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HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationGo for it!23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI’d do it—I’d just make it up!23 Feb 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation by Organised NetworksThank you, Ms McVey. It is not just a privilege to serve alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion); it is also really inspiring to work alongside her on…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation by Organised NetworksAbsolutely. This is the exact same issue as in the cases that I have handled over the years. The offenders know. I have seen messages saying, “We can see you’ve been to the police…23 Feb 2022HANSARDSupported Exempt AccommodationI also used to run one of those accommodations, and we had an inspection regime before we were ever entitled to advance with the Department for Work and Pensions. That is not…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSupported Exempt AccommodationI am becoming a broken record. I have brought a case to the Department of a 19-year-old rape victim who is waiting for trial and has been housed, without any regulation, with men…09 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthWhat I am going to talk about will surprise no one. We have heard a lot about the causes and whether it was lockdown or social media, but I am going to talk about the thousands of…08 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementIt is a pleasure to follow my colleague and friend from Birmingham, my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne), and what I want to say is going to be…02 Feb 2022HANSARDStalking AdvocatesI 100% agree. I take my hon. Friend back to my terrorism analogy: imagine if we allowed the police to freestyle how they dealt with terrorism—that we did not have specific tasks…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStalking AdvocatesSpecifically on that point, it is my understanding that as of June 2021 stalking protection orders were used in response to around only 2% of stalking arrests. Is the Minister…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI imagine I am going to be asked to wait for something else, but was the Prime Minister present at the event in his flat on 13 November? I assume he does not need other people to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStalking AdvocatesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark, and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) and all the Members who have spoken. The…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRape Prosecution RateI spent Friday morning with a young 20-year-old rape victim who is now in her fifth year awaiting a trial. I then spent the afternoon with a young woman who has been groomed and…17 Jan 2022HANSARDHate Crimes13. What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Law Commission’s recommendations on hate crimes.12 Jan 2022HANSARDHate CrimesTo follow up on the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes), a kite was flown in The Telegraph saying that the Government were…12 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI apologise, Mr Speaker.08 Dec 2021HANSARDLocal Government (Disqualification) BillI shall be briefer than I think I have ever been in Parliament and simply say that I and the Labour party fully endorse the Bill, and we congratulate the hon. Member for Mole…01 Dec 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI was not expecting to be called, Madam Deputy Speaker, but here we are. I want to tell a little story about my dad. My dad often rings me and tells me the things I should say in…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPreventing Violence against Women and GirlsI have a point about the funding. The Randox contract that was granted without any tender is five times the amount that we spend on domestic violence refuges for the entire…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPreventing Violence against Women and GirlsHalf the amount of the Randox contract.22 Nov 2021