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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 31 Reasonable force in domestic abuse cases (1) Section 76 of the Criminal Justice and…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I will just read the first bit of my speech again and then sit down, because we have to get through proceedings today. More than six years ago, in 2017, the Home Office Minister…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Apart from the Post Office.30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I did not know until moments ago, when the Minister was speaking, that we were allowed props. My phone is not a prop, but I…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I will just quote the Minister to herself. Earlier, when we were discussing spiking, she said that it was all too well and easy to say, “This already exists. We shouldn’t do…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I put my name to this new clause tabled by the Mother of the House, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Children do not take cases.30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The hon. Member for Bishop Auckland did not ask me to press new clause 50. However, I can see from looking through the list of supporters that she has managed to unite me and the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It may very well be a “fact” that that woman was not successful in getting the defence of duress. In different circumstances, would she have been able to get the defence that I am…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)How?30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way?30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)The new clause clearly states that the other parent can apply to the court to have their wishes heard, but it is not the responsibility of a completely innocent mother, in most…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIn his answer to the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) and in a number of other answers he has given, the Minister has said, “We have raised this with Israel”, as…29 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way again; it is good to have this debate. I must say, as an expert in this field, that what the document says is not good enough. That brings me…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As I started to say earlier, I think the public would be surprised to hear that the provision in amendment 134 does not already exist. The amendment seeks to ensure that criminal…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Does the document say whether that is on or off duty? Does it include officers’ own personal relationships or does it just apply to members of the public?25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)If the vetting has to be ongoing, where is that written into primary legislation? I do not doubt the good faith of the Minister—we have all said as much in Committee—but how can…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)No, there is not.25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)rose —25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Really, it is unfair on the Minister for me to ask him to do this, because he is absolutely right: it is practically impossible for him to agree to it today, because our family…25 Jan 2024