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HANSARD Victims and Courts BillI thank the hon. Member for her intervention. There are several points that I would like to make in response. First, five local inquiries is nothing like enough. These events took…20 May 2025HANSARD Draft National Security Act 2023 (Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Exemptions for Certain Foreign Power Investment Funds, Education, Government Administration and Public Bodies) Regulations 2025
Draft National Security Act 2023 (Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Publication) Regulations 2025
Draft National Security Act 2023 (Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Specified Persons) (Iran) Regulations 2025
Draft National Security Act 2023 (Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Specified Persons) (Russia) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr Stringer. It is a basic moral requirement of Governments to act in their country’s interest. They do that at…13 May 2025HANSARD Small AbattoirsOver the past 50 years, abattoirs have rapidly vanished. More than 90% of them have closed. Across the country, family farms that once relied on local slaughterhouses now face…08 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMany members of the grooming and rape gangs that systematically abused white working class girls have never faced justice, and neither have the councillors, officials and police…08 May 2025HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Vickers. In 2024 alone, across England and Wales, more than 50,000 recorded crimes involved a knife or a sharp instrument, and…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. In January, the Home Secretary said that the Government would conduct five local inquiries into the rape gangs who have…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHousing Supply3. What steps she plans to take to support house building in London.07 Apr 2025HANSARDHousing SupplyDemand for housing is greatest in London, which is where the economy most needs new homes. Building in London means less pressure on commuting infrastructure and house prices in…07 Apr 2025HANSARDProject SpireThe funds that have been committed to projects via the Church of England’s reparations project are in fact for the upkeep of parish churches and the provision of salaries for the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDProject Spire1. What recent discussions the Church Commissioners have had with the Charity Commission on Project Spire.03 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Fifty-nine Israeli hostages are being held by Hamas in Gaza, having been kidnapped in the Hamas terrorist attack of 7 October 2023. Only 24 are thought to be still alive, and…01 Apr 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsIn at least 50 of our towns, gangs of men have groomed and then sexually tortured little girls, with astonishing depravity. Still, not one person has been convicted for covering…31 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryOn Tuesday 8 July 2014, the then Home Secretary and later Prime Minister, and now the right honourable Baroness May of Maidenhead, stood at the Dispatch Box to present the Modern…27 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementThe right hon. Lady talks of financial responsibility, but will she please tell us when Government bond yields hit their highest levels since the global financial crisis, and who…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Terrorism (Protection of Premises) BillOn 22 May 2017, Islamist extremist Salman Abedi carried out a sickening attack on the Manchester arena following a concert. This barbaric act of terrorism killed 22 people and…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners' Liability) Measure (HC 773)
Church Funds Investment Measure (HC 772)Thank you, Sir Jeremy. I would add, though, that the very funds that the Church Commissioners might supply, for example, for chancel repairs, may be the same funds that have been…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners' Liability) Measure (HC 773)
Church Funds Investment Measure (HC 772)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. The Church of England has been at the heart of our national life for centuries. It is our national Church and it…24 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the Minister give way?18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister might be anticipating what I am about to say: we would very much appreciate, in that case, if she could instead provide an evidential basis from the Government on…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman is eliding two different routes. At the moment there is a five-year route, which is for people on eligible visas, and a 10-year route. The 10-year route…18 Mar 2025