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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Chinese Consulate: Attack on Hong Kong Protesters

"I thank the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) for securing the urgent question on this shocking incident. It was a flagrant breach of human rights on British soil, but we should not allow ourselves to think that it was an isolated one, because we know that it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Mahsa Amini

"Dr Martin Luther King Jr reminded us that none of us are free until we are all free, and the scenes in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini should remind us that women across the world are not yet free, which is why I welcome the sanctions laid out …..."
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Written Question
Development Aid: Health Services
Thursday 8th September 2022

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to help ensure investment in universal and comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is prioritised within the upcoming Women and Girls strategy.

Answered by Vicky Ford

A Women and Girls Strategy would build on the May 2022 International Development Strategy, which framed our work on women and girls through the 3Es (Educating girls, Empowering women and girls, and Ending violence against women and girls). It included a strong commitment to drive progress on universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced Confession

"What we have heard today is just the latest horror after six years of mistreatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by the Iranian Government. No one is suggesting that the officials in the Foreign Office have not done everything they possibly could, but what we have heard today adds to the suspicion …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 May 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol

"Does the Foreign Secretary appreciate the extent of the frustration and anger not only on this side of the House but in the country? She talks about the unintended consequences of an agreement that this Government signed and were warned would have exactly these consequences, and she talks of protecting …..."
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Written Question
National Bank Trust
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government has not imposed sanctions on the National Bank Trust.

Answered by Amanda Milling

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Elections Bill

"Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern about the disproportionate effect that evidence suggests photographic voter ID might have on ethnic minority voting rates?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Elections Bill

"The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech with many good points. Does he share my surprise that those on the Government Benches are not prepared to take into account the fact that the Lords tabled a cross-party amendment to deal with the concern that he and I share about …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Elections Bill

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Elections Bill

"On the hon. Gentleman’s point about birth certificates, like many other married women in this country, my professional name is different from my married name, but it has always been accepted by the Passport Office, the bank and every other legal authority I know that my marriage certificate, which has …..."
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