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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q People in this country have the right to protest peacefully. If the proposed changes are enacted, what will you be able to do to ensure that the public do not lose the right to…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Mr Apter, do you have anything to add from the federation’s point of view? John Apter: Obviously, the relationship with the public is integral to our style of policing and for the…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Finally, you have both expressed the view that the policing of the coronavirus regulations over the last year has increased the strain that is felt between the police and the…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Thank you very much.18 May 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghThank you for calling me to speak on this very sad occasion, Madam Deputy Speaker. Like you, I met the Duke of Edinburgh a number of times in my role as MP for Garston and…12 Apr 2021HANSARD Liverpool City CouncilI am shocked by the findings that the Secretary of State has outlined to the House today and I assure him that I will read the report extremely carefully once it is published.…24 Mar 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis 300-page incoherent mish-mash of a Bill contains some truly odious measures, and I have time to deal with only one of them: the dangerous and unjustifiable crackdown on the…16 Mar 2021HANSARDNHS Staff PayNHS staff feel betrayed by this Government on pay. In July, the Secretary of State—who really ought to be in the Chamber today answering for his responsibilities—said the…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe Chancellor is by instinct a small state ideologue who slashes the public realm, but he prefers to claim to be a Keynesian spender who dispenses largesse to those affected by…08 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapIn Liverpool, only 23% of those who applied for a test, trace and isolate payment received it, and over two fifths of them received a discretionary payment from money that is now…22 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersThree and a half years ago, 72 people lost their lives in the horrors of Grenfell Tower, and many hundreds more survivors were injured and traumatised. We must never forget them.…01 Feb 2021HANSARDCouncil Tax: Government’s Proposed IncreaseWe have the worst recession of any major economy. The virus is still not under control. Many thousands of my constituents in Liverpool and Knowsley have lost their jobs, have lost…25 Jan 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogMany court users and their representatives are asking for courts to be closed again because of increasing covid outbreaks. Her Majesty’s chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution…20 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Musicians: EU Visa ArrangementsI have been listening to the Minister’s replies, and it is always somebody else’s fault with this Government, isn’t it? Our world-class events and production companies, such as…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthThere are no staff!01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthIt seems to me, listening to the debate and to my constituents, that the Government have a problem with being trusted in this field at the moment. Much of that—I am trying to be…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthI will. The hon. Gentleman talks about Nightingale hospitals, but there are not enough people to staff the Nightingale hospitals. We would have to take them out of the hospitals…01 Dec 2020HANSARDHome Learning: IT ProvisionWhat steps he is taking to ensure that all pupils have laptops and internet access when required to learn from home.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Restrictions on Gyms and SportDoes that imply that if there is a further national lockdown in the new year, gyms will all have to close again?23 Nov 2020HANSARDHome Learning: IT ProvisionKnowsley is one of the most deprived boroughs in the country and has had its allocation of laptops cut from 1,065 to 282 since the Government’s 80% cut in allocations. Fifty-six…23 Nov 2020