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HANSARDYemen: Aid FundingI welcome my right hon. Friend saying that this is a “floor, not a ceiling”; I hope that the ceiling will be somewhat greater than he has announced. Does he agree that the UK’s…02 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Dundee West (Chris Law). I thought his Hobbesian description was somewhat negative, given that Hobbes was talking about civil…09 Feb 2021HANSARDYemenI am glad that my right hon. Friend mentioned Marib, because does he recognise that much of this dispute is about water and the missile technology now being used to threaten Saudi…08 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsI very much welcome the urgent question from my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani). She is raising a central point on the humanity that we share with people around the…04 Feb 2021HANSARD MyanmarI welcome my hon. Friend’s statement and agree with much of what the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) said. When looking at sanctions, we know that Myanmar Economic…02 Feb 2021HANSARD Russian Federation: Human RightsIt is welcome to hear the Minister’s condemnation of the attack on Alexei Navalny, whose crime, it appears, is to survive an assassination attempt by the state that now holds him…27 Jan 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillFirst, I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah), who has spoken very kindly about the work of the Committee that I am privileged to chair. I…20 Jan 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting this point. May I assure him that I have absolute confidence that the people he will recruit into the unit will be the best and…20 Jan 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillThe right hon. Gentleman tempts me, but I am not going to get drawn on the Wedgetail discussion, as that is a slightly separate conversation. He is right to say that this Bill…20 Jan 2021HANSARDJoint Comprehensive Plan of ActionI hope the whole House will join me in welcoming the newest member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillIt is an enormous pleasure to speak in the debate this afternoon because this is one of the most important questions our House will consider. It is worth remembering why genocide…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Her Majesty’s Government have taken some important actions of late. Indeed, supporting the Australian Strategic Policy Institute…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Global BritainAlthough I sympathise with the sadness of the hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) about our now having a trade border about 30 miles south of here, I see no reason why it would…11 Jan 2021HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillAfter sharing many conversations with friends around the House and on various Benches, I am sorry to say that I disagree with the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford)…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI absolutely agree. We have been in the EU for only 47 years—that is the lifespan of a Hohenzollern empire. We are leaving the EU, just as Germany left that empire, and we will…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangFirst, I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). This report by Adrian Zenz is extremely powerful and makes clear…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsAt this time of enormous pressure on our healthcare, I welcome the Government’s and the NHS’s continued commitment to the new combined medical facility in Edenbridge. Will the…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThe Secretary of State is rightly focusing on open RAN and the opportunity to partner with others in the democratic and law-abiding world. What has he done to reach out to…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI welcome both the Secretary of State’s direction and his much earlier than expected announcement of no new installations. Does he agree that this fundamentally changes the…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillThis is one of those unusual moments when almost everything I wanted to say has been said, so I will be exceptionally brief. The Minister has done a very good job in listening.…30 Nov 2020