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HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI want to speak very briefly about Hezbollah’s role in Yemen and the human catastrophe it is involved in. There is a clear link between Ansar Allah and Hezbollah in that they are…26 Feb 2019HANSARDIran’s Ballistic Missile ProgrammeIs the Minister concerned, as I am, that Iran is using Yemen as a testing ground for its missile programme? We have seen the UN panel of experts talk about the new kamikaze drones…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI concur with the previous speakers. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on securing this important debate. Antisocial behaviour…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourThe police and crime commissioner for Lancashire is watching this debate, and he has just sent me a very informative message to say that he has published his reserves, which are…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial Behaviourrose—07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial Behaviourrose—07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI just want to put this point on the record because my hon. Friend may have somebody in her constituency that she thinks the same about. I would like to say a big thank you to PC…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourWill my hon. Friend consider the fact that one of the this Government’s failures is the number of NEETs—those not in education, employment or training—that we have, with the…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI agree with that. As I have said, we should always start with the progressive answer, but for those who are regressive and refuse to behave we need to look at a reformed and…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI was using it as an example of why a police and crime commissioner would retain reserves. The hon. Gentleman has just proved the point that I have been making: the police and…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI think that is what I have talked about so far. The Minister had no answer to my question; it seems she does not really care about Blackpool police station.07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI will give way to the Minister, and if she does not want Blackpool police station doing up, she should just say so.07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourLet me explain to the Minister how finance works. Most public authorities usually keep back around 5% to 10%—that is the Audit Commission’s advice—because there are peaks and…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourIt strikes me that the point the Minister has just made is a very middle-class view. What do working-class communities think about ASBOs? Were they asked if they were beneficial…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourIf the Minister wants to get up and speak about Blackpool police station, I would be more than happy to give way, but I give way to the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies).07 Feb 2019HANSARD VenezuelaIs the Minister as concerned as I am about some of the displacement rhetoric and nonsense that has been put about on TV stations in the past few days? It is simply anti-American.…07 Feb 2019HANSARD VenezuelaIt’s not socialist—it’s Marxist.07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI concur with that. Indeed, I think my hon. Friend has seen an advance copy of my speech, as I want to raise a number of those issues. I will not address them directly now, except…07 Feb 2019HANSARDThe future of maintained nursery schoolsI am always proud to represent my constituency of Haslingden and Hyndburn, and I certainly am this evening, in presenting this petition for Fairfield Nursery in Accrington West. I…06 Feb 2019HANSARD[P002354]I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) for all the work that she has done on this. I rise to present a petition in the same terms as everybody else…05 Feb 2019