Speeches by Brickell.

“I have a quick question. We have talked about social media a lot. We have talked about radio and television. One of the things that truly shocked me when I first came to this place was seeing that MPs were receiving China Daily—a Government-owned newspaper run by the Chinese Communist party’s propaganda arm—in their po…”

“I want to stick to the topic of finances. The UK Government imposed sanctions on African Initiative and three key individuals associated with it in July of this year, and those sanctions comprise asset freezes and a travel ban. How effective do both of you believe the UK Government’s and international initiatives have …”

“I am particularly interested in the money behind some of this, so I have two questions, perhaps starting with Dr Giustozzi. You have talked about the commercial nature of some of the disinformation and the activity that is taking place in Africa. Can you give us a sense of how much money Russia, as an example, is putti…”

“To be really clear, if you are an influencer on TikTok or another social media platform and you are getting paid to propagate the Chinese state’s messaging, under the FIRS on the enhanced tier, would you have to register?”

“Mr Yeh, I am curious to hear what your thoughts are on the enhanced tier of FIRS.”

“I cannot speak for other Members, but I certainly did not. To what extent is the Chinese Communist party also using printed publications akin to China Daily to pursue that agenda?”

“I have a quick question. We have talked about social media a lot. We have talked about radio and television. One of the things that truly shocked me when I first came to this place was seeing that MPs were receiving China Daily—a Government-owned newspaper run by the Chinese Communist party’s propaganda arm—in their po…”

“My hon. Friend mentioned the unlawful constitutional vandalism wrought by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Having read recent reporting by The Guardian on his many commercial activities since leaving this place, does my hon. Friend agree that far stricter enforcement is required on the revolving door between Govern…”

“T6. Members of the all-party group on anti-corruption and responsible tax, which I chair, had the opportunity to meet National Economic Crime Centre officers last week and discuss the work that NECC is doing to disrupt money laundering and tax evasion, including through its landmark Operation Machinize. High-street mon…”

“Will the right hon. Member give way?”

“To go back to the point that the Minister was making earlier about control, can he confirm to the House that, contrary to the reasoned amendment in the name of the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage), we are not ceding control of the Diego Garcia military base, consistent with clause 3?”

“It is a pleasure to speak in support of the Bill, which safeguards our national security and protects our constituents. Diego Garcia is one of the most important military bases in the world. From that facility, Britain and the United States project stability across the Indian ocean, the Gulf and the wider Indo-Pacific.…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I am sure that the Minister will come to that in his closing remarks. I have to concur with other Members that the way the Chagossians were treated in the ’60s and ’70s was utterly shameful. I am proud that there will be rights of return, and the ability to visit. Conservative Members claim to be the champions of defen…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Labour has finished what the previous Government started—what was left to us after former Prime Minister Liz Truss let the genie out of the bottle in starting negotiations with Mauritius in 2022. That was reported, and much maligned, by Matthew Parris in The Spectator at the time—let us…”

“I will make some progress, if I may. I wanted to intervene on Opposition Members earlier, but was not allowed to. It was the Conservatives who rightly described the situation in 2022 as unsustainable, and it was they who held 11 rounds of talks on sovereignty. In 2023, when he was Prime Minister, the right hon. Member …”

“Thank you for those responses. I want to ask a question on Brexit border infrastructure. We have talked about SPS. Politico reported last month that the previous Government spent £700 million on ports infrastructure after the UK left the EU. That was in addition to the £120 million spent by UK ports, plus the National …”

“I have a couple of other questions for you, Paymaster General, on borders, which you mentioned in your opening remarks. As I understand it, the EU did not agree to a formal returns mechanism on irregular migration in the Common Understanding back in May. Instead, what we have seen has been bilateral agreements, most no…”

“On Erasmus+, the Financial Times reported last month that the Department for Education has put out a formal tender for an organisation to run the UK’s participation. Does that mean the terms of any UK putative participation in the Erasmus+ programme have been agreed now?”

“Going back to the comments you made at the start about jobs, Paymaster General, I visited over the summer a local trailer manufacturing business in my Bolton West constituency, and they were telling me, on conformity of assessment and conformity of production, they have to manufacture to three different regulatory regi…”