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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Ukraine: Forcible Removal of Children

"The stealing of 20,000 children like this is an outrage. I thank the Minister for his statement. Does he agree that the Bring Kids Back campaign is right to emphasise that the return of these children is non-negotiable in any future peace deal?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

"I have just been going through the explanatory memorandum. On page 4 it states:

“No consultation has been carried out on this instrument”,

but it goes on to say that there was an earlier consultation, as regards the memoranda to the amended regulations. Can the Minister tell us how wide …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jul 2022
Prime Minister’s Meeting with Alexander Lebedev

"Why did it take until yesterday for the Prime Minister to admit that he had met a KGB agent in secret? Will there be a published report on this matter?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2022
NATO Accession: Sweden and Finland

"I thank the Minister for her statement: it is great that Sweden and Finland will be joining NATO. However, will her Government halt their cuts to our Army? We now have the smallest British Army for 300 years. We need to increase the size of our armed forces, not make …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Sanctions

"I thank the Minister for giving way. The Intelligence and Security Committee report is now nearly three years old. Will the Government please publish it this week?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Elections Bill

"Over 180 years ago, starting in Blaenau Gwent, thousands of Chartists marched on Newport. From across south Wales, they demanded reforms to elections so that common people could have their voices heard in Parliament. Since then, elections in our country have got more transparent, fair and open, but I am …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Elections Bill

"I thank the hon. Member for intervening, but those were exceptional times, and I will answer his case in my speech...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Elections Bill

"I will answer those remarks in my contribution.

I sat on the Bill Committee, and I heard a High Court judge tell us that voter ID was not the solution. He said, and this is a judge who has done many electoral law cases, that asking for

“ID at polling …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Elections Bill

"I am going to carry on.

We heard about terrible cases of fraud in Tower Hamlets, Peterborough and Birmingham, and of course they must be addressed. The key is for the Electoral Commission and the police to receive the resources needed to enforce our laws, because they do not have …..."
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Written Question
Yemen: Peace Negotiations
Tuesday 30th November 2021

Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the prospects for a negotiated peace settlement in Yemen.

Answered by Amanda Milling

A negotiated political settlement is the only way to bring long-term stability to Yemen. The UK supports fully the efforts of the UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, to drive forward the political process in Yemen. We urge the parties to engage constructively in negotiations to end the conflict.