Speeches by Brickell.

“May I congratulate the Foreign Secretary and Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on getting this landmark agreement over the line? The agreement further cements Gibraltar’s place as an integral part of the British family. Will the Foreign Secretary confirm to the House what further measures he is taking to strengthen relatio…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham and Beckton (James Asser) on securing this debate. It may be five years since the pandemic began, but those years cast a long shadow. Regrettably, the effects will be felt for many years to come. Across my constituency in and around Bolton, the pandemic left a deep …”

“I congratulate the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart) on securing the debate. It is clear that the special educational needs and disabilities system is overstretched, underfunded and increasingly out of step with the reality faced by children, parents and schools. I will share with colleagues…”

“I commend the hon. Member for securing this debate. He mentions the joys of spending time in the great outdoors, and I thank him for mentioning Patterdale Hall, which is a truly excellent outdoors centre that I benefited from a great deal. Last month’s Supreme Court judgment, upholding the right to wild camp on Dartmoo…”

“My question is for Chloe Cina. I took the liberty before today’s meeting, as a former financial crime compliance officer, to speak to some of my former colleagues who are responsible for implementing sanctions at a number of financial services firms here in the UK, to ask them about how they felt the UK Government had …”

“One of the concerns is about FAQs and explainers being published after the fact. When a new regime comes in or new designations are announced, firms and parliamentarians are scrabbling around to implement or understand how and why. Is there an argument to be made that, as a principle, where there is a substantive chang…”

“One of the concerns is about FAQs and explainers being published after the fact. When a new regime comes in or new designations are announced, firms and parliamentarians are scrabbling around to implement or understand how and why. Is there an argument to be made that, as a principle, where there is a substantive chang…”

“My question is for Chloe Cina. I took the liberty before today’s meeting, as a former financial crime compliance officer, to speak to some of my former colleagues who are responsible for implementing sanctions at a number of financial services firms here in the UK, to ask them about how they felt the UK Government had …”

“My name is Phil Brickell; I am the Member of Parliament for Bolton West.”

“My question is about the more than 19,000 Ukrainian children who have been taken to Russia. My understanding is that only about 1,200 of those children have since been returned to Ukraine, despite systematic abduction by the Kremlin; it is likely that the number of Ukrainian children held in Russia is even greater than…”

“It is a real privilege to have this joint session with Ukrainian colleagues today. It was an honour to visit Ukraine and to spend time in Kyiv in February. I want to touch on the 100-year partnership that was signed between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Zelensky at the start of this year. It covers a number…”

“It is a privilege to rise in support of the Government’s Victims and Courts Bill, an important and overdue piece of legislation that puts victims where they should always be: at the heart of our criminal justice system. For too long, victims in towns such as Horwich, Westhoughton and Bolton in my constituency have been…”

“I put on the record my thanks to the Prime Minister and the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office for this landmark first step in the Government’s reset with the European Union. As the Government remove barriers to trade, what further information can the Prime Minister share with the House about how the…”

“I wanted to ask a question about international aid. Briefly, how important is British aid in allowing Lebanon to stabilise? How effective has that aid been in allowing your Government to achieve that policy objective?”

“The hon. Member talks about the official Opposition’s motion being precise, but that is factually incorrect, in that the motion conflates freedom of movement with youth mobility. If youth mobility is good enough for Australia, Canada and Uruguay, it does not run against the red lines regarding freedom of movement. Does…”

“I am pleased to speak in support of the Bill, because for far too long, criminal smuggling gangs have operated with virtual impunity, ruthlessly exploiting men, women and children and putting their lives at risk for profit. That is why I am encouraged to see a Government being honest with me and my constituents. No mor…”

“Will the right hon. Member give way?”

“I commend the Minister for his statement, and I wish to put on record my thanks to him, the Prime Minister and our excellent trade negotiators. The Minister has spoken a lot about tariffs so far, but might he talk about the non-tariff and non-quota trade barriers to further economic development between the United Kingd…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh) on securing this important debate. She is a tireless campaigner on this issue, which is clearly very close to her heart. I thank the hon. Member for Witney (Charlie Maynard) for co-sponsoring the debate. Their joint sponsorship dem…”

“Professor Whitman, I wanted to touch on comments that Mr Grant made about the Schengen information system on border security and Eurodac on fingerprinting, and remarks that have been reported that the EU may not grant the UK access. What impact does not having access to those databases have on the UK?”