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HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftThank you very much, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I welcome very much my right hon. Friend’s statement. What he has described, quite correctly, as an outlandish…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of Aircraft(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on what measures he has taken to respond to the…24 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllI completely agree with my hon. Friend and neighbour. As she has kindly spoken about digital, I will continue for a moment on why I think the Treasury needs to create a safe space…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllThank you very much for calling me in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. Over the past few days we have been debating the Gracious Speech of our monarch, who has been nobly carrying…18 May 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaYesterday, I had the great privilege of speaking to my Indian opposite number, who expressed great gratitude for the UK’s contribution to support the Indian people, and I was very…28 Apr 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThank you very much, Mr Speaker, for agreeing to the request from the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) for an urgent question. It is absolutely essential that…27 Apr 2021HANSARD ODA BudgetI am intrigued to hear the comment that it is a challenge that we will return to the 0.7% as soon as possible, because the Minister realises, like everybody else in this House,…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsFirst, may I congratulate my right hon. Friend? He knows how passionately many of us have supported his quest to make corruption part of the sanctions regime. Indeed, it was the…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCarrier Strike Group DeploymentMay I pay huge tribute to Her Majesty’s Royal Navy for getting together and preparing this carrier for sea so effectively? Does the Secretary of State look forward as I do—indeed,…26 Apr 2021HANSARDUkraine Border: Russian ForcesI very much welcome the words of the Foreign Secretary, but has he done an assessment in his Department about how Russia is reading the troop reductions in the British Army and…20 Apr 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI pay tribute to the service of my hon. Friend the Minister, with whom I served a lot in Afghanistan and a lot in the Ministry of Defence. May I just say that the work the NATO…20 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghI am going to carry on right where the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) left off, because there is a reason why His Royal Highness The Prince Philip was popular with the…12 Apr 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI am delighted to see the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes) wearing a Royal Engineers tie. It is fantastic to hear this commitment to shipbuilding. In…23 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman Rights UpdateI very much welcome the announcement of sanctions that the Foreign Secretary has made this afternoon. He knows that he has no greater supporters on this decision than the Foreign…22 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated ReviewI very much welcome the integrated review as it is set out, and I welcome its aspiration to coherence. I also welcome the fact that many of the ideas, not just the author, have…16 Mar 2021HANSARDCOP26Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—and let’s push those eight minutes, shall we? It is a great pleasure to be in the Chamber today talking about COP26, because it really is the…10 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolI am sure that my right hon. Friend welcomes the interest that is being shown by friends and partners around the world in Northern Ireland as an essential part of the United…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsI start by saying that Caroline Wilson enjoys the support of the Foreign Affairs Committee and, I am sure, everyone in this House in championing media freedom and the right of a…10 Mar 2021HANSARD Counter-Daesh UpdateI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and update today. He of all people knows very well that Daesh is not a command structure but really an ideas network that has…04 Mar 2021HANSARDGirls’ Education: Covid-19I very much welcome the Foreign Secretary’s commitment to women’s and girls’ education. Does he agree, however, that female genital mutilation, which sadly affects so many girls…02 Mar 2021