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HANSARDEaster Church ServicesThe future of the Church is reliant on younger families attending and receiving the good news of the Holy Gospel. What assessment has the Church made of initiatives like the pupil…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the shadow Minister for giving way. I find it interesting that he has suggested that all we need to do is ask India for emergency travel documents and it will immediately…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAs the shadow Minister and I know, the key issue is not that ARAP people are coming via small boats, but the unbunging of the resettlement scheme. How many spaces does he envisage…15 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The tragic reality is that when intimate partners murder, women are the victims in 90% of cases. What progress have the Government made since the Wade review on ensuring that…26 Mar 2024HANSARDRNLI BicentenaryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this…26 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillLike me, the Minister has always believed that immigration should be dealt with on a UK rather than a Great Britain basis, for obvious reasons. Given the comments that we have…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillDoes the Minister recall that the Supreme Court judgment hinged on the issue of refoulement and not on whether or not refugees were safe in Rwanda? It might benefit some to have…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the shadow Minister for giving way. He says he wants removals to a safe third country. Which one?18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is always good to listen to an intervention, but I will repeat it for him. He said that one part of his plan was to remove people to a safe third country. Simply question: if…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson). I agree with much of what he said, but I will differ from him on the one or two amendments…18 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeI beg to move, That this House has considered the duty solicitor scheme. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. In preparing for this debate, I have been…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeI can only agree with my friend, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), about encouraging people to go into this area of legal aid. There are issues around legal aid more…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeWill the Minister commit to writing to me, and perhaps placing a copy of the letter in the Library, setting out where the numbers have changed in each region as defined by the…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeOn the numbers, I want to be clear that the issue is people actively taking cases. One retired solicitor who knew I had secured this debate told me that he still gets an email…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeI agree with the Minister about physical office locations, not least in an era of homeworking. My concern is not so much about the physical local of an office. If firms merge,…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDuty Solicitor SchemeThe Minister is being very generous in inviting interventions. He will know that I sometimes hear with interest the words “in due course”—they are commonly used, and it is amazing…13 Mar 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am interested in the Minister’s example of the Panama papers. As he rightly says, when those papers were originally held by a bank or a financial institution, there would be an…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt will come as no surprise to the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) that while it is a pleasure to follow him, I do not agree with many of his suggestions. I…06 Mar 2024HANSARD South West WaterIt is an absolute pleasure, Mr Henderson, to serve under your chairmanship, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp) and fellow Janner on securing…05 Mar 2024HANSARDVeteran Cards: Devon and Cornwall10. How many applications have been made for HM armed forces veteran cards by military veterans living in Devon and Cornwall.29 Feb 2024