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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report

"A corrupt network of police officers, including senior officers, and journalists, including their senior management, private investigators and senior management at News International were all involved in the cover-up here. It is one of the biggest instances of corruption and one of the most painful ones we have witnessed in …..."
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Written Question
Nowzad: Afghanistan
Monday 21st March 2022

Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the evacuation of Nowzad cost the Government in expenditure of time and money.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The evacuation from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting from 14 August to 29 August was organised and controlled by the Ministry of Defence.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
Refugees from Ukraine

"I think the whole House just wants the Government and the UK to be as generous and unbureaucratic as possible, and if that is where we are getting to, we are pleased, but there is something that still nags away at me. As I understand it, from what we were …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
Refugees from Ukraine

"The laws need to change...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2022
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

"I am grateful to the Home Secretary for giving way. This is naughty of me, as I have been in the Foreign Affairs Committee and I have not heard all that she has said. Would she acknowledge that clause 31 seems to set a very high bar by saying that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2022
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

"The enforcement issue is really important. For instance, following the invasion and annexation of Crimea, we made it a criminal offence to support tourism activities in Crimea. However, Quintessentially, which is run by Ben Elliot, has been providing restaurant recommendations in Crimea to Russian oligarchs. Surely he should be investigated …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Ukraine

"I think we need to stand united—end of. The Government have said, quite rightly, that they want to sanction Duma members and members of the Russian Federation Council, but they have not been able to do so yet. Alisher Usmanov has already been sanctioned by the EU although not yet …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Points of Order

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am grateful that the Home Secretary has stayed in her place. This is not to have a go at her but to make a suggestion. Parliamentary privilege is there for an important reason, which is that we can speak without fear …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Home Secretary publish her review into the tier 1 gold-plated visas? Will she suspend all tier 1 visas for people who have connections with the Putin regime, and will she look into the veracity of applications for British citizenship by Russian oligarchs who are connected with Putin?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Foreign Interference: Intelligence and Security

"I completely agree with the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). We have to have our eyes wide open about the possible infiltration of British politics by Iranians, Russians and from China. The Government should indeed be sanctioning Chen Quanguo, Zhu Hailun, Zhu Changjie, …..."
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