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HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceThat is a perfectly fair point. We have all had experience and seen a great deal of evidence of that. The more potentially sensitive the issue, the more that is likely. Let us be…28 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillPerhaps the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor could help me on two matters. When these matters of suspended quashing orders are being worked out, will he ensure that no…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI have great respect for the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, but I think that it is wrong—it is as simple as that. I have come to the view, as I think the independent panel…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillIt is a pleasure to participate in the debate and to follow the two Front Benchers. I welcome the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State to the Treasury Bench, and thank him for…26 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am sure that all of us who were friends of David Amess and James Brokenshire appreciate what has been said today from the Opposition Benches. I wish to concentrate, briefly, on…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful point. Does he agree that constituencies such as mine would be more reassured if the Government were to set up some sort of taskforce to pull…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI understand that the Minister wants a consultation. I see good sense in that if we are to take the public with us, and I understand that she may be concerned about setting…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am grateful for what the Minister says. Will she meet me to discuss the sort of mechanism we were talking about, so we might get a better focus on this issue?20 Oct 2021HANSARD Criminal Justice System: Families Bereaved by Public DisastersIt is a privilege and it is actually very humbling to speak in this debate. I wanted to do so both as Chair of the Justice Committee and out of respect for my fellow Committee…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI welcome my right hon. and learned Friend to his place and, as Chair of the Justice Committee, thank him for and pay tribute to the admirable way in which he exercised his duties…16 Sept 2021HANSARDEffective and Accountable JusticeI welcome the Attorney General back to her place. I am sure she will agree that it is also right to pay particular tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for…16 Sept 2021HANSARDMusic Education8. What plans the Government have to support the future of music education.06 Sept 2021HANSARDMusic EducationI welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to refreshing the national music plan because, as I hope he recognises, music education is central to any civilised society and should…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanSome of the women who have shown most courage are the 250 women who serve as judges under the attempt that was made to impose a decent, honest legal system on Afghanistan. There…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThis is a shameful episode and a shameful dereliction of policy by the western alliance. There is no getting around that. I pay tribute, as have others, to those who served out…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanTime presses and it would be unfair on others if I did so. I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive me. We must also work with our allies in the Commonwealth that have…18 Aug 2021HANSARDLeaks from Water MainsWhat discussions he has had with Ofwat and representatives of utility companies on reducing leaks from water mains.22 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaks from Water MainsThe problem we have in Bromley is that 95% of the mains are cast iron, according to Thames Water, and are therefore much, much more liable to breaking, rather than the average in…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseParliament created the Greater London Authority deliberately with an elected Mayor and an elected London Assembly to act as a check and balance on the operations of the Mayor—a…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds). I agree with everything he said, and also with the observations of my hon.…21 Jul 2021