Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

This has been one of the most remarkable debates that I have sat through in 18 years in the House. The issue is extremely serious, there has been a high level of cross-party consensus and immense...

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is being incredibly generous. I underline that the Ministry of Justice is out for consultation on reform of the Human Rights Act 1998, which helps to enshrine the ECHR. Does he...

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is doing an immense service to the House by bringing his expertise to this debate. I agree that we need to be circumspect, and to empower judges to deal with abuse of courts....

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is right on that. When we welcomed the integrated review and the rhetoric of “global Britain”, what none of us intended was that “global Britain” meant...

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will come on that in a moment. The truth is that the truth is under attack by oligarchs with Russian connections because they are seeking to disguise the...

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Lawfare and UK Court System

20 Jan 2022

Commons debates

It is a real privilege and an honour to follow the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) to help open this debate and to follow on from his arguments. “Follow the...

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New Clause 11 - Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters

17 Jan 2022

Elections Bill

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The point is that I can raise questions here that warrant further investigation—questions about, for example, Lubov Chernukhin, the model of generosity...

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New Clause 11 - Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters

17 Jan 2022

Elections Bill

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is right and he will horrified to hear that there is more. Perhaps the most concerning of Mr Amersi’s connections is Leonard Bogdan, a man with very interesting friends in...

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New Clause 11 - Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters

17 Jan 2022

Elections Bill

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise to speak to new clause 16, in my name and that of Members from four of the parties represented here in Westminster. We tabled the new clause because the Bill has many flaws, but among the...

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Ukraine

17 Jan 2022

Commons debates

Although it is important that we take Russian security concerns seriously, we must resist at all costs any attempts by Russia to re-imperialise eastern Europe. May I press the Secretary of State...

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Departmental Responsibilities

16 Dec 2021

Prime Minister

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Prime Minister, which Minister leads on the Government's anti-corruption strategy.

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Petition - Death by dangerous driving

08 Dec 2021

Commons debates

On 29 August, Ghulam Nabi was walking to his job as a bus driver so as to donate his Sunday earnings—he worked on Sundays—to charity. Suddenly over a bridge sped a driver, Mr Raihan...

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Alcohol Harm

25 Nov 2021

Commons debates

I wonder whether the Minister could share with the House her forecast timeframe for that addiction strategy and, in so doing, perhaps recognise that there are significant differences between...

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Alcohol Harm

25 Nov 2021

Commons debates

I am grateful for the chance to contribute to this debate, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee. It is a real privilege to follow the hon. Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas). In my...

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International Monetary System

24 Nov 2021

Treasury

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of rechannelling (a) 10, (b) 25, (c) 50 and (d) 100 per cent of Special Drawing Rights received this...

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International Monetary System

24 Nov 2021

Treasury

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the appropriate fraction of UK Special Drawing Rights received this year to re-channel via Multilateral Development Banks.

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International Monetary System

24 Nov 2021

Treasury

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the appropriate fraction of Special Drawing Rights received this year to re-channel into support for poorer countries.

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Business of the House

18 Nov 2021

Commons debates

We have made a degree of progress this week on taking unfortunate money out of politics. Now we need to take the next step and clean up the laundromat of British political party funding. In the...

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