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HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise to speak briefly but strongly in favour of amendment 2. The UK should be a beacon for human rights, not just here at home but in our foreign policy and our relations with…12 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will make just a short contribution, if I may. I associate myself with the comments of our shadow Minister. The matters covered by the Bill relate to issues of fundamental…12 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fourth sitting)Regrettably, no Palestinian voices were called to give oral evidence to the Committee—I wish they had been—but a number of respected and representative organisations have…12 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)Q I will pick up on a point that has kind of been covered already. Do you have anything further to add on the issue of freedom of speech, or any further concerns that this Bill…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)Q And you do not have any concerns that this Bill could have a negative impact on communities within the UK? Russell Langer: I think it will have a positive impact on communities…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)Q You have talked a little bit about your concern about community relations in the UK as a result of this Bill; I think that that has been heard. What impact will the Bill have on…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Second sitting)Q Can I follow up on the point about community cohesion? Do you think that the Bill will have a positive or negative impact on community cohesion? Dr Harris: It is a good…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Second sitting)Q Almost reluctantly, I return to clause 4. I have been thinking about the practical repercussions of the Bill, and I have to say that my feeling this afternoon is that this is…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)I have been on a trip funded by Caabu, who are not giving evidence this morning, but I believe they are later on.05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for joining us this morning. You have said that you are there to deliver on behalf of the members of your schemes. Many of my…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)Q You do not think this legislation will have a negative impact on that process? Jon Richards: I do not think so. I think there are wider problems with this legislation. There are…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for joining us this morning. Like all my colleagues, I abhor antisemitism, and I agree that if further measures are needed to eradicate it from public life, of course…05 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Second sitting)Q Clause 4 prevents public bodies, and anybody representing them, from saying that they would support a boycott if it was legal to do so. Do you agree that, on the face of it,…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesWest Yorkshire.11 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI am happy to be corrected if that is the case, but the deputy mayor for policing in West Yorkshire gave me those figures.11 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI will return in a moment to why trying to make progress towards those solutions is so frustrating for me and, more importantly, the residents affected. Just last week I held a…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI thank the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) for securing this important debate. In the two years that I have been a Member of this House, antisocial behaviour and…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI know the Minister likes his statistics, and I have always admired his ability to get those statistics out there, but will he not take on board the point made by my hon. Friend…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI am happy to check and apologise if that is the case. Going back to organisations in my constituency and across the country, Sustrans does a fantastic job of looking after the…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesIn Batley and Spen, police officers have received the off-road bike training that they need to chase perpetrators, but I was informed recently that officers are now being told…11 Jul 2023