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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q The reason I ask is that we want, of course, to make sure that this critical resource is doing what we expect. We hear evidence from you and we take it at face value, but do you…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q We all want public money to go as far as possible, and to go where it will be most helpful. As a result of covid, some £76 million or so is going into the sector to support…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q May I drill down on one issue that has come up a lot: regional variation, and making sure that the service is more uniform and consistent? As you rightly point out, a lot of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a couple of brief questions and then something particular, if I may. All of us here will want to make this Bill the best it can be, of course, but do I understand you to…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Can I ask you about something that we have not talked about too much but that I think is very important—domestic abuse protection notices? The Bill puts a lot of power in the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Dame Vera, there are so many questions I would like to ask you, but I will ask just a couple if I may. To pick up on the point that you just mentioned, you are of course the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Given the point that you just made, we always have to bear in mind that people can be victims of crime perpetrated by women as well as by men, yes? Dame Vera Baird: Yes, of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q We have to make sure that there remains confidence in the criminal justice system so that those who are victims of crime, whoever commits that crime, get justice. That is…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q May I take that a little further? Do you welcome what is contained within it, even if there may be other things you want? Can I take it that there is nothing in here that you…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q You would not be doing your job if you did not say it could be improved—I quite get that. May I ask one other thing? One particularly powerful bit of evidence that you gave was…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyI take that point and leave it where it lies. I thank the right hon. Lady for making it. There is a long-standing national partnership agreement with the Department of Health and…18 Mar 2020HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for East Lothian (Kenny MacAskill) for leading this debate and for starting it in such a…18 Mar 2020HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyI absolutely take the point that the hon. Lady and others raised. The reality is that whether a prison officer is 68, 67 or 66, there will be challenging circumstances. If there…18 Mar 2020HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyI will certainly look at that and escalate it to the right hon. Lady.18 Mar 2020HANSARD Sports Coaches (Positions of Trust)Yes, of course I will be delighted to meet the NSPCC. Secondly, if my hon. Friend wants to send me footage to listen to, I will gladly listen to it. My door remains entirely open…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Sports Coaches (Positions of Trust)That is precisely the matter that we have to grapple with. I am grateful to the hon. Lady for expressing her point. Returning, for completeness, to the exhaustive process of…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Sports Coaches (Positions of Trust)My hon. Friend makes a characteristically pertinent point. That is a non-exhaustive list, which is an important consideration to bear in mind. The proper points that he made are…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Sports Coaches (Positions of Trust)An interesting balance has to be struck. On the one hand, this place properly might want to prescribe where that happens, allowing no discretion for the CPS, but on the other…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Sports Coaches (Positions of Trust)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for securing this important debate and…04 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges' Pension Schemes (Contributions) (amendment) Regulations 2020I thought it was an extremely good answer, but thank you. Turning to the consultation, member contributions are one such “protected” element and as such cannot be altered without…03 Mar 2020