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HANSARDDrones: High-security Prisons( Urgent question): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if she will make a statement on the national security risk of drones being used to deliver weapons to high-security…14 Jan 2025HANSARDDrones: High-security PrisonsGiven that this is a question of national security, I find it astonishing that the Lord Chancellor cannot be bothered to turn up to the House today. Yesterday— [ Interruption. ]14 Jan 2025HANSARDDrones: High-security PrisonsThank you, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, the chief inspector of prisons warned that the police and prisons service have “ceded the airspace” above two high-security prisons to organised…14 Jan 2025HANSARDPrison CapacityThe Lady Chief Justice has said that the courts are not operating at full capacity, perpetuating the record numbers in prison on remand, awaiting trial. There could be an extra…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityInstead of increasing sitting hours, the Justice Secretary’s defining intervention in her five months in office has been to accidentally let out dangerous criminals from our…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsCousin marriage has absolutely no place in Britain. The medical evidence is overwhelming that it significantly increases the risk of birth defects, and the moral case is clear in…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn London, there is a phone theft epidemic, and this time it is not the former Transport Secretary on the loose. Last year, more than 64,000 mobile phones were reported to the…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI want to talk about two aspects of the Bill: what it could have done in terms of safeguards but does not; and what it does not do but could never resolve. On the first point, the…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsPolice firearms officer Sergeant Blake was a hero and we all want to see individuals like him, who put themselves in the line of fire, respected. What work is the Lord Chancellor…05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Lord Chancellor for her answer. Jonathan Hall KC, the reviewer of terrorist laws, has said that the authorities should put as much information as they can in the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Victims of Rape and Sexual ViolenceThere were exemptions in the previous Government’s scheme, but the key thing is that we need to get on and build more prisons. Prison works, and we need to see more prisons being…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Victims of Rape and Sexual ViolenceThank you, Mr Speaker. I belatedly congratulate the Government Front-Bench team on their appointments—I have been a little busy over the summer. The only group the Labour…05 Nov 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsWe have just handed sovereign British territory to a small island nation that is an ally of China, and we are paying for the privilege, all so the Foreign Secretary can feel good…07 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastSince the barbaric attack on 7 October, we have seen an explosion in antisemitism and extremism on the streets of our own country. Only on Saturday, we saw people flagrantly…07 Oct 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI thank the Prime Minister for his statement today. The Grenfell fire was an unimaginable tragedy but, as he rightly said, it was also a comprehensive failure by the British…04 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThe Chancellor is like a dodgy car mechanic. She says she has done all the searches, she gives you a fixed price, you hand in your car keys and then, a few weeks later, she has…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressI cannot quite hear the hon. Gentleman. If he is asking whether the electorate were wrong, the answer is no. No politician should ever doubt the electorate, but it is right that…17 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressMay I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Bolton North East (Kirith Entwistle) on her maiden speech? It is clearly a real achievement to be the first to make a maiden…17 Jul 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 2024Would my hon. Friend consider changing that in future, particularly for the new county devolution deals? Unlike most prior devolution deals, they have not been accompanied by any…29 Apr 2024HANSARDUK Armed Forces in Middle EastHamas are a terrorist organisation that hate the United Kingdom and everything that we stand for. It would therefore be deeply unwise for the UK to commit British servicemen and…29 Apr 2024