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HANSARD Overseas Electors Billrose—22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors Billrose —22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillThe hon. Gentleman has been very generous with his time and I am grateful to him for quoting what I said in Committee. He has mentioned on a couple of occasions his confidence,…22 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ5. There were 4,621 words in the Chancellor’s spring statement, but not a single mention of WASPI women. The Prime Minister came into office vowing to tackle burning injustices.…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Disability Direct, an advocacy organisation in my constituency, has a staggering 89% success rate at tribunals where its clients appeal against judgments on employment and…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseTomorrow is the Nottingham North jobs fair, which is a collaborative effort between the council, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Futures Group, my office and my charity,…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPrison Estate: Reducing CostsPrevious cost cutting in the Prison Service such as reducing staff has proved to be a false economy. In Nottingham Prison, the prisons Minister has needed a surge of staff to try…12 Mar 2019HANSARDTax Avoidance Enablers: HMRC ResourcesIn 2017, the Government introduced the Criminal Finances Act to great fanfare, claiming that they were clamping down on the facilitators of tax-dodging. Will the Minister please…05 Mar 2019HANSARDTax Avoidance Enablers: HMRC Resources16. What steps he has taken to ensure that HMRC has adequate (a) powers and (b) resources to investigate tax avoidance enablers.05 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Arrest WarrantIt should be a source of great anxiety to all of us in this place that the four Children’s Commissioners of the UK have had to write to the Secretary of State expressing their…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEuropean Arrest Warrant2. If he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of seeking changes to the political declaration for continued UK access to the European arrest…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Future of DFIDMy hon. Friend mentions a very troubling incident and he will notice echoes of that today, with renewed calls for our aid budget to mirror trade interests. Does he agree that…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirMembers of the Kashmir diaspora make an extraordinary contribution across our communities, nowhere more so than in Nottingham. They will understand, as I do, the Minister’s…27 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryI appreciate that intervention from the hon. Gentleman. That lack of confidence has been seen across the piece. All young people have less confidence in the police than we do, on…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryI beg to move, That this House notes the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Macpherson Report on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry on 24 February 2019; and calls on the…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I was about to come to exactly that point. The Macpherson report presented 70 recommendations to the Home Office, police forces and…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryThat is one of the reasons for the Select Committee’s work on this. We are at the early stages and so have not yet drawn any conclusions, but a real and clear audit against the…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryI absolutely agree. I said the phrase was synonymous with the Macpherson report because that report is what made the phrase a part of public life, and people do get very sensitive…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryI appreciate that intervention, and it is a prescient one as I am about to move on to BAME officers in the police. Macpherson highlighted the importance of police forces…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryYes, the Committee has heard that there is disproportionality in disciplinary procedures. That is bad for the individuals, but also sets a tone and sends a message to other…25 Feb 2019