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HANSARD Professional and Amateur Sport: Government SupportOne of the most significant ways in which people volunteer is as coaches for youth sports teams, including many netball, rugby, cricket and football teams in my constituency and…30 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillPerhaps the Minister has watched all of them and can advise us.25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillIt is a pleasure to serve with the hon. Gentleman on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, which he chairs. I am interested in his observations about the…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillFrequently, regulators fall back on a requirement for statutory enforcement powers, claiming that they are not in a position to be effective with the powers that have been given…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI see that my hon. Friend is prepared to intervene to reassure me.25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillIndeed, he reduced it to the 413 I just mentioned. Heaven knows what it was before. It is evident that although the number may have reduced, parliamentary oversight has not…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillIf I may say so, that contribution from my hon. Friend has been one of the most valuable. He talked about how the Bill, in providing a statutory underpinning, will provide an…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillIf I may, I will make some progress and then give way. Let me try to share a little more of my concern. Of course, I understand what the Minister and the hon. Member for Bristol…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI will give way to the Minister and then respond to both hon. Members.25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillThe Minister makes some very sensible points in rejoinder. Let me see if I cannot unpick some of them, although generally I agree with him, if I may say so. The point that I am…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillMy hon. Friend is very knowledgeable about those matters and he cites one of what I think may be many examples of where regulators continue to act, but we as a Parliament, having…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillLet me assure you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I shall not be following that example. On the issue of brevity, I am sure that, like me, you were hoping that my hon. Friend the…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillYou have caught me, Madam Deputy Speaker.25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillMy hon. Friend is right that no hon. Member would want to give any solace to those evil people, as he puts it, but it is also the case that the Government are involved in those…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillHow impressive it is to hear a Minister from the Front Bench quote so directly from the classics! We usually only hear that from either my right hon. Friend the Member for South…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillMy hon. Friend is outlining the expanding scope of the work that will be undertaken. I take the point from the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones): this is about the…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI would not go quite as far as saying it is an obsession, but there is certainly an interest in the Home Office in an authoritarian streak that we should be a little worried…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI am cautious about trying to have a dialogue with the Minister through my hon. Friend while he makes his speech, but may I just add a counterpoint to his response to the Minister…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI have been listening with interest as my hon. Friend has explained an ever-expanding list of areas, including data, big data and artificial intelligence. It seems to me that his…25 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Many people are concerned that, with this dominant focus on covid, people who need NHS treatment for other illnesses or are seeking elective surgery will be pushed further back in…22 Sept 2020