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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)My hon. Friend has articulated this well. Is it not the point that people in positions of power and authority are doing nothing? That is one of the huge controversies around this…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)I also rise to support the clauses. As we have heard, artificial intelligence poses one of the biggest threats to online child safety in a generation. It is too easy for criminals…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for that clear explanation in response to both my queries. I say again that it would be usual in drafting to say, “include, but are not limited to”, just to…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you in the Chair, Ms Lewell, and I agree with many of the comments made so far this morning. Cuckooing, as we have heard, is a…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that the mandatory requirement to deport foreign nationals would need to be implemented in a proper and sensitive way? Criminals leaving the country…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend paints a disturbing picture of this significant problem, in many cases using the statistics. I worry that perhaps there is not the awareness within the general…03 Apr 2025HANSARDGlasgow 2026 Commonwealth GamesThe Minister will know the springboard that hosting international events is for the economy, grassroots participation and sporting facilities in the UK. Under the last Government,…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her quick canter through the clauses, particularly the provisions on interim orders and without-notice orders. I worry that once someone has an interim…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)I, too, support clause 17, which will create an offence of child criminal exploitation. Under this provision, any adult over the age of 18 would commit an offence should they do…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. Speaking to the last clause we debated, the Under-Secretary of State for Justice talked about the deterrent value of…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister give way?03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)I want to understand the logic of what the Minister is saying. She seems to be saying that the change to allow cases to be heard in the Crown court will be a deterrent, but she…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)I wish to clarify for the Minister that I am criticising not the Government’s commitment to bring forward the Bill but the suggestion that something cannot go into the Bill…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)I am glad that my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor, from a sedentary position, has endorsed my constituency, which is not only a tourist destination but a place that has a much…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve on the Committee under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. There is agreement in this room about the problem that the Bill seeks to address. I commend my hon.…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that delivery drivers are particularly vulnerable, given that they often work on their own in an unfamiliar place, and go to addresses they have not been…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting)Of course, I agree with my hon. Friend’s comments about delivery drivers. I do not wish to criticise the Minister this early in the day, but it seems to me that the excuse for not…03 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryNot only are the Government preparing to give away sovereign British territory, but they are preparing to pay for the privilege of doing so by handing over billions to Mauritius.…02 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)A lot of good comments have been made on this provision in the Bill, which I do not wish to repeat. I note the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon and Buchan…01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)It is good to hear that there is a universal view—at least among those who have spoken—about the intimidating nature of driving motor vehicles in a manner causing alarm, distress…01 Apr 2025