To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Mr Shaker Aamer, currently held in Guantanamo Bay, to return to the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Mr Shaker Aamer, currently held in Guantanamo Bay, to return to the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from (a) the UK to the US and (b) the US to the UK in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from (a) the UK to the US and (b) the US to the UK in each year since 2003.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Anglo-Vietnamese relations.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Anglo-Vietnamese relations.

Will UK trade unions be involved in that, perhaps under the umbrella of the TUC? Will they work with labour organisations in Vietnam on these issues?

Will UK trade unions be involved in that, perhaps under the umbrella of the TUC? Will they work with labour organisations in Vietnam on these issues?

I am not as familiar with visa issues affecting Vietnam as I am with those in countries of which I have more intimate knowledge, but I think the problems are common and similar. We are trying to operate a regime that will encourage people to come to the United Kingdom...

I am not as familiar with visa issues affecting Vietnam as I am with those in countries of which I have more intimate knowledge, but I think the problems are common and similar. We are trying to operate a regime that will encourage people to come to the United Kingdom...

If I may, I will raise that with the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane. However, I saw Brendan Barber quite recently regarding trade union activity in countries in transition in north Africa, and we have a good relationship with the...

If I may, I will raise that with the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane. However, I saw Brendan Barber quite recently regarding trade union activity in countries in transition in north Africa, and we have a good relationship with the...

All several hundred of them fondly remember the Minister.

All several hundred of them fondly remember the Minister.

I thank the Minister for being typically generous in giving way. I welcome what he said about the UK's strategy of engaging with emerging powers. On education, will he say what representations he has made to the Home Office to ensure that the visa regime is efficient and does not...

I thank the Minister for being typically generous in giving way. I welcome what he said about the UK's strategy of engaging with emerging powers. On education, will he say what representations he has made to the Home Office to ensure that the visa regime is efficient and does not...

I am very grateful to them, including the Earl of Derby. I thank the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire for her comments, and her engagement with and her usual passionate commitment to human rights. I also thank the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for her...

I am very grateful to them, including the Earl of Derby. I thank the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire for her comments, and her engagement with and her usual passionate commitment to human rights. I also thank the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for her...

It is a pleasure, Mr Caton, to serve under your chairmanship. I echo the remarks of the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) in thanking the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) for this debate this morning. One of my happiest memories of the right hon. Gentleman is...

It is a pleasure, Mr Caton, to serve under your chairmanship. I echo the remarks of the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) in thanking the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) for this debate this morning. One of my happiest memories of the right hon. Gentleman is...

It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing the debate, on his work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Vietnam and on having the courtesy to talk to me...

It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing the debate, on his work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Vietnam and on having the courtesy to talk to me...

I begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. As chair of the all-party group on Vietnam, it is a great privilege to have the opportunity to speak on the importance of Anglo-Vietnamese relations. Indeed, given that the Foreign Secretary is currently on a...

I begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. As chair of the all-party group on Vietnam, it is a great privilege to have the opportunity to speak on the importance of Anglo-Vietnamese relations. Indeed, given that the Foreign Secretary is currently on a...

I apologise for being late. I was at an event elsewhere in Parliament, meeting children with type 1 diabetes and listening to their experiences, when I suddenly noticed the time and made a mad dash to Westminster Hall. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing...

I apologise for being late. I was at an event elsewhere in Parliament, meeting children with type 1 diabetes and listening to their experiences, when I suddenly noticed the time and made a mad dash to Westminster Hall. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) on securing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the authorities in the US on bail conditions for Christopher Tappin; and in which other cases similar representations have been made by his Department in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the authorities in the US on bail conditions for Christopher Tappin; and in which other cases similar representations have been made by his Department in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold discussions with the US Secretary of Defence on the operational effect of independence for Scotland on the Trident nuclear submarine fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold discussions with the US Secretary of Defence on the operational effect of independence for Scotland on the Trident nuclear submarine fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what projects his Department has undertaken with the US as part of the US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what projects his Department has undertaken with the US as part of the US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had on (a) US-UK extradition arrangements and (b) sustainable development and climate change during his recent visit to Washington DC.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had on (a) US-UK extradition arrangements and (b) sustainable development and climate change during his recent visit to Washington DC.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has held discussions with the US Secretary of State regarding the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston college oral history project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has held discussions with the US Secretary of State regarding the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston college oral history project.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 20 March (WA 159–60), whether the identical median and mean average age of United Kingdom state old-age pension recipients in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the United States is significant; what investigation they have made of measures being...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 20 March (WA 159–60), whether the identical median and mean average age of United Kingdom state old-age pension recipients in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the United States is significant; what investigation they have made of measures being...