkiv and Sumy, are war crimes. They are crimes against…26 Apr 2022HANSARDIran DetaineesI am hugely grateful for the extraordinarily welcome news that my right hon. Friend has brought to the House this afternoon. It is the most wonderful moment for many of us who…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend is making a powerful argument on the use of sanctions and their importance abroad. Does he not agree that their use is also important at home? We are seeing dirty…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22My hon. Friend is making an extremely powerful speech. He is absolutely right that people claim there are no votes in defence. I would argue that there are no votes in defeat.…09 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) for bringing us on to International Women’s Day. Today is obviously an important day for celebrating the actions of so many…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMay I just place on record the extreme gratitude of Tony’s real parents—the parents who actually love him—who have cared for him since a few days after he was born and have…28 Feb 2022HANSARDSanctionsI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment. She has been working literally through the weekend, night and day, to get these sanctions right and to get them in place.…28 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI pay huge tribute to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his Government for introducing what sound like the toughest sanctions we have seen in years. May I ask him to…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaThe whole point of the debate was to bring the country together to help to support free people who are being oppressed. While the hon. Member mentions all those things, and many…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaI am very pleased to be here. I pay huge tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) for his prescience and timing in securing this debate. He is absolutely…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaWill the hon. Member give way?24 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend on that. He is completely right, as usual, in highlighting that the protection of whistleblowers is an essential part of the exposure to…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsThe hon. Member is right that more legislation would help, but fundamentally we need the resources for the agencies. Let me close by saying that I welcome the direction the…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsDo we not need an update of the Treason Act? A treason charge can be laid only in relation to the person of the monarch, and this Act from 1351 really does need updating.22 Feb 2022