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HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court BillThe hon. and learned Lady has a point.05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court BillI take your point, Mr Speaker. I will be finished in less than a minute. I was the person who brought in the 10-minute rule Bill, the precursor to the Government’s Bill, but there…05 Jul 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilThere has been lots of backwards and forwards on this, but the simple truth is that the polling depends very much on the question asked. One of the effects of these cuts falls on…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne). He is, as he so often is, absolutely on the nail with his speech. It is all well and good…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Use of Patient DataI do absolutely agree. I think there is a common interest, frankly, between everybody in this House, including those on the Front Bench. The worst thing that can happen to this is…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Use of Patient DataThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I take it you do not want me to start from the beginning again. That might test people’s patience a little. As I was saying, if the giants of data…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Use of Patient DataI take the hon. Gentleman’s point and will elaborate on it as I make progress. As presented, the plan is to collect the data first and think about the problems second, but the…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Use of Patient DataIn winding up the last debate, the Minister for the Armed Forces referred to volunteering a mucker for the guardroom. I hope that my entire speech does not sound like that to the…24 Jun 2021HANSARDEnd-to-end Rape ReviewMost rape victims feel unable to pursue their case because they feel disbelieved or judged. That was highlighted in the DSD and NBV v . Met police in 2018. The words of DSD, who…21 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactLet me start by saying that I understand full well that this is a policy imposed by an unintelligent Treasury edict. Nevertheless, it has, potentially, the fatal consequences of a…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactWhat recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian impact of reducing the UK aid budget.15 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetCheek!08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetI will be brief. The arguments for the moral case that we are arguing today should be clear to anybody who has listened to the discussions of the last few days, weeks and months.…08 Jun 2021HANSARDImmigration: British Armed Forces InterpretersWhat steps she is taking to ensure that interpreters who assisted British armed forces overseas will be included as part of reforms to the immigration system.07 Jun 2021HANSARDImmigration: British Armed Forces InterpretersIt is a real pleasure to submit a question asking for a change in policy, and for that to happen one week later, so I congratulate the Government, and particularly the Home…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Finance BillThat is entirely right. Indeed, one of the flaws that HMRC exhibits is that although it very often has real-time information on the issues, it acts only much later. That doubles…24 May 2021HANSARD Finance BillI rise to speak to amendments 32 to 34 and new clause 31 tabled in my name and those of other right hon. and hon. Members. The Government’s historic IR35 policy has dated from…24 May 2021HANSARD Finance BillI have a lot of sympathy with what the hon. Lady says. There are many ways to attack the issue; I will mention one or two, including my proposals to build in some changes to that…24 May 2021HANSARD Finance BillThe right hon. Gentleman is right. The first phase of IR35 was about contractors for Government, so the whole wild west that I have described was actually created for public…24 May 2021HANSARDCriminal Justice System: Covid-19 RecoveryAlthough it is important that partner agencies in the criminal justice system do everything possible to eliminate the delays caused by covid-19, some of these problems stretch…20 May 2021