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HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. If he pauses for just a moment, I will turn to capital investment and seek to address his point.05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a pleasure and a privilege to be working once again in health and social care, although a disappointment to be doing it from the Opposition Benches. It is a privilege…05 Nov 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesShadow Minister.29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz, and a privilege to speak in today’s debate. Doing so from the Opposition side of the Chamber takes some getting used to,…29 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI followed it closely.22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityAs always, I am grateful to the Lord Chancellor for early sight of her statement, and for her coming to the House to deliver it, giving us the opportunity to ask questions. She is…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Criminal Justice System: CapacityI am grateful to the Lord Chancellor and her civil servants for their typical courtesy in giving me early sight of her statement. I am also grateful to magistrates, to whom I pay…17 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the Secretary of State said that none has been contracted at this time. If they are at any point, further to the point made by the hon. Member for Reading West and Mid…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityUnder the early release scheme starting today, the detail of which was designed by the Secretary of State, how many people will be eligible to be released at the 40% point who…10 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the Secretary of State for her previous answers on substantive questions about accommodation for prisoners released early. Further to that, have the Government…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI am grateful to the Secretary of State, but I have the statutory instrument and the list of exclusions in the schedule here, and those offences are not specifically included in…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryI thank the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster not only for early sight of his statement, for which I am grateful, but for his tone in how he addressed what is an extremely…19 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI am grateful to the Lord Chancellor for very timely advance sight of her statement. May I take this opportunity to congratulate her on her appointment, as well as the…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI entirely note, and the House and country will have heard, the points made by the right hon. Lady. She participated in the statement by the Prime Minister and the subsequent…24 May 2024HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI suspect that the right hon. Lady will want to enlarge on the point in her speech, but of course I will let her come back now.24 May 2024HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI am grateful to the right hon. Lady, and I know that the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) has raised similar questions previously. I know that the right hon.…24 May 2024HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillIt is a privilege to open this debate and bring the Victims and Prisoners Bill back to this House, slightly larger and more robust—a description that I fear, after nine years in…24 May 2024HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI beg to move amendment (a) to Lords amendment 35.24 May 2024HANSARDPrison Media BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I add my wholehearted support to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble for introducing this hugely important…22 May 2024HANSARDPrison Media BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, not least because he gave me the opportunity to have a glass of water. He is right to raise that point. The figures reflect reported incidents, so…22 May 2024