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HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersLast week, the Prisons Minister and I visited Wormwood Scrubs, where we found doubling up in single cells, with unshielded toilets, and overcrowding affecting people’s time out of…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Digital ExclusionI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. He has clearly touched a nerve, given the number of people here. I think digital exclusion is often about rationing. I came…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe weakness in the Minister’s statement is that it makes his Government a commentator rather than an actor in the situation in Gaza. If this House and our international partners…27 Feb 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillIt is a pleasure to take part in the debate, particularly with you in the Chair, Mr Speaker. This is essentially a debate about free speech, which I know is of great concern to…23 Feb 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillIt sounds like the hon. Member wants to be on the Bill Committee and is drafting his amendments in his head. I have never known a private Member’s Bill Committee to be so popular.…23 Feb 2024HANSARDReoffendingThe wife of a remand prisoner at Wormwood Scrubs wrote to me recently to say that the prison is so cold that prisoners are shaking, that they have to choose between work, social…20 Feb 2024HANSARDNational HIV Testing WeekIt is a pleasure to follow the Father of the House, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols) for so clearly setting out the issues. I do not…08 Feb 2024HANSARDNational HIV Testing WeekThat may be a good initiative, but it is limited by time, geography, and the type of institution offering the test. Are the Government committed to going further, and spreading…08 Feb 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Aid and ChildrenIt is a pleasure to be here under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum) on securing the debate and on all she…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Management CultureThe hon. Lady is making an excellent speech. For obvious reasons, she has focused on the Horizon scandal, which has horrified the country, but the malaise within the Post Office…08 Feb 2024HANSARDNational HIV Testing WeekAt the moment, because it can be accessed only through sexual health clinics, the average wait to access PrEP is more than 12 weeks. Sexual health clinics have seen about a 30%…08 Feb 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Aid and ChildrenI doubt that there is anybody here who does not fully agree with those five points, beginning with the release of the hostages; it is indefensible that they should continue to be…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformWill the hon. Lady give way?06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformWill the Minister give way?06 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformI do not know whether I am alone in finding the contributions from those on the Government Benches rather prickly and defensive. I listened to the opening speech of the right hon.…06 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaThe Secretary of State is rightly clear about breaches of international law by the Houthis in the Red sea. Can he be equally clear about breaches of international law by all sides…05 Feb 2024HANSARDFraud and Economic Crime: Prosecution4. What steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecution of perpetrators of fraud and economic crime.01 Feb 2024HANSARDFraud and Economic Crime: ProsecutionIn the past five years, law enforcement agencies, including the CPS proceeds of crime unit, have confiscated £568 million from criminals. Those agencies get to keep a tiny…01 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy hon. Friend underestimates his own role in this area, which has been very strong. I suspect that, like me, he wishes that we were seeing section 40 commenced rather than…30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillThis is a point that I have often made. The hon. Gentleman’s “carrot”, as he calls it, seems very similar to anti-SLAPP legislation, which has been welcomed generally on both…30 Jan 2024