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HANSARDHumanist MarriagesWe have had some experience in the last two years of getting statutory instruments through in rather less than eight months. I am sure it could be rushed through in four.27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI think we are all grateful for the Minister’s sentiments, but I am not sure that we are persuaded by his arguments. Even if we are moving in the right direction, it is going to…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesI am glad to have jogged the hon. Gentleman’s memory. To continue with the quotation, the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham went on to say: “This matter has been under review…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesWhat a pleasure to speak in a debate chaired by my constituency neighbour, Dr Huq, I think for the first time. I congratulate the hon. Member for Reigate (Crispin Blunt) on…27 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillThe lawfare debate, which the Minister described as “interesting”, identified how money launderers use UK courts to cover up unlawful activity, so the term that he has used is a…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillIt is a pleasure to open the debate and speak to the new clauses and amendments that stand in my name and those of my right hon. and hon. Friends. I am grateful to the Government…25 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI see the hon. Gentleman in his place, and I commend him for his learned speech. Riverside Advisory wishes to piggyback on the Select Committee’s inquiry into fraud and the…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this important debate, and congratulate the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) on securing it and on his…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillIt is happening now on a very large scale. This is what one of my major social landlords said about remedial works: “The cost of this…is in the tens of millions of pounds and has…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on the work that she has done to draw wider attention to the Ballymore application, and indeed it has now been withdrawn. That is happening…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI will speak briefly to new clauses 15 and 16, which are in my name and which relate to electrical safety. They seek to extend the requirement for five-yearly checks on electrical…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillMy hon. Friend is a logical and fair man, and he will appreciate that there is an anomaly here. If a leaseholder rents out their property, as we have heard some are forced to do,…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillThere is not an issue before this House that causes me as much concern as the safety of residents living in high-rise blocks from the risk of fire. That has been the case since…19 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe Secretary of State has been asked by both sides of the House about protecting social landlords and tenants from remediation costs. Will he answer that point, bearing in mind…10 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeAround 200 Afghan constituents have contacted me since August. In the main, they have either dependents stuck in Afghanistan or relatives who are at serious risk because they…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCriminal Justice System: Disclosure between PartiesThank you very much, Mr Speaker. It is a pleasure to be shadowing the Solicitor General—we have missed him in Shepherd’s Bush. Last month the Court of Appeal ruled the conviction…06 Jan 2022HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationThis is the third or fourth attempt by successive Tory Governments to fillet the Human Rights Act, and it is no more coherent than the ones that were abandoned. We know that it is…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestThe Minister’s response to the urgent question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge), which should have been a statement from the Home Secretary,…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMany constituents have contacted me today outraged by the antics at No. 10 Downing Street. One, a young man of 14, was unable to attend the funeral of his much-loved grandfather…08 Dec 2021