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HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy hon. Friend should do both. I thank him for his campaigning tenacity on all this. As ever, he is very forensic, as well as tenacious. I make one point. He makes a perfectly…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and I remember him as a television news presenter, so he has first-hand experience of the issue. He is right that we need to deal with the…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationYes. Whatever other differences we have had over the years, I pay tribute to the hon. Lady’s campaigning tenacity on the issue. I think she is right. Of course, although we have…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationThe hon. Gentleman makes some valid points. Yes, we will look across the board at the defendants in these SLAPP cases. We in this House, because of the privilege that Parliament…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I mentioned the European figures; it is clearly a much broader phenomenon. One of the things that we have looked at is the threshold. To…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI thank the hon. Lady for her thoughtful and cogent statement, intervention and set of questions. I point out to her that we are dealing with the tier 1 visa, and the sanctions…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and makes one of the most important points. If he looks at the call for evidence and the menu of options that we set out, we look at the…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationThe hon. Gentleman has been a staunch supporter of our liberties in this House and in the United Kingdom. I hope when he looks at the series of options—there are over 30 pages—he…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy hon. Friend makes good points both on SLAPPs and more widely on whistleblowers. I will make sure we have that angle in mind and speak to our Home Office colleagues on the…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I look forward to the hon. Gentleman taking some time to look over the proposals in a slightly more sober way. I hope that, on reflection, he will…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI pay tribute to all the work that my right hon. and learned Friend did in his tenure as Justice Secretary. He and I have looked at various things in this House together over many…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationIt is a bit surprising, on an issue of such seriousness, that the hon. Gentleman resorted to making the usual partisan political points. Frankly, I think the House can rise above…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMr Speaker, forgive the exuberance in communicating at least the trail of this statement. Of course, you are absolutely right, and I will make sure that it does not happen again.…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI thank my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right to pay tribute to the cross-party nature of this, notwithstanding the statement by the Opposition spokesman. That is very…17 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationAs my hon. Friend will know, we are sanctioning over 100 individuals and entities—I think the sum involved is $45 billion—and the economic crime Bill has come in. I regard the…17 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I will tell you what this Government and this Prime Minister have done: 1,000 Russian individuals sanctioned with a combined wealth of $45 billion; the impact of the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is bang on. The Assembly of States Parties is looking at the arrears. I was in The Hague on Monday speaking to the Prosecutor and the President of the Court. We…16 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMay I thank the right hon. Gentleman for all he is doing? This is a heart-rending situation; we want to do everything we can. Of course, there are a range of issues in this case,…16 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMay I just say to the right hon. Gentleman that it is very important that the proper international practices on safeguarding are followed? I know he appreciates that. We are keen…16 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right to pay tribute to the professionalism, dedication and sacrifices made by our servicemen and women every day to defend this country. As she will know,…16 Mar 2022