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HANSARDHigh Streets RegenerationI am grateful for that question. With your forbearance, Mr Speaker, may I say, before I answer, that I and my ministerial colleagues know my hon. Friend’s community has been…02 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh Streets RegenerationI thank my hon. Friend for her kind invitation: I am keen to understand more about the Medway experience. I know that the UK shared prosperity fund has been used very effectively…02 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh Streets RegenerationThe right hon. Lady is exactly right. The future of the high street is not about returning to how things were. There must be a place for leisure, a place, of course, for retail…02 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share my hon. Friend’s anger that promises that did not have a strong financial backing were made to communities—promises that the Government are having to work their way…02 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh Streets RegenerationThat is a commitment that we made at the previous election, and we intend to deliver on it.02 Sept 2024HANSARDCrash-for-cash Insurance FraudIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I frequently get the opportunity to take part in debates that the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot…22 May 2024HANSARDBritish Nationality (Irish Citizens) BillIt is a pleasure to speak on behalf of the Opposition. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) on his success in the ballot and on navigating his…26 Apr 2024HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024As ever, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Rees. Knife crime is a scourge on our communities. In 2022, we saw the highest number of people killed with a knife…23 Apr 2024HANSARDDraft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigative Powers of Prosecutors: Code of Practice) Order 2024
Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Recovery of Crypto Assets and Investigations: Codes of Practice) Regulations 2024
Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Terrorism Act 2000 (Certain Information Orders: Code of Practice) Regulations 2024
Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Orders 2024It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. All four of the instruments before us are about ensuring that the authorities have the tools they need to combat criminals…16 Apr 2024HANSARDDraft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigative Powers of Prosecutors: Code of Practice) Order 2024
Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Recovery of Crypto Assets and Investigations: Codes of Practice) Regulations 2024
Draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Terrorism Act 2000 (Certain Information Orders: Code of Practice) Regulations 2024
Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Orders 2024My hon. Friend makes an important intervention. We know of individuals whose lives have been ruined. They may have lost their business or their house because of such transactions.…16 Apr 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for the passionate case she is making for her Bill, which I think we all support. Her legislation relies quite extensively on regulations. Does she…15 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Fire and Rescue Services) (England) Regulations 2024I apologise, Ms Fovargue. I will get back to my argument. The practical impact of this statutory instrument will be to poison relations between management and staff at a time when…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Fire and Rescue Services) (England) Regulations 2024The Minister and I are bound basically in one long-running, important conversation. The Minister’s proposition is that the public have never had it so good on policing and…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Fire and Rescue Services) (England) Regulations 2024I am grateful for that intervention, because therein lies the difference between the Government’s position and our position. We think that public sector services are distressed…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Fire and Rescue Services) (England) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue. I am proud to declare at the outset that I am a lifelong trade unionist and a member of a number of unions, including…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024The Minister again makes the case that those structures are better in and of themselves. Our view is that that should be for local determination. However, if that is true in the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024It does make sense. I will make it very clear why I think that is different— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Gentleman can laugh, but he ought to at least hear me out—he is welcome to…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024The hon. Gentleman will have the chance to make that case. As I say, if he and enough of his colleagues had supported my proposal, there would have been a safeguard that protected…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. It is vital that we have an effective arrangement for the leadership of police and crime commissioners. The leaders are…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024indicated dissent.06 Mar 2024