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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Amazon Deforestation

"It is very nice to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) on his excellent and comprehensive introduction to the debate.

I am grateful to everyone who initiated and signed the petition, because it relates to a crucial problem …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Amazon Deforestation

"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and she brings me on to my next action. The fact of the matter is—we see this all over the world—that environmental destruction and human rights abuses are often going on in the same places at the same time, all jumbled up. We …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
Hong Kong

"I thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) on securing it.

As the Foreign Secretary said, we are now entering the 16th week of this chaos and there is absolutely no sign of …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Sep 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The fires have affected 650 million acres of Amazon rain forest. In his answer just now, the Minister revealed that he did not understand that the problem with the Mercosur trade deal is that cutting beef tariffs incentivises destruction of the rain forest. What proposals will the Government be putting …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jul 2019
Hong Kong

"Thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) on securing it. The situation in Hong Kong is getting more and more serious by the day. The temporary suspension of the extradition laws was never …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Hong Kong

"The Hong Kong situation is spiralling out of control very fast now. It is unfortunate that, in the absence of a Minister with responsibility for the far east, the Foreign Secretary is not in his place. I agree with the remarks of the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Hong Kong

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question; I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing it.

Hong Kong is one of the most important international cities in the world, but in the past fortnight it has been plunged into utter chaos. Over …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Colombia Peace Process

"It is very nice to see you in the chair, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens) on securing this timely debate, and I thank Justice for Colombia for organising my visit at the end of May. In Bogotá we met members of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Colombia Peace Process

"That is very important, because it is the new source of conflict in Colombia. I would like the Minister to consider that we perhaps need to have some sanctions on people who do not abide by the OECD guidance; I do not think there are any at the moment. Could …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 18 Jun 2019
Colombia Peace Process

"Not those kinds of sanctions—penalties...."
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