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HANSARD Night Flights: Impact on CommunitiesI thank the hon. Lady, my neighbour, for giving way. To answer her question, we know what the Government are doing: they are increasing the misery for our constituents. The…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryI am going to branch out in a different direction and speak to the motion. It is very precise and quite narrowly drawn, but it goes to the conduct and character of the Home…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryMy right hon. Friend notes that the Home Secretary says that she did not ignore the law, but she does not say that she followed the law or complied with the law. Yesterday, a…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat assessment have the Government made of the role of far-right parties in Israel’s new Government, as they are Netanyahu’s principal coalition partner? Will UK Ministers be…08 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingWhat the Minister said to my hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee on Home Affairs, and what the Home Secretary told the House last week balanced breaking the law by…07 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. As she has correctly said, the biggest problem with social housing is that there is not enough of it. The past 12 years have seen…07 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I am sure that we all want social landlords, and indeed all landlords, to be held to account when they fall short. Does the Secretary of State accept that there may be a problem…07 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityIn her resignation letter, the Home Secretary said: “As soon as I realised my mistake, I rapidly reported this on official channels, and informed the Cabinet Secretary.” Nothing…01 Nov 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresThe Home Secretary is a security risk. She said more than once in her letter to my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), the Chair of the…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHome Secretary: Resignation and ReappointmentThe Minister’s defence of the Home Secretary reminds me of the old saying: “The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.” The Prime Minister said a few…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Nokes, and to take part in a debate instigated by my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden). I will…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI will develop my argument and hope to take in that point. I was giving the background to saying that the one thing that dramatically changed—one of the most fundamental changes…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI know we are not here to talk primarily about rent controls, but they go back to at least 1915. On section 21, the hon. Gentleman may be flogging a dead horse. I do not know…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Human Rights Legislation ReformThe Minister is making a good case for “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. He has used the phrase “review and update” himself, so I assume we will have no more of “repeal” and…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Human Rights Legislation ReformIt is a pleasure to be serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue, and a real pleasure to follow the eminent Chairs of two Select Committees: the Joint Committee on Human Rights…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Human Rights Legislation ReformI am a little confused by the hon. Gentleman’s speech, and I wonder whether the 230,000 who have signed the petition would think that they were listening to the right debate. I…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Human Rights Legislation ReformThank you, Ms Fovargue. That welcome respite from my speech gives me a hint not to go on too long. Before we were interrupted by the bell, I was saying that reforming human rights…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProsecution Rates for Blocking Public Rights of WayMay I welcome the latest team of Law Officers to their places? I think I missed a stray Solicitor General in the summer recess, between the incumbent and the hon. and learned…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Departure of Previous Home SecretaryAppointing a Home Secretary who lasted for 43 days and a Chancellor who lasted for 38 is unprecedented and farcical. What does it say about the Prime Minister’s judgment and…20 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Barristers: Return to WorkOn the issue of solicitors’ fees, the Secretary of State clearly does not agree with his Justice Minister in the other place, Lord Bellamy, who said that the situation for…18 Oct 2022