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HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI follow the line taken by the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) on the cross-party consensus that is needed in passing this Bill.…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillAs I have already made clear, I am happy to ask leave to withdraw the amendment with the restrictions and conditions that I have already imposed with regard to the House of Lords.…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy right hon. Friend will accept that this is primary legislation and furthermore that I have already said I am looking forward to a proper discussion about this in the future,…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillIn the context of what is developing into a very interesting speech, I refer to Edmund Burke’s famous attack on Thomas Paine in respect of what he really thought about human…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillDoes my right hon. Friend remember a recent case of two treasure hunters who I think got as much as 10 years because they had not declared a treasure trove? Compare that with…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Billindicated assent .12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI can respond to that very simply by referring the hon. Gentleman to the speeches made on the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998. I was in the House at the time, and it was…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillIndeed. As usual, my hon. Friend is very perceptive. This is really the main purpose of my words on the subject, because there is no downside at all in this context. I can think…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI notice that the Minister is reading very carefully from the notes with which he has been provided, and I agree with the sentiment behind them, but I am putting the case in a…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillThat is an extremely good question on which I have already given an indication. Being a realist, I know perfectly well that this is not a Bill to which an amendment is going to be…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI have already canvassed some parts of what I am about to say, but there is more to say, for a very sound reason. Parliament is full of opinions and Ministers are full of…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI beg to move amendment 3, page 1, line 8, after “force”, insert “and notwithstanding the Human Rights Act 1998” The intention of this Amendment is to ensure that the Bill meets…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillBefore the shadow Minister sits down, may I ask him a question? I am engaged in a probing exercise—I am not going to push amendment 3 to a vote—and I would like to know what the…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Billrose —12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillThat is an extremely important point. As my right hon. Friend knows, I have the greatest respect for his analysis when it moves from not just the law into the broader societal and…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillOn mental disturbance, does the hon. Gentleman accept that there are circumstances in which the principle of mens rea may not apply simply because the person in question, for a…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy hon. Friend touches on a point that I raised several years ago, shortly after the infamous, terrible murder of Lee Rigby. On the question of persons returning to this country…12 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe Prime Minister knows how bitterly disappointed my constituents in Staffordshire will be about the decision. May I simply ask him, when he is considering the question of…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Persecution of ChristiansIt is a great honour to speak in this debate and to follow the excellent speeches that have been made by the Minister and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir…06 Feb 2020