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HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that we will need to publicise and raise awareness of the maximum sentence once, as we hope, the Bill is passed and put into law, so that it acts as…23 Oct 2020HANSARDMinistry of Justice: Legal Aid SpendingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. I will be as brief as I can. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) who…22 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIt is a pleasure to be at the Dispatch Box for the return of this incredibly important piece of legislation. I thank peers in the other place for their detailed work on the Bill.…19 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. We need to ensure that there is documentation, because we have seen the failings of other IT systems in the past and cannot…19 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy hon. Friend is exactly right. Many people have been confused about what status they have because of the emails they have received.19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI wrote to the Secretary of State on 16 September about the inadequacies of track and trace, and I acknowledge what he has said today about the need for local and national…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Disability-Inclusive ResponseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr Cameron) for securing this…15 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Citizens' Rights (Restrictions of Rights of Entry and Residence) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Citizens' Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Citizens' Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue, and to see you in the Chair for the first time. Each of these statutory instruments is a little legislative beast…14 Oct 2020HANSARDChinese and East Asian Communities: Racism during Covid-19It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) on securing this…13 Oct 2020HANSARDChinese and East Asian Communities: Racism during Covid-19My hon. Friend makes an excellent point on an issue that I will come to later in my speech. Training is absolutely essential so that people recognise and treat seriously any forms…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThe Government have said that schools will be among the last to close under any covid restrictions or lockdowns. Headteachers in my constituency have told me that they are having…13 Oct 2020HANSARDChinese and East Asian Communities: Racism during Covid-19Again, my hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Where there is a lack of empathy, there is also a lack of cases that proceed to trial. I am not aware of the actual figures for…13 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport: Support MeasuresIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken). I share her love of musicals—I just wish we could all dream a dream of a better…08 Oct 2020HANSARDGang-associated GirlsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi) on securing this important debate.…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Unduly Lenient Sentence SchemeIs the hon. Gentleman aware that there are strict deadlines for the unduly lenient sentence scheme, which sometimes mean that a victim or member of a victim’s family who wishes to…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Unduly Lenient Sentence SchemeOn the point about improving the scheme, the Solicitor General mentioned awareness as an issue. He also mentioned the victims code coming up soon, but can he enlighten me as to…05 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationWhile I broadly welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement, I want to draw his attention to problems with existing post-16 students. My constituent Linus has just completed his…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesStudents from my constituency and elsewhere who are away at university for the first time are being put in the impossible situation of facing huge restrictions on their education…29 Sept 2020HANSARDOnline Hate Speech and ExtremismThe scale and accessibility of hateful extremist content online is deeply worrying and causing serious damage to society, and it needs to be identified speedily and dealt with.…28 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillBefore I begin, on behalf of the Opposition, I express my deepest condolences to the family of the officer who was killed in Croydon police station last night. It is a tragic and…25 Sept 2020