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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)I understand the point that the shadow Minister is making, which is supported by the shadow Whip, my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon and Buchan. However, is the point not that…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan, but not quite as much of a pleasure as listening to something akin to the Gettysburg address from my hon. Friend…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I rise to support clause 17, which creates the new offence of child criminal exploitation. For too long, we have all…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)That was the joke. I am sure that my wife, who will be listening in, will be delighted that I will not be home for dinner tonight. I welcome this legislation and congratulate the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)I have lots of sympathy with my hon. Friend on that point, but will he comment on the tension with civil liberties?03 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI thank the Minister for raising, in his answer to the shadow Foreign Secretary, the plight of Avinatan Or, who I am proud to be twinned with. He was brutally captured by Hamas…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritorySurrendering sovereign territory based on a non-binding legal judgment and forking out taxpayer money for the privilege—what kind of deal is that? It is one done behind closed…02 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 10 introduces a new offence of “possessing an article with a blade or point or offensive weapon with intent to use unlawful violence…to cause another person to believe that…01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)Say yes, Matt!01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)Say yes.01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI agree with that.01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)She was not there.01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. As members of the Committee have said, antisocial behaviour really is one of the scourges of our communities right…01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)On the more substantive point, there were some missed opportunities to toughen the clause up a bit. The perception of respect orders is that they could become ASBO mark 2. I…01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)I am glad to see clause 9 because, as several hon. Members on the Opposition Benches have mentioned, fly-tipping is a particular problem in many rural constituencies. In…01 Apr 2025HANSARDDown Syndrome Act 2022: Local Authority GuidanceI feel so strongly about the subject of this debate because of one particular campaigner in my constituency, Millie-Anna. Her commitment to raising awareness and campaigning on a…28 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillI agree about the practicalities of needing to pick between two adults of similar age in a shop. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the person selling the cigarettes will…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillDoes my hon. Friend accept that there is not a risk that a black market will open, because a significant black market in tobacco already exists? In 2021, some 23.6 billion…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillI hesitate to break up the consensus ever so slightly, but I do disagree fundamentally with the Bill. In my view, a generational smoking ban misrepresents the proper relationship…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his remarks, and also associate myself with the same remarks from my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage). We have to be a…26 Mar 2025