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HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementWill the Minister give way?15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementI would like to intervene at this point.15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementMy dear deceased friend, Gerald Kaufman, once said, “Never kick a man until he’s down.” I appreciate that it is unfair to be kicking the Prime Minister at the moment of his…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementI thank hon. Members who have taken part in the debate. The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) has enormous experience of the situation in Northern Ireland, and both he and…15 Dec 2021HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationHow will the Secretary of State convince me that his biggest supporters in this will not be President Erdoğan of Turkey and President Putin in Russia? Can he also tell me this: if…14 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineThe Minister has made clear, I think in the same words that President Biden used, that there would be “catastrophic” consequences were there to be any Russian invasion of Ukraine,…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyThe Minister said that the cost of reoffending was some £18 billion, but it is the victims of those crimes that we should think of first. If we know that women’s centres are more…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI also welcome the move, if it is genuine, to begin to treat the serious use of class A drugs as a health, rather than a criminal justice, problem. That will make a material…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State will know that early detection and isolation is fundamental for the new omicron strain, but does he realise that Rochdale, for example, was receiving some…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI do not disagree, but look at the progress we have and have not made in Northern Ireland. This takes time, but it is a real issue. That is why we cannot let Bosnia and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceIf a sanctions regime is appropriate, does my hon. Friend agree that it is vital that the sanctions be finely targeted, so that they do not hit the people of Bosnia and even those…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThe hon. Gentleman is making a fine contribution. Let us just think how cheap the work of the Westminster Foundation is, or other measures designed to maintain peace, compared…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI am grateful for that intervention because my hon. Friend leads me on to my next point, which is a simple one. The hon. Member for Rutland and Melton said, importantly, that…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; I agree firmly. Let us not rush into Dayton II. It has to happen and the participants on the ground have to be there, but let us do the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI am delighted to follow the right hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart), who made an excellent speech, as did the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns). I was the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceFor the record, there has to be a strong EUFOR presence, but it has only 750 people at the moment, so it is too small. It is not up to this country alone, but what can we do to…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBelarusThe House is obviously united in its condemnation of the dictatorship in Belarus and the illegitimacy of the role of the so-called President Lukashenko. However, in the past,…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State will know very well that the omicron variant has alarmed people who are immunocompromised, particularly those who are uncertain about whether their third…29 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI also join the congratulations to the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), who I call my hon. Friend in this case. The reports of the report are extremely…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthI say to the Minister that there is no evidence that the Department for Transport can deliver on time or on cost, so why has the change to the delivery mechanism taken place? The…24 Nov 2021