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HANSARDRelationship Education in SchoolsIf the Minister thinks the guidance is right, he might want to come and live where I live for a while, because it clearly is not working. All that is needed in the guidance is…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI beg to move, That this House has considered the immigration detention of survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. As always, Sir Gary, it is a pleasure to serve under your…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI completely agree. Paradoxically, the support services that the Home Office funds specifically for human trafficking are good and relatively well funded for those who have…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI like that sentence, Sir Gary. I thank everyone who spoke today. The strength of feeling in this House is clear: we wish to see the figure for people in our detention estate who…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI appreciate everything that the Minister has been saying, and some of those things show signs of improvement. There are two points I am not sure she has answered. My hon. Friend…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that it is ridiculous that the “reflection period”, as I believe it is called, is 45 days and is considered to be the reasonable amount of time…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI could not agree more; it is clearly a problem, and not just in trafficking services. Sometimes I have to speak to the immigration wing of the Home Office and explain issues of…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI thank my hon. Friend for giving way; she is speaking incredibly movingly. As somebody who lives closer, I think, than anybody else to the schools particularly in question and…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder if you could give me some advice or perhaps commission, in your role as the Chair of the House, some training for Members on the issue of…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesLots of things make a school good. A headteacher who I met yesterday in my constituency had written to the Department for Education for a specific answer to a question. He did not…24 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationOh my gosh! It is like a “get out the vote” moment. I am going to stand for something now, because it would seem that I have the will of all the House behind me.18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI would like some answers about how the decision is made on who is the Commission’s spokesperson. I do not know whether it is a paid role.18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationAbsolutely. That is certainly a concern. This place has a way of reminding us how welcome we are at the moment. I have absolutely no doubt that there are people here whose…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationIndeed. It seems that we are sometimes democratic within my movement and sometimes not.18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationAbsolutely. I want Members in all political parties—let us not pretend that this is not happening in all parties—and all the institutions of Parliament and politics to know that a…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI can hear the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) saying no. I do not know how this is the House being accountable. How is it decided that the right hon.…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationIndeed. What I find about the people who want me to be involved in their cases is that they do not usually have anything to hide. It is a small thing that this is about me, and it…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI thank the Chair and put on record that she very much welcomed the fact that my name went forward on to the Order Paper—before it was withdrawn —so that I could have been…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSyria: Civilians in IdlibThe Minister and everyone who has spoken has rightly pointed out that this is a complex political situation, and that it is complex for us to do anything about it. However, there…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationAbsolutely. This going back decades has been discussed, including the idea of historical cases and whether they can or cannot be heard. If we do not sort out what has gone on…18 Jun 2019