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HANSARDP&O FerriesOne of the most damaging concessions made to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee last week was that it was cheaper for P&O to dispense with its section 188…28 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI think that that is correct, and I think that that was what the Secretary of State was alluding to. It is also the case that DP World has obviously concluded that it would prefer…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI thank the hon. Member for Brent North for his intervention. As he will know, the reason we do not want to legislate to ban fire and rehire is that we would end up with more…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsWhat happened to the workers at P&O is one of the most disgraceful examples of industrial practice in my adult lifetime. It speaks not to the weakness of our employment laws but…21 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ2. It was very good to see my right hon. Friend visiting the International Criminal Court earlier this week, but it has enduring difficulties with funding. Last year, it had a…16 Mar 2022HANSARDLegal AidThe Government are to be congratulated on accepting Sir Christopher’s headline recommendations in full. I saw how much care and consideration went into that piece of work, but I…15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeI welcome today’s announcement, and I have been inundated by offers from my constituents who have rooms or homes that they would like to make available. May I ask a prosaic…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCrops destroyed, livestock killed, farm equipment stolen: that is the reality of hare coursing for farmers in west Berkshire. One of them recently described it to me as a form of…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceI of course endorse and support everything the Minister said on section 28. Everyone who has given evidence to the Home Affairs Committee’s review on rape has spoken about how…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceThe hon. Lady is making a good speech. There is an important point about judicial listing that we as a House have never really addressed, which is dealt with in the inspectorates’…08 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsI accept that. I also accept the point that my hon. Friend made. Members of the Select Committee will recall Mary Prior QC saying emphatically that we need continuity of counsel,…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsThere is, I suppose, a grim sense of bookending in this debate. We all know that we are very close to the anniversary of a particularly appalling murder—one of the most appalling…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsI thank the hon. Member for his contribution, which pre-empts what I was coming onto—the three issues that are serious and that we have not really tackled. The first is the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI welcome the offer that the Home Secretary has announced to the Ukrainian people at this moment of desperate need, and her reassurance that there will be no limit on the numbers…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and it is the point that the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) was making about policing. It is true that the police have…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI will confine my remarks to Lords amendment 72. Let me to say at the outset that I understand the laudable intention behind it, but I want to explain why, with the greatest of…28 Feb 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Children’s Mental Health ServicesI beg to move, That this House has considered special educational needs and children’s mental health services. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairwomanship, Ms Fovargue. It…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Children’s Mental Health ServicesI thank every Member and colleague who spoke in the debate, from five different political parties, revealing the power and privilege of being a Member of Parliament. We can…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDomestic Abuse: ProsecutionsThe excellent work the Government have done on domestic abuse risks being seriously undermined by recent reports of Met police conduct published by the Independent Office for…08 Feb 2022HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Prosecutions8. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of successful prosecutions for domestic abuse. [R]08 Feb 2022