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HANSARD Crime and Policing BillThe powers are there, but we must look at their implementation. I am always sympathetic to the hon. Gentleman, because he was such a good opponent for me at two elections, and I…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI will speak to new clauses 23, 24 and 25 in my name. New clauses 23 and 24 propose restrictions on the delivery and display of pointed knives to avoid death and serious injury…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillNo, I will not give way again. Frankly, I found the right hon. Lady’s last intervention a bit beyond the pale, so I am not giving her another opportunity. I am afraid that the…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI am afraid that is the sort of nonsense that I hear a lot of the time. Let me read to the right hon. Lady some of the measures that were in force before the Police, Crime,…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillWhen it was people like me proposing it, it was regarded as comical, but now Idris Elba is in favour of it, as well as experts across the field. I pay tribute to not just those…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe sanctioning of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir is welcome news, not least because theirs are the loudest voices calling for annexation of the west bank. The settlement building and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for securing this debate, and for realising from the first day he was elected that he is the Member for not only Kensington and Bayswater, but…10 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this incredibly important debate. Last month, the well-used Chiswick post office in my constituency closed without notice. I met Post…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Criminal Cases Review Commission: LeadershipI thank my hon. Friend, who is an assiduous and very qualified member of the Committee, and often puts me to shame in relation to my knowledge of matters. Anybody who listened to…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Criminal Cases Review Commission: LeadershipI am grateful, as always, to the hon. Gentleman for his question. All I can say today is that the CCRC covers Northern Ireland and that any recommendations that come from Dame…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Criminal Cases Review Commission: LeadershipI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I see that the Minister, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman), is in her place and she…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Criminal Cases Review Commission: LeadershipI thank the Backbench Business Committee for making time for this statement. I rise to make a statement on the third report of the Justice Committee, which is titled “Leadership…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Criminal Cases Review Commission: LeadershipI am grateful to my hon. Friend because although that is a management point, it is a substantive one because the work done by caseworkers within the CCRC requires investigation…05 Jun 2025HANSARDViolent Offenders: Early ReleaseThe previous Government released prisoners in an indiscriminate way. This Government have developed a more organised approach, but the progression model of sentencing, recommended…03 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLord Ponsonby told the Justice Committee in February that the Government will set out a public position on reform of wedding laws, including humanist marriage, in the next few…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI welcome the report and the Government’s response. It is a comprehensive and measured response to the prisons crisis, as one would expect from David Gauke, in contrast with the…22 May 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillI am sure that my right hon. Friend is about to mention that this comes from a proposal made by the Justice Committee as long ago as 2020, under my distinguished predecessor, Sir…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe atrocities happening in Gaza and on the west bank—and even worse atrocities are threatened—amount to the worst attack on Palestinians since the Nakba 77 years ago. Will the…20 May 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillThis Bill builds on the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, passed by the last Parliament, to improve the experience of victims in the criminal justice system, the functions of the…20 May 2025HANSARD Legal Aid Agency: Cyber-security IncidentThe loss of very sensitive data relating to so many vulnerable people over such a long time makes this one of the most serious data breaches of recent years. It is also a wake-up…19 May 2025