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HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]On a point of technical detail, I do not wish to put my right hon. Friend on the spot, but can he assure me that early commencement provisions will be brought into effect with…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and I commend the west for seeing through the Orwellian doublespeak of Putin and his cronies. I agree with my right hon. Friend…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsI am listening with great care to my right hon. Friend’s important contribution. Does he agree that we could go even further and, with international action, impose positive…22 Feb 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Children’s Mental Health ServicesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning transition, because it is there that a condition such as autism or ADHD can turn into a mental health condition. Does he agree that…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThousands of families in Swindon and millions of households across the country will welcome the immediate help on council tax that the Chancellor has announced today in his…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland BorderMy right hon. Friend rightly characterises this as a devolved matter, and the Government, far from making a U-turn, have been very clear and consistent about it. However, the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportSaying sorry is very important, but my right hon. Friend will be judged by the deeds he undertakes as a result. I heard today a proper acknowledgment that he needs to look in the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI pay warm tribute to the hon. Lady’s excellent personal testimony, which is so powerful. Does she agree that, now for the first time, deaf jurors will be able to have the benefit…28 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI associate myself with the remarks of praise for my noble Friend Lord Agnew, an outstanding Minister who asked searching questions of government at all times. It was a pleasure…26 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. I know that he is working very hard on these issues. He is right to talk about suspicious activity reports. The problem…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Mental Health Act 1983: Detention of People with Autism and other Lifelong ConditionsIt is a pleasure to address the House in a debate on an issue that has great resonance with and importance to many people and families across the country—the continued detention…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Mental Health Act 1983: Detention of People with Autism and other Lifelong ConditionsI have good news, because it is Government policy to update the Mental Health Act. That is the plan that I and others, when I was in Cabinet, agreed on and I know that it is what…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Mental Health Act 1983: Detention of People with Autism and other Lifelong ConditionsMy hon. Friend, who has long experience of this matter, having served with distinction as Children’s Minister and as a long-standing campaigner on these issues, makes a hugely…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Mental Health Act 1983: Detention of People with Autism and other Lifelong ConditionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the waste of resources that I am afraid underlies much of this. I shall come to some of the figures, which are pretty shocking. He is…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Mental Health Act 1983: Detention of People with Autism and other Lifelong ConditionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He has a long-standing interest in autism issues, in Northern Ireland in particular. He is right that if there is early…20 Jan 2022HANSARD UK Government Recognition of SomalilandI commend my right hon. Friend for securing the debate. I am honoured to represent a Somaliland community in Swindon. Building on the points made by right hon. and hon. Members…18 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Intelligence and SecurityIt would seem that for some of us the old adage, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” does not seem to be well understood. The sad truth is that from time to time this activity has…17 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI commend not only my hon. Friend’s statement, but the deep commitment that she shows to the task; I am grateful, as we should all be, that she is here at this time. May I press…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker. I am sure that we on the Government Benches warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I had the honour of joining an army of volunteers at my local…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me first in the debate. I am delighted to make a contribution to the Second Reading of a Bill that was very much part of the work that…05 Jan 2022