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HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI wonder whether the right hon. Lady agrees that the Bill is partly about enabling self-restraint, and therefore putting certain things that cannot be done into the Bill provides…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillDoes the right hon. Member agree that it is all well and good having oversight after the effect, but there is a real danger that the authority providing authorisation before the…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI did apply to speak, but I was refused by the Speaker’s Office, so I have been listening to the debate in my office. Would it not be better if we took a Canadian or even an…05 Oct 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationI welcome the fact that the Minister has tried to take some of the heat out of this discussion and that she has at least come forward with some conclusions, because the wait has…24 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 RestrictionsBut does the Attorney General not agree that greater parliamentary scrutiny would prevent some of the wrong convictions and charges, and enable the police to better enforce the…24 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 RestrictionsWhat discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effectiveness of the legal framework governing covid-19 restrictions.24 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillDoes the hon. Gentleman think it might also cause difficulty because part of the triple lock is a political decision, which might, particularly with the balance in Northern…23 Sept 2020HANSARDEnd of Eviction MoratoriumMinisters will know from my interventions and interests in this place that I am not an enemy of the landlord, but it seems to me that the balance here is totally wrong. Landlords…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillMy right hon. Friend was touching on an important point that Members on the Government Benches have touched on as well. The problem is, as it stands, the long investigations and…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillCan the hon. Gentleman tell me how those things are not already taken into account under current provisions in courts and in decisions to prosecute?23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillThat is why I used the example of blindness: the point of knowledge would be the first time that sight is lost, but total sight loss could take much longer. [ Interruption. ] The…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillThere are two substantial parts of the Bill: the criminal part, which in my view puts an unnecessary burden on the prosecution of war crimes and other crimes, and the civil part,…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Birmingham Attacks and Extinction Rebellion ProtestsFive white billionaire men own the vast majority of the papers in our country. That is not free press; that is monopolistic press. It is laughable to suggest that one day of…07 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThe Foreign Secretary’s colleague the Minister for Africa and I have visited aid projects on the continent a number of times. Liberia was one of the first trips we went on. We saw…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI am pleased to follow Members’ impassioned speeches about their communities and to hear a bit more about Rother Valley just now. I was reading today’s Daily Telegraph , which is…22 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI am a fan of the Kingdom of Sussex and I still sing “Sussex by the Sea” on our national day, but is that not an argument for keeping within county boundaries or historic national…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillWhen I went to the Table Office a few weeks ago to pick up this Bill I picked up the wrong one, and I was reading it and thinking, “This is a particularly good Bill and it seems…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillNo, I am afraid that time is very tight. The predecessor Committee to mine suggested 10%, with a 15% allowance in exceptional circumstances. That was agreed across the parties in…14 Jul 2020