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HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]I would like to follow on from the point about beef and meat from Australia. We imported it for years and years when we were part of the European Union. This is not brand new; we…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]rose—29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes a good point. Does he agree that when a previous Committee—of which we were both members—looked at free trade deals, it found that the very fact of doing a…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI am very convinced by the arguments that my hon. Friend is putting forward, but he has missed one useful point. Does he not agree that the generation of oil and gas in the North…22 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Lady’s points are well made and important, but, at the end of the day, does she fundamentally agree with the principle behind the measures? Is it just the process that…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)I am very sympathetic to the hon. Member’s point about deepfake intimate images, but I wonder why he does not extend the provision further to what might be embarrassing images. We…11 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkThanks to a £10 million investment and a pledge to “get Bewdley done”, the eastern bank of the River Severn in the town of Bewdley in my constituency is receiving demountable and…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Flooding: River Severn Catchment AreaI congratulate my hon. Friend on the extraordinary amount of work he has done over the past few years in achieving a momentous investment, potentially, in the whole of the River…13 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Are the courts letting down the CPS, the police and the victims? Baljit Ubhey: I would not say that. I do not think it is a question of the courts letting down. Sentencing,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q No, I am sure that is the case. Andy Cooke, there will be a number of people who are going to be worried that the police may take advantage of these powers in order to get…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q There are different forces across the country. Some could be a bit more punchy about it, and some could be a bit more reticent about it, but eventually through legal testing in…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q No, no—I wasn’t trying to suggest there was a soft attitude. I was just trying to say that there are lots of different examples. I wanted to follow on from Minister Philp’s…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q It is about the response to the standards of conduct; it is not necessarily the standards of behaviour, but the response to them and how Parliament responds. Andy Marsh: The…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Andy Marsh, can I continue with you? I have an observation, following on from Jess Phillips, about what sounds like a nightmare, where you were accused of rape by somebody. Just…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q And you are both confident it will be safe. Andy Cooke: I am confident it is the right thing to do and the right law to pass. Will mistakes be made? Of course they will. Police…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q I want to pick up on a question I asked the previous witness about prosecutions of retail criminals such as shoplifters and people who assault shop workers. One of the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Baljit, you are nodding very enthusiastically. I will go to Mr McGill first and then Baljit. Generally, do you have any comments about that? Is it a well-known problem and does…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q You end up with a negative spiral, where you have less enthusiasm from the victim to prosecute the crime. Baljit, do you want to leap in on that? Baljit Ubhey: I recognise the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)That is helpful. Thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)That is really helpful. Thank you very much.12 Dec 2023