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I am sure the whole House will join me in utterly condemning the sickening murder of American aid...
I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. I join him in expressing horror and revulsion at th...
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Let me thank the right hon. Gentleman for his remarks about Peter Kassig on which there is comple...
Would my right hon. Friend’s reportedly robust private conversations with President Putin be even...
What I would say is that we have one of the top five defence budgets anywhere in the world. We sp...
On the crucial issue of tax avoidance, could the Prime Minister say whether he is satisfied with ...
I am satisfied that every country in the European Union has signed up to the automatic exchange o...
In the conversations with Mr Putin, did the Prime Minister remind him of his unwelcome interventi...
To answer my right hon. Friend’s last question first, the Australians have pledged a 5% cut in ca...
Perhaps my natural generosity got the better of me. For the avoidance of doubt, knights, no matte...
The Prime Minister mentioned the need for new anti-terror laws. Does he regret watering down the ...
I think we have done the right thing in terms of listening to the security and intelligence servi...
While I pay tribute to the many robust exchanges that the Prime Minister and other western leader...
I hugely respect my right hon. and learned Friend’s position, views and experience, but on this p...
Is there not something faintly comical about a British Prime Minister talking about putting more ...
I do not even know where to start with the hon. Gentleman. When he started his question I thought...
Does my right hon. Friend agree that, when one looks for concrete practical steps that might be t...
My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. The change in Congress, if anything, makes ...
Will the Prime Minister update the House on specific progress on delivering transparency in extra...
In this area, on this occasion, the G20 rather under-delivered. We have made progress on the exch...
Given that the United States has been the fastest-growing advanced economy since 2009, based on t...
There was a discussion about energy, and it is notable now that America starts these intervention...
The summit marked the first face-to-face meeting between the Prime Minister and Indian Prime Mini...
I had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Modi, who got the conference off to a good start by...
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on some plain speaking on the European economic outlook, but ...
My views on the euro are well known: I do not think that Britain should join it. However, there a...
This is my first opportunity to congratulate Nicola Sturgeon on becoming leader of the Scottish N...
First, I am very happy to congratulate Nicola Sturgeon on her election and appointment. One thing...
Does my right hon. Friend agree with me that one can be a good, loyal, hard-working, tax-paying C...
We made some very clear promises in our manifesto that we would lift our aid budget to reach the ...
The Save Remittance Giving Campaign, which is supported by MPs, 120,000 British people and Olympi...
The hon. Lady is absolutely right that remittances are a critical source of income for poor peopl...
The Prime Minister is to be congratulated on the robust line he took with President Putin. Is he ...
There were a number of discussions around the G20. I talked to President Obama about this issue a...
In order to compete better globally, we need to do something about our productivity problems—a su...
We first need to recognise that this year has seen the largest fall in unemployment in Britain si...
Would it not send a very bad signal to President Putin when he is eyeing up the Baltic states if ...
We have set out our plans for this Parliament, and we will have to set out our plans for the year...
Does the need for these measures signal that the United Kingdom’s budget deficit will take even l...
We have set out our plans in Budget and autumn statements, we have cut the budget deficit by a th...
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change has warned of the terrifying prospect of global wa...
To be fair, I think that the European Union has been the leader in all this. We should note what ...
Immediate action on the Ebola crisis is important. I know that the Prime Minister will join me in...
The hon. Lady is absolutely right. As we look for a replacement for the millennium development go...
Following the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, it is important for the international communit...
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We—Britain and the European Union—do not seek a confron...
The Prime Minister seemed to be confident that the EU-US trade deal would not adversely affect th...
What has led me to be so precise about this is the very clear statement by the EU Commissioner co...
Given that nearly 20% of my working constituents work in manufacturing, and given our low unemplo...
Our economy is performing well. We have seen growth of 3% this year, a fall in unemployment, the ...
If our economy is performing so well, why has the Budget deficit increased by over 10% during the...
The Budget deficit has fallen. It has come down by a third since this Government came to office, ...
Is not the danger with the policy of talking loudly but carrying a small stick that it eventually...
I have great respect for my hon. Friend, but I just do not understand how it can be argued that a...
Given that the Prime Minister announced at the weekend that he wants to put rocket boosters under...
Again, on this issue of investor state dispute mechanisms, we have these in every single trade de...
As so many other economies are either faltering or declining and thus affecting our potential exp...
What we have said is that we want to maintain our ambition to have the lowest rate of business ta...
I am sure the Prime Minister agrees that we should judge the success of greater transparency in g...
I do not have those figures for the hon. Lady. They were figures produced by the OECD at the meet...
Against the background of an uneven and fragile global economic recovery, may I congratulate the ...
I think this hub can matter because an enormous number of huge infrastructure projects need to be...
A lot of people will like what the Prime Minister has said about TTIP and the health service, so ...
As I said, these are all things that can be discussed and looked at. We should not be raising fea...
President Putin has announced large increases in Russia’s armed forces in the past few weeks. As ...
My hon. Friend knows these things well. President Putin is well aware that the NATO alliance has ...
Will the Prime Minister confirm that the Government will donate £650 million to the green climate...
We will make funds available in the right way following a pledging conference, but we want to ens...
Does my right hon. Friend accept not only that we are facing the threat of a further Russian mili...
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. A number of leaders in the Baltic states have said how damagi...
The current and former independent reviewers of counter-terrorism legislation are both calling fo...
The hon. Lady will have to wait for the announcement of the anti-terrorism Bill, which, as I say,...
May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on going to such a rough country without taking four wars...
I do not believe that a military escalation is the answer to this problem. I think the answer to ...
As the Member responsible for introducing the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010, I have...
The hon. Gentleman raises a very important point, about which there was a long discussion at the ...
If Ebola is going to be beaten, it will have to be beaten in west Africa. However, two things tha...
My hon. and learned Friend makes an important point. On quarantine, we have said that countries s...
Which Prime Minister showed up for the UK in the negotiations at the G20 on climate change—was it...
It was the Prime Minister who introduced the world’s first green investment bank, which is now be...
One myth about the trade deal with America is that it is a global stitch-up of big corporations. ...
My hon. Friend is right. Indeed, big businesses already have strong networks and lobbies in place...
In implementing the summit’s call, which said that developments in green energy will support econ...
I think we should do both. We need a balanced energy policy that draws our energy from many diffe...
Given Australia’s success in controlling immigration, did the Prime Minister pick up any useful t...
I did discuss that issue with Tony Abbott, but Australia faces a rather different situation. Its ...
Recognising the economic difficulties faced by the euro area as outlined by the Prime Minister, d...
There was a good discussion about what is happening in the eurozone. The European Central Bank is...
It has been reported that there is a risk that money given to charities can end up in terrorists’...
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that matter. There is a problem with some organisatio...
If there is another global downturn, will the Prime Minister’s experience lead him to conclude th...
One part of responding to these very difficult events is to ensure that one has a clear and sound...
I commend the Prime Minister’s leadership on international tax transparency and his earlier answe...
I will certainly look at that report. I am convinced that it was the right thing to do. It is no ...
G20 countries have agreed to set out their post-2020 policies on climate change ahead of next yea...
I do not think that is necessary. We, along with the rest of the European Union, have adopted rob...
Foreign nationals who are major funders of terrorism are on the UK sanctions list, but the House ...
I am not aware of any, but I shall have to go away and look carefully at the point my hon. Friend...
Further to the Prime Minister’s point about the progress on corporate tax avoidance, he can ackno...
Where I would seek common cause with the hon. Gentleman is on the idea that poorer countries are ...
The easiest way for people to travel to or from our country to participate in terrorism is obviou...
My hon. Friend makes a good point. The main penalty that airlines will face if they do not comply...
What assessment has my right hon. Friend made of the UK’s readiness to face possible future inter...
The point I would make is that to cope with instability, a country needs a long-term plan to get ...
In the past, I have fortunately been granted an Adjournment debate on G20 membership, in which I ...
In terms of Argentine representation, Mrs Kirchner, the President, was not there because she is r...
ISIS is opposed to our way of life and hates everything that Britain stands for. Given that Briti...
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend: that sight, and the fact that people who were born, broug...
I would like to thank the Prime Minister on behalf of the whole House, I am sure, for coming to u...
I am not aware of exactly why President Putin left early, or what the circumstances were. My expe...