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HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point: this is not just for this crisis. He will have seen the excellent article in The Spectator by Professor Richard Ekins, where he and Sir Stephen…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am afraid that I am now going to reduce the level of excitement by returning to some rather technical and boring but I think important legal details of the Bill, because we all…07 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsIt is a pleasure to follow my fellow Select Committee Chair, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson). This hugely important issue and debate…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsMy hon. Friend is making a most important point and I entirely agree with her. Does she agree that that links into the importance of proper, careful and sensitive investigation by…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAre local authorities ruled in or ruled out?28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the Minister, as it does. I hope that he makes sure that we have a timely response; perhaps he can meet me once our Committee has reported.28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am very grateful to the hon. Lady. We heard very compelling testimony on precisely those points. That is not to say that some people who are serving IPP sentences have not…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful for the chance to speak in the debate. This area of the Bill raises a number of important criminal justice matters, and I am grateful to the Minister for his very…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe Minister is absolutely right to pay tribute to Lissie Harper and to our emergency services. He also makes the point that these are not isolated incidents. Will he take on…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeThe Secretary of State is right to draw a distinction between that which needs to be done immediately to deal with the appalling behaviour of Putin and his cronies and the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCatalytic Converter TheftIn many areas of the country, crime is going down. It is going down in many areas in Bromley and Chislehurst, but one area where it is not is the explosion in catalytic converter…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCatalytic Converter Theft12. What steps her Department is taking to tackle catalytic converter theft.28 Feb 2022HANSARDFinancial CrimeMight I say, Mr Speaker, that the Law Officers are entitled to perhaps a good half an hour of the House’s time as well? The Solicitor General probably has more experience of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLondon accounts for 13% of the UK’s population and 22% of its gross domestic product. The issue of how London is governed is important to the whole country. We used to have…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Taiwan Friendship and Co-operationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) and my right hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) on securing this…10 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I fear that, in local government terms, I am perhaps in the same vintage as the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Sir George Howarth) and have perhaps also experienced the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDUK’s Human Rights FrameworkI am grateful that my right hon. Friend made reference to the independent review of the Human Rights Act. I am sure he would want to join me in thanking the right hon. Sir Peter…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Following this excellent document and having recognised the value of cultural investment, will my…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI have great respect for the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham), but I am afraid I have to disagree with his characterisation of the Bill. It makes modest reforms,…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts Billrose—25 Jan 2022