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HANSARDProlific OffendersThe Lord Chancellor rightly says that less than 10% of criminals account for nearly half of crime. I understand that a sentencing review is under way, but any decisions are for…28 Jan 2025HANSARDProlific Offenders19. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle hyper-prolific offenders.28 Jan 2025HANSARD Certificate of Common SponsorshipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) for securing this important debate. We are all deeply grateful to…22 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionThe independent review of Prevent, the Government programme that tries to stop people being radicalised by extremist views, said on its very first page that “the facts clearly…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful to the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell), the Petitions Committee and the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementAs I have said, the policy was nothing like enough to reduce immigration. It was a step in the right direction, but it was deeply insufficient. Migration has the effect of…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementIt is the job of the Opposition to hold the Government to account, whoever is in government. As I have acknowledged, these are mistakes that we made, so very few people are as…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementIt is far from a slur. I will come on to more statistical analysis of fiscal costs in a moment, but if a migrant to this country represents a fiscal cost, that is a fact, not an…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementAs I just explained, if the person has been here for five years and applies for indefinite leave to remain, and it is granted—as almost all indefinite leave to remain applications…20 Jan 2025HANSARDAsylum HotelsHousing asylum seekers in hotels—of which there were 6,000 more cases in just the first three months of this Government—is spectacularly expensive. The Home Secretary’s policy is…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsWithin the last week, has the Chancellor spoken to the Governor of the Bank of England about the impact of soaring borrowing costs?09 Jan 2025HANSARD Floating Offshore Wind: Celtic SeaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham). This is an important subject, successfully championed…12 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxThe Government have made many claims about this policy that are not credible, but I wish to address only four. First, they outrageously claimed that they would not do it. The…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI will not, as I am coming to the end of my speech. It is absurd and shameful that this Government, looking to fund their union pay rises and vanity energy projects, are putting…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWhat I have been told by my farmers, based on the tax advice that they have been given, is that the bills—and not just the inheritance tax on decades of profits—will be completely…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. My farmers tell me that these inheritance tax bills will take decades of profit to pay off, so they will keep doing the job that…04 Dec 2024HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme3. What steps the Church is taking to mitigate the impact of the potential withdrawal of the listed places of worship grant scheme in March 2025.28 Nov 2024HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeIn rural areas like the Weald of Kent, our churches are vital public buildings, providing somewhere not just for the spiritual life of our villages and towns, but for their civic…28 Nov 2024HANSARDPublic Confidence in PolicingMore than 13,000 non-crime hate incidents have been logged by UK police forces in the past year, including against schoolchildren as young as nine for classroom insults. This is…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I was so pleased to go to His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Kent’s cadet awards recently to hear about the fantastic work of our local cadet forces. What might the Secretary of…18 Nov 2024