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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I think there has been plenty of misunderstanding of our two positions. I think that there are about 77 clinics across the country, including in Streatham and Bournemouth. Three…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Mr Dowd. We have heard hypotheticals about the new clause criminalising x, y and z. It has been pointed out that these people are passive and very nice—they hold rosary…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I totally get what the hon. Lady is saying. Subject to Supreme Court review, Northern Ireland is about to introduce protections for women using these clinics along these lines.…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)My ideal would be to sit down with the Government to make something better. I will not press the new clause to a vote today, because I think it can be improved—I take those…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)These new clauses are authored by my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) and address clauses 6 and 7 of the Bill, on stop and search. New clause 8 would make…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I hear what people have said, but the new clause would make the publication of data mandatory. The Minister has said that there are statistics around, but the new clause would…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister would not take my intervention; he said that I could reply to him in a speech of my own at the end of his. I say the same to the hon. Lady, because I have many points…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)Let me finish what I am saying. There are two main providers: BPAS and Marie Stopes, which runs the West London clinic in my constituency. They have stand-alone clinics, and these…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)There is quite a lot of stuff to respond to there. There has been quite a lot of whataboutery. I will start with the hon. Member for Dover. She made a large number of points, and…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)No, I said that I am not giving way.21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. At the last count, 35 other right hon. and hon. Members, from seven parties, including at least one Member of every party of…21 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaThe Home Secretary claims that this policy will destroy the business model of the evil people traffickers. That sounds good, but when Israel adopted the identical policy, every…15 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)Will the Minister give way?14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I am not quite sure what the previous intervention had to do with it. Is it not the point that, after the passage of time, people…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I remind the Minister that it is not just the Opposition who think that the locking on offence and the offence of preparing to lock on is a crazy idea. The last time the matter…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Can I ask a question? It is my amendment.09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q We touched on what a protest is and also what serious disruption is. Some of these things have very vague boundaries. Peter, you mentioned the Sarah Everard case. For me, it was…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q I totally agree; it should be considered case by case. I would have asked about our local police, if I could have had a go. There were two groups—it was “West Side Story”—with…09 Jun 2022