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HANSARDRail Strikesrose—15 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)Is there a timescale on preventing something? It strikes me that “prevents” could be more destructive than “interferes with”.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Lady says she was 11 years old at the time. I was about 16 or 17, and I remember the Greenham Common women coming up to Ashfield during the miners’ strike. I can remember…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q I would like to know what sort of impact this has on the morale of your contractors and employees on site. John Groves: It has a significant impact on morale. Invariably, my…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q Going to work and being threatened and intimidated is pretty awful. What more can we do, working together with you, to make sure you retain those staff? It is quite important…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q Just one more question, Mr Noble. This is about tunnelling—protesters tunnelling underneath roads and fuel depots. My big concern is that somebody is going to get seriously…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q Obviously, protests are becoming more prevalent with the social media age, as I have said. There is a massive opportunity cost here to the police force, so how are we increasing…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q Thanks, Mr Noble, for giving evidence. It is really helpful. I want to talk a little about social media and how that helps and hinders you in your job. Social media is a great…09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Does my right hon. Friend agree that these eco-hooligans who are causing untold damage up and down the country should be made to pay every single penny it costs for the…24 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillI notice that the right hon. Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) described people who went to work during the strike as a “scab”. I’m sure that my hon. Friend will agree that…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillMy hon. Friend is making some good points in a great speech. He will be aware of a prolific nuisance who wanders around Whitehall with a megaphone, rambling and speaking…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillIt is very pleasing to see that my hon. Friend has finally come off the fence in support of this very important Bill. With the Opposition—especially the Labour party—continually…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillNow then: I will try to keep my speech brief and, in my usual fashion, I will try not to be controversial. We have a proud tradition in this country of being able to protest and…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThe hon. Lady is making a powerful speech and some good points. She talks passionately about protesters, and sometimes there is a case and sometimes there is not. Will she cast…23 May 2022HANSARDPlan for Jobs: Effectiveness12. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the plan for jobs in supporting people into work.17 May 2022HANSARDPlan for Jobs: EffectivenessBusinesses in Ashfield are telling me that they are struggling to recruit young apprentices, even though they are offering top wages and education up to degree level. I am doing…17 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and I think that what she describes is the fault of the old, failing asylum system; when people get here, they know how to fill the…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe public order Bill, as the Home Secretary knows, will be music to the ears of many residents in Ashfield. We have seen these eco whatever-they-ares with their little hammers…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe right hon. Member is being very generous with her time. She made a point about Ukrainian refugees; a family moved in next door to me two weeks ago. I would like to thank the…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeNobody should feel unsafe on the streets or in their home, which is why preventing crime is probably the most important part of this Queen’s Speech. Each time we debate the…11 May 2022