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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Twelfth sitting)Is not that the point about data being shared between the police and immigration services? The very fact that immigration status is sometimes used by the abuser to exercise…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Twelfth sitting)On a point of order, Mr Bone. I apologise to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley. Perhaps you can instruct me, Mr Bone, on how best to place on the record my thanks to my…17 Jun 2020HANSARDSCottISH AFFAIRS CoMMIttEEI was not asking whether the hon. Gentleman would give way, but I would like to put on the record that nobody who sits under the chairmanship of the hon. Member for Perth and…15 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I am listening carefully to the Minister, as I did to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley before her. However well-meaning the amendment is—no one can doubt that it is…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Resign!10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 6(2) states: “The things that the Commissioner may do in pursuance of the general duty under subsection (1) include… (g) co-operating with, or working jointly with, public…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: R Rate and Lockdown MeasuresNo new deaths in Scotland; no new deaths in Northern Ireland; and no new deaths in London hospitals: while I agree with my right hon. Friend that even one death from coronavirus…08 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q My first question is to Ellie, but Suzanne, if you can hear me I will take you as well in the same question. We had the designate domestic abuse commissioner in earlier on and…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q A few moments ago you said that you wanted a gendered definition of domestic abuse. I completely understand that everybody acknowledges that the overwhelming number of victims…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Suzanne, I do not know whether you heard my original question, but if you had a shopping list for the new designate domestic abuse commissioner, what would you prioritise for…04 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseThe very fact that we are debating here today and seem to be speaking with one voice will send a strong message to the people of Hong Kong of our support for them at this time.…02 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI add my welcome to the Prime Minister; it is great to see him back in his place. And I add my congratulations to him and Carrie on the birth of Wilfred. My right hon. Friend…06 May 2020HANSARD Public ServicesI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. As he mentioned, one of the real positives to come out of the past few weeks has been the collaboration and close working between…28 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Crown Prosecution ServiceWhat steps he is taking with the Attorney General to ensure the continued operation of the Crown Prosecution Service during the covid-19 outbreak.27 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Crown Prosecution ServiceI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his answer. Across both England and Wales and in Scotland, private companies such as GEOAmey work in close proximity to and with the…27 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Have there been any discussions with the oil and gas sector or individual oil and gas companies, given the huge number of British…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19May I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend, and to all the staff and officials at the Department of Health who are working around the clock in incredible situations to deal with…16 Mar 2020HANSARDNHS Workers: ImmigrantsScotland has an increasing crisis of GP shortages, and in NHS Grampian—where £1 million had to be spent on agency nurses this winter—we have an increasing nursing crisis. Some…10 Mar 2020HANSARDNHS Workers: Immigrants6. What steps he is taking with the Home Secretary to fast-track immigration applications from doctors and nurses who want to work in the NHS.10 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Following on from the question by my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) about working with the…03 Mar 2020