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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley, made a detailed speech on new clauses 1, in particular, and 2,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank the Minister for outlining the measure before the Committee. I will not keep colleagues very long, as we do…24 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)We had this problem in Stockton with nuisance begging, with people aggressively approaching customers sitting outside a café having a coffee. The local authority and the police…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)It doesn’t.23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I did not know that the days of empire had returned and that we needed to consider ruling in San Francisco.23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)I note that clause 38(9) refers to one month’s imprisonment. Can the Minister explain how he reconciles that new sentence with the Sentencing Bill’s presumption against short…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am really interested in the sleeping rough bit. There are organisations across the country—business people—who opt to spend a night out, as did my hon. Friend the Member for…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)I wonder whether three teenagers who grab their tent and decide to sleep at the end of a farmer’s field are causing a nuisance and will therefore fall under this law.23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)I get complaints about aggressive begging and nuisance begging. Never in my life as a local councillor or a Member of Parliament have I had a property owner approach me to say,…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKWhen I was a young reporter on the Evening Gazette , the steel industry supported tens of thousands of jobs on Teesside alone. The decline started with Thatcher. When the…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareEvery time the Government have made an announcement to improve childcare, I have welcomed it. I was pleased to serve on the Bill Committee for the Childcare Act 2016, but I…22 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I appreciate what the Minister is saying; she has been very clear about the point being well made. But if prisoners cannot be removed to a country that is not covered by the ECHR,…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I accept the points about foreign prisoners, but many are European nationals who have families in the UK. We cannot have a one-size-fits-all solution to this situation. I hope the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)Is that a confirmation, then, that no prisoners will be moved to countries not covered by the ECHR?18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)With respect to the Minister, this is a fundamental point going forward. As I said in my speech, if prisoners are removed to a country—Rwanda, let us say—they will not have the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I had hoped to stand here having been reassured that this policy was well thought out and would work. I know that the Government are negotiating with some countries about where we…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I am really quite interested because the issue is about negotiations. Is the Minister actually saying that there will be no agreement with any country that cannot provide the same…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I have listened carefully to what the Minister said, and an awful lot of it seems to be about something that might happen in the future or be subject to negotiation. Many of the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I have already addressed many of the principles pertaining to the Government’s proposals in this part of the Bill, so I will largely confine my remarks to amendments 65 to 68,…18 Jan 2024