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HANSARDLocal Authorities: Four-day Week8. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of a four-day working week for local authority employees.22 Jan 2024HANSARDLocal Authorities: Four-day WeekThe Minister only earlier extolled the virtues of devolution. In fact, page 29 of the 2019 Tory manifesto said that the “ambition is for full devolution across England, building…22 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ12. The Prime Minister has been very keen to take credit for falling inflation in previous months. Will he now take responsibility for today’s rise?17 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I hear the point that the Minister makes about the ability to vocalise. I gently challenge her on that one, however, because people who have been abused and exploited for many…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)Yes—to consult the victim or the victim’s family on that issue? The victim or their family could be sat there, and the person could be brought in and be challenging, difficult and…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)This is an incredibly complex, difficult, challenging and sensitive subject. A question arises, though, and I will put it to the Minister. There are many definitions of grooming.…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I heard the Minister’s intervention, but I am increasingly concerned about the point I made about mission creep and proportionality. That is what we must bear in mind. Would my…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I am unsure whether the Minister has considered the issue in relation to the victims charter. The victim’s family could be in court. Is there the potential, as part of the victims…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I have listened carefully to my hon. Friend. Does he agree that there is a danger that we will get mission creep and, more importantly, that the public will see it as such? As…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that the measure seems to be in contradiction to the position that many police forces are in? Because they lack resource capacity, they are withdrawing…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)On the point that the Minister made in his intervention, does my hon. Friend agree that the issue is circuitous? The reason why the police were involved in mental health…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)Amendments 61, 58 and 59 are linked, but I will speak first to amendment 61, a thoughtful amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North. I want to address an…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)Yes, I think it is important that families be consulted throughout the process and beyond it. The judge has discretion, but the victim should have the right to be consulted. What…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)We can all come up with our examples, whether they be of rapists or a missing person, for example—who would not want to find a missing person who might have been missing for years…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North has laid out the context for amendments 58 and 59 with thoughtfulness and with consideration, as he did for amendment 61. I agree…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)On that particular point about possession of a SIM farm, the Bill says that a person charged with an offence under the clause must provide “good reason”. It goes on to state what…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friends the Member for Birmingham, Yardley and the shadow Minister have made excellent points. Once we go into this, we start to find that there are areas we need to think…11 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn advance of the Budget, what discussions has the Minister had with the Treasury regarding crucial funding for the development and uptake of human-specific technologies, as…10 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.10 Jan 2024HANSARD Kettering Bingo Hall: Community Ownership FundI ask colleagues to move out as quickly and as silently as possible. I will call Philip Hollobone to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. There will not be an…13 Dec 2023