Speeches by Charalambous.

“In his statement, the Prime Minister mentioned the drone attack on RAF Akrotiri and the UK’s support for the security of friends and partners in Cyprus. How is the UK co-ordinating efforts with the Cyprus Government to ensure the safety of the whole island, including the bases?”

“It would be DBT.”

“This is about safeguarding human rights in supply chains to the UK. An estimated 27.6 million people are currently working in forced labour. Two thirds of those people find their way into supply chains. At the moment, the UK does not have the best process for working out whether supply chains are using forced labour. T…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the International Day of Education. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. This Saturday, the 24th of January, will mark the eighth International Day of Education, which was established by the United Nations to highlight the importance of education for peac…”

“I thank all Members who contributed to this wide-ranging debate. We have had lots of incredible insights into what education means, particularly from my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth), who talked about the young man who lived at a rubbish tip in Kigali and now has a Harvard scholarship. That…”

“So it is a very rare occurrence.”

“When Baroness Scotland came to give evidence in a previous session, she talked about the Attorney General wearing two hats. One was as an adviser to Parliament, where Parliament can ask for advice of the Attorney General in relation to certain matters. But how do you understand the Attorney General’s role in relation t…”

“Lord Hermer, my question is on the length of time that cases take. Civil and criminal cases can take a number of years and the sub judice rule may be in place for a number of years while those cases are going on. Is the sub judice rule a disproportionate restriction on the freedom of speech of parliamentarians, given t…”

“Yes, that’s right, because it is the UN International Day of Education.”

“I understand the pressures that the Backbench Business Committee is under. We will happily take the debate whenever time is available. I just wanted to refer to that date as the reason for the debate. If it was a few weeks later, that would not be a problem.”

“Thank you. I am chair of the APPG on global education. Since I submitted the application a further two people—David Reed and Janet Daby—have added their names to it. International Day of Education is 24 January, which falls on a Saturday this year. There is an error in the application: my preferred date is Thursday 22 …”

“Do you think that some delays could have been avoided? The two things I am thinking about are the readiness of the Bills and delays in the other place, which have led to things taking time to come to us.”

“Professor Lewis, the Contempt of Court Act, and the recommendations contained in your report for reform thereof, revolve around concepts such as “non-trivial”, “substantial risk” and “serious impact”. Can you tell us a bit more about how those are defined?”

“Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General provided us with written evidence suggesting that the Speaker of the House should publish guidance on what he or she should take into account when granting a waiver. Would that have been helpful to you when you were Attorney General?”

“Professor Lewis, the Contempt of Court Act, and the recommendations contained in your report for reform thereof, revolve around concepts such as “non-trivial”, “substantial risk” and “serious impact”. Can you tell us a bit more about how those are defined?”

“Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General provided us with written evidence suggesting that the Speaker of the House should publish guidance on what he or she should take into account when granting a waiver. Would that have been helpful to you when you were Attorney General?”

“Peter, it’s good to be reacquainted—”

“What about the effectiveness? Many MPs from that particular party would know the candidates, but others from other parties may not, particularly if they were newly elected MPs. We recently had the situation in which more than half the House were freshly elected, and they were asked within weeks to choose Select Committ…”

“We are doing an inquiry into the internal elections in Parliament for Select Committee Chairs. The candidates putting themselves forward are all from the same political party, because it has been agreed beforehand which Committees will be chaired by which political party. Would your answers in relation to hustings and …”

“Peter has overseen a number of elections in Enfield over the years, including ones that I have been involved in. My question is about excessive electioneering. Do you see that excessive electioneering tends to have a negative impact on candidates’ electoral fortunes? Some people would say of some candidates, “The more …”