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HANSARDPublic Confidence in Victim SupportWe are doing a huge amount to drive down the backlog, which was principally a result of the pandemic. We have increased the fees for both solicitors and barristers by 15%; we have…14 May 2024HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy right hon. Friend asks an excellent question, but let me first remind her that this is precisely the issue at which the section 91(14) prohibition orders are directed.…14 May 2024HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsIt is important to flag at the outset that confidentiality clauses are only ever used in the civil context, rather than the criminal. With that in mind, we are tabling an…14 May 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI thank the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for opening the debate, and I thank the Petitions Committee and the 200,000 people who signed the petition. I pay particular…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI do not for a moment disagree that this is a subject that would require extensive time in the House. Everybody knows that we are now in the months leading up to a general…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingMay I say that I did not actually know that my hon. Friend had had that diagnosis. I am so sorry to hear that. I will just repeat that although those from the medical profession…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI am not presenting any particular argument; I am reflecting the arguments that were made. I accept that we would not be in any legislative straitjacket, but these are the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingWell, I have been told I do not. The other issue is evolution of the wider principle. What if a right to die evolves, perhaps slowly and imperceptibly at first, into a duty to…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI think I have not got very much time, so I am going to crack on; I am sorry.29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI was about to respond to the intervention from my right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire about consistency in the law. Yes, I agree that consistency is a good…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Age-disputed Refugee ChildrenLet me gently repeat that we are not going to do that. We are one of the only European countries that do not employ any scientific methods, and we are working towards the…19 Apr 2024HANSARD Age-disputed Refugee ChildrenI thank the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) for securing this debate and for the sensitive way he presented these issues. Fairness and decency should indeed…19 Apr 2024HANSARD Age-disputed Refugee ChildrenIf the hon. Gentleman would be willing to write to the immigration Minister—I have tried to think about which of the two it would apply to, but I will get my office to clarify…19 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her work in this area. The issues that she raises are of direct importance to intelligence gathering and child protection. My officials have been…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSafer Streets FundThe hon. Lady is right to mention the case of Kulsuma Akter. What happened to her was appalling. I obviously cannot comment on any specifics in relation to the case, but the hon.…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSafer Streets FundI thank my right hon. Friend for her question. She is correct. Roger Hirst has an exceptional track record as a police and crime commissioner. He has done outstanding work driving…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSafer Streets FundSince 2020, we have supported 413 projects through our safer streets fund and the safety of women at night fund, investing over £150 million, including £3.9 million that has been…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSafer Streets FundMay I just gently tell the hon. Lady that, in the last round of funding, round 4, Merseyside received £1.3 million through the safer streets fund— that was quadruple what it had…15 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims of Domestic Violence: Court ProceedingsIt is not in dispute that rape is the most serious offence a person can experience that is not homicide. It is as a result of the implementation of the end-to-end rape review that…26 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims of Domestic Violence: Court ProceedingsI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent question. I give him a similar answer to the one I gave the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). One thing that has been…26 Mar 2024