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HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. In the brief time I have, I will start by thanking the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson)…08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrisons: Staffing LevelsI welcome the Minister back to the Ministry of Justice in her new role. Like her predecessors, she comes to this House triumphant about the Government’s recruitment campaign.…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeI absolutely agree. Given the frontline work that our hard-working prison officers do, they should be an emergency service—a frontline uniformed service—as our other services are,…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeWill the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid for Separated Children) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. This is the first time that the Minister and I have been together in Committee, and I welcome her to her new role.…08 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid for Separated Children) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019We will certainly not pat the Minister on the back and congratulate the Government, given that it has taken them more than a year to lay the order before the House after conceding…08 Oct 2019HANSARDKashmirI refer Members to my registered interest. For over four years, I have stood in this place and warned Members of the ongoing persecution, oppression and injustice that the sons…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Female Offender Strategy: One Year OnI have some stuff to put on the record, so on this occasion I will not. The Corston report and others have stated that prison is rarely a necessary, appropriate or proportionate…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Female Offender Strategy: One Year OnIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Ryan, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green) for securing this important debate on the…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Government Funding: Removal of Deprivation MeasuresI am somewhat astonished that the Secretary of State and the Minister can stand at the Dispatch Box and keep a straight face while downplaying local government cuts. My local…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Government Funding: Removal of Deprivation Measures13. What assessment he has made of the potential effect on levels of local authority service delivery of the removal of deprivation measures from the local government funding…22 Jul 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [Lords]Let me begin by drawing attention to my registered interest as a member of the Bar. As the House heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi), we…16 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyTeachers, nurses, cleaners and many others are a vital part of our prison workforce. However, alongside prison officers, they are exposed to the dangers of the prison estate,…09 Jul 2019HANSARDDangerous DrivingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I thank all hon. Members across the House who have spoken in this important debate and made some powerful points. My…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingThere is no doubt that this is a deeply sensitive debate on matters of considerable gravity, and I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this important debate this…04 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe hon. Lady makes a strong case on income thresholds. Does she agree that the minimum income rule, which continues to divide families in a spouse visa situation, is equally…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationWill the Minister give way?26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe hon. Lady is making a powerful case, particularly on visitor visas and the Home Office’s poor decision making. I dealt with a case in which there was a discrepancy of one…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationWill the Minister give way?26 Jun 2019HANSARD Child ImprisonmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) for securing this important debate. She is a…25 Jun 2019