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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)I rise to support my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff North in pressing the case for amendment 10, or at least seeking an explanation about why antisocial behaviour is not…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Absolutely: prelingually deaf people in particular do not have English as a first language. British Sign Language is their first language and we cannot just assume that they will…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham for tabling the amendment. It is very easy to forget about disabled people in our public services, and there is an obligation…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise briefly to support my hon. Friend’s amendment. She has touched on an important point: the difference in treatment between offenders who end up in jail and those who end up…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister give way again, before he goes on? I am not seeking to try his patience.27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Edward. I hope the Minister will consider accepting these amendments. I can well see that he might have some concerns…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)The Justice Committee, in its pre-legislative scrutiny of the clause, did ask the Government to extend the coverage of these provisions to include children born of rape as…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)Indeed, and that is what usually happens. One of the cases that springs to my mind involves a veteran—I will not use the gentleman’s name—who for years has carried around a little…27 Jun 2023HANSARD National Security BillWhy doesn’t the Minister just accept the Lords amendments, then, so that we can move straight to getting the Bill on the statute book?26 Jun 2023HANSARD National Security BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that intelligence and security activities are now undertaken by a wider assortment of policy Departments, including those that generally do not carry out…26 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I do not know whether you managed to hear Lord Michael Wills’s evidence from earlier today. He had a private Member’s Bill in the House of Lords in 2014 to introduce an IPA. He…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q 164 It is good to see you, Mr Sutton, and the Right Rev. James Jones; you were my constituent when you were Bishop of Liverpool, and we have had dealings over many years through…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q Did the panel have particular powers that ensured that the job could be done while maintaining the trust of the families, who of course, after 21 years, were disinclined to…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q Bishop James, you have said on record that you support the establishment of an independent public advocate. What would that person or persons do that would add to what happens…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q You have said that there should be a standing advocate, but do you have a view about who should call on the advocate to get involved in any particular circumstances? Should it…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q So independence is very important to the way in which you see these things. You will have had a chance to look at the Bill and its proposals. Do you think that Bill provides…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q Are there powers or other roles that you think the advocate should have, apart from those you have already set out? For example, the Hillsborough Independent Panel had the power…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q Do you think that the independent public advocate should have the power to appoint a panel like the Hillsborough Independent Panel to try to do the job that the panel did, which…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q Lord Wills, welcome. You have been promoting a Bill in the House of Lords to establish a public advocate since 2014, I think. What are the differences between your Bill and the…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Third sitting)Q You have said that the families should have agency and that transparency is important. Are things missing from the current draft that, if they were included, would improve…22 Jun 2023