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HANSARDSerious ViolenceMy hon. Friend makes an important point about the importance of having statutory youth services, and more so because most young people spend most of their life outside school,…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and this is not just an issue for councils of a particular political colour. Austerity is hitting the ability of councils of all political…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceI do not think I was confused at all. I know the point that the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle is trying to make, and my point is that this is so much more than party…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceThis is not about party politics for me. It is about the lives of people I live among—my friends’ children’s lives and the lives of some of the women and children on the street…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceThis is a very important subject, and it is at the forefront of many of our constituents’ minds. The House respects the fact that the Home Secretary chose to open this debate…15 May 2019HANSARD Places of Worship: Security FundingI thank the Home Secretary for prior sight of his statement. The Opposition welcome his statement in principle, particularly the Ramadan package. We are aware that there is…07 May 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian Assangeindicated dissent.11 Apr 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian AssangeI thank the Home Secretary for his account of events. On the Labour Benches, we are glad that Julian Assange will be able to access medical care, treatment and facilities, because…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian Assangerose—11 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) on securing this important urgent question. The whole House knows that the Windrush generation was let down…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Access to Medical CannabisIt is shameful that we saw those scenes at Southend airport, and that families continue to suffer because the arrangements are so slow. It is, however, appropriate that we are…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeI am grateful to the Speaker. Let me say finally that there are some in this House who are the children of the Windrush generation. Whether we are on the Front Benches or the Back…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeI thank the Home Secretary for early sight of his statement. I also wish to place on record our gratitude to Martin Forde QC and his colleagues for the advice he has provided. I…03 Apr 2019HANSARDRight-wing ExtremismThe Home Secretary will be aware of recent reports that right-wing extremists are gaining access to ISIS-related terrorist training materials. The House should be aware that just…01 Apr 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKOn the question of children, which the Minister addressed a few sentences ago, we have seen that journalists, aid workers and United Nations officials can go in and out of Syrian…18 Mar 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKI apologise to the Minister. I was referring to her earlier remarks about far-right terrorist responsibility for the atrocity in New Zealand. I wanted to understand whether she…18 Mar 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKDoes my hon. Friend agree that telling first-generation British citizens of Bangladeshi origin that their citizenship can be stripped from them at will is potentially…18 Mar 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKI am well aware that the Government advise people that it is not safe to travel to Syria. However, the Minister will be aware that children, particularly those who may only be a…18 Mar 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKCan the Minister provide the House with figures about the number of far-right terrorists we are engaged with, or who are perhaps currently going through the Prevent programme?18 Mar 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKIn the light of the terrorist atrocity in Canterbury, New Zealand, this debate about a petition that quite correctly expresses horror and condemnation of terrorism, whatever its…18 Mar 2019