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HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady was deft in getting that in. Across the Benches, we have all heard the case for reinforcing free speech, whether that is about judge-made privacy laws or how…29 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why we are investing nearly £52 million to support the sector in recruiting and retaining excellent staff, and in particular looking…29 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI will look carefully at any particular proposals that the hon. Lady has. We have got to do everything we can to protect women and girls in this country and to make them feel more…29 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI cannot imagine how appalling that situation must be for any parent to find themselves in. My hon. Friend will know that we are committed to the 1980 Hague convention on child…29 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for the opportunity to say that it was not the result of litigation that addressed the problems with the Worboys case. If she wants to look after victims in…29 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that. Stillbirth is an appalling tragedy that has the most devastating impact on families across the country. The Ministry of Justice…29 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and let me say at the outset what huge respect I personally have for her and for the way she has stood up for women’s rights despite,…29 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI think that was an almost unprecedented intervention, but wholeheartedly welcome. My hon. Friend fights very tenaciously, but he also engages very forensically. I can give him…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe hon. Gentleman is right. He alludes to the harm to others principle and the great John Stuart Mill tradition of liberty in this country, and that is precisely what has infused…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsOne of the ways in which the courts can do that is to make sure—for example, when it comes to compensation—that, where someone has done harm or contributed to their own harm while…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsFirst, if my hon. Friend reads clause 3 of the Bill of Rights, I think he will find that all his concerns are addressed squarely and fully; I urge him to have a look and come back…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI can give my hon. Friend and his constituents precisely that assurance. The Bill is not anti-human rights. We are strengthening our tradition of freedom, including freedom of…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThere is no silver bullet that can solve that issue and the small boats issue. Even pulling out of the European convention will not provide a silver bullet. However, I can…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In a democracy, we command, rule and govern by consent. We are at risk of losing public confidence in our immigration controls if we cannot…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsToday the Government are delivering on our manifesto commitment to overhaul the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights, which I am introducing to Parliament today.…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI join the hon. Lady in what she said about the hon. Member for Croydon North (Steve Reed). I extend my sympathy and my condolences to him. I listened very carefully to what the…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe consultation document gives hon. Members the precise source; it was published back in December.22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI think many people, but I suspect particularly my hon. Friend’s constituents, will think the real threat to human rights is allowing, and not cracking down on, this trade in…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsWe strived to make sure we kept within the trammels of what had been in the consultation document, but I heed your advice as ever, Mr Speaker. With your permission, Mr Speaker, I…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend for the painstaking groundwork he did in the Ministry of Justice, and to Sir Peter Gross and his panel. All that work…22 Jun 2022