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HANSARD SEND ProvisionThe hon. Gentleman will remember that we had a debate like this one in the main Chamber, and there was record demand—that tells the Government something. He is right that there is…05 Sept 2024HANSARD European Scrutiny CommitteeI have listened to the hon. Member and the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy), and I guess I am the third way because I do not agree with either of them. The hon. Gentleman…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In December 2023 a plot was exposed in which members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps planned to assassinate two journalists working for Iran International on UK soil.…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Adequacy of the Scotland Act 1998Thank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will hesitate for just a second as the Chamber clears—my normal popularity. Three years ago, on 16 March 2021, I presented to the…18 Jul 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeLet me start by commending my constituency neighbour, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), for her courage, determination and persistence in…21 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, The New Yorker published a 13,000-word inquiry into the Lucy Letby trial, which raised enormous concerns about both the logic and the competence of the statistical…14 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionIf we decide to exclude at the point of charge, did my right hon. Friend’s Committee consider whether, instead of this entire procedure, a simple application by the House…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI apologise for intervening a second time, but I want to come back to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Sir Liam Fox). He said, quite rightly,…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionIs the substance of what my right hon. Friend says that if we enacted this procedure, it would be subject to challenge in the courts?13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionThe hon. Gentleman is making some interesting points. I have two concerns about the process. The first is about abiding by our long-standing rule of innocent until proven guilty.…13 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillI am afraid that, perhaps for the first time in all this, we disagree on something. The right to free speech and public participation is not new in British law: it goes back to…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillTo be clear, I do not think that the Bill, as drafted, meets the requirements. I will not press my amendments to a vote, because they are flawed, but I will table something on…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillThere were two possible approaches to this Bill. One was what we have before us, which is quite complex but seeks to address issues piece by piece; the other was what is known as…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillIn many ways, this goes to the heart of the argument that we have had throughout all this. The truth of the matter is that anybody in receipt of normal judicial action in an…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillI raised the first amendment issue, and the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill was responding to that. This is not a first amendment clause at all. The Minister knows as…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillGo on!08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillI have just looked with amusement at the selection list. The grouping of amendments under clause 2 reads: “1 [David] + 11 [Davis]…10 [David] + 12 [Davis]” I am not responsible for…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillMay I just say to the hon. Gentleman that I have viewed many court cases in my time and I have heard judges refer explicitly on many occasions to the wording of the law, but I…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillHe’s the good cop.08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillI commend the hon. Member for Caerphilly for his Bill. It has been long in the coming, but it deals with a very important problem, and it is brilliant that he has actually brought…08 May 2024