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HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Minister talks about 82% of people being given a sentence by the court. Does he mean suspended sentences as well as custodial sentences?25 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeI absolutely agree. I am making the point that it is not only about policing. However, in the short term, that is where we have to go. That is all I am saying. It should never…25 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mike Hill) on his introduction to the debate. I will start…25 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeI absolutely agree. The Minister will know, because his Department will report to him, that some of the alternatives to prison or custodial sentences are rubbish, but other…25 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Minister has given a very thoughtful, measured and informed response, and people listening to it will say, “That’s great. How will the Government and Parliament make that…25 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeI absolutely do think that more initiatives such as that should be introduced. Let me finish with a personal account. I have been an MP for nearly 22 years. Before becoming an MP,…25 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsThe contributions we have heard will make a real difference, but on the hon. Gentleman’s point about somebody being responsible, our constituents often tell us that they always…20 Mar 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsI know we have got the TV adverts today, but what official advice are the Government giving to families across the country as to what they should do to prepare for or cope with…20 Mar 2019HANSARDClean GrowthAll of us will support the Government in their attempts to deliver clean growth, but we need international action. Can the Minister be more specific about what the Government are…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It would be interesting for the Committee to know what those three cases are. Will the Minister go on to them?18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I agree with that. It is very well put and is a question for the Minister to answer, because it goes to the heart of what we are asking. My final point in this brief contribution…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I think I agree with the hon. Gentleman regarding the questions that he has just asked. I will say this again, and I say it in every SI Committee that I am on: there are numerous…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I think that is a really important question. On this invalidity in one part of the EU versus validity, the Committee, and certainly the people who read our proceedings, would find…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the right hon. Lady knows, the Leader of the House has a hugely important constitutional role—to be the voice of Parliament to Government. The Government seem to be ignoring…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIf no deal is passed tomorrow and we have a Government motion on extension to article 50 on Thursday, will the Government motion include anything about the length of time that the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019I agree absolutely. That is the point I am making to the Minister. By the way, I agree with the hon. Member for Lichfield about reciprocal arrangements. The Opposition Front-Bench…11 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin, and to follow the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire, who, with my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton, has…11 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019I wish them luck!11 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019For the benefit of the Committee, that is 160,000 out of how many?11 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019I take the point that the Minister has made, which is perfectly fair, but the point that I am trying to make—and probably have not made very well—is that I accept that this is…11 Mar 2019