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HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. and old Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess). I think we can say that literally, being much of an age. He and I have…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]The short answer is that the right hon. Gentleman is right. It is not the right way to do this and we should think again. That is why I ask the Minister to reflect between now and…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]Before the Minister sits down—06 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMay I join the Minister and shadow Minister in paying tribute to the victims who have worked so hard to have an appalling wrong righted, and to the hon. Members of this House who…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]I am grateful for the Minister’s observations in relation to criminal offences, and I will take him at his word as far as that is concerned. I know that he will want to take away,…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]I rise in support of the amendments in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly). I agree with and adopt the arguments that he has made—in…06 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy hon. Friend will know that when the Justice Committee looked at these issues after a great deal of publicity and some court cases, our inquiry shared many of the concerns of…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]Perhaps the Minister can help my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly) and me. I understand what the Minister is saying, and none of us wishes to create a…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]We have had a constructive set of debates on the Bill, and I pay tribute to all Members for the approach that has been adopted. I pay particular tribute to the skill and élan with…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillTo my shame, I was once instructed to prosecute a list of television licence enforcements in the Epping magistrates court, when it still existed—a most inappropriate waste of…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith), both of whom…05 Oct 2020HANSARD CCRC Decision on 44 Post Office ProsecutionsThe Minister is aware of the Justice Committee’s report on this matter. He will know that any wrongful conviction potentially undermines the whole of the justice system. Rather…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI understand the spirit in which my right hon. Friend makes that point. I suspect that many of those fears could be set at nought if we can do this sensibly. The point is that…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Town and Country PlanningI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I start by endorsing what was said by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers).…30 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWith respect to my hon. Friend, I do not regard it as total tosh. I happen not to agree with it in totality, but I do not think that we should ever dismiss serious legal argument…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wish to raise what I submit is an important issue concerning the extent and interpretation of the Law Officers’ convention in relation to…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe right hon. Gentleman spoke, as always, with great energy and passion. I sometimes regret that his successor as leader of the Labour party, the right hon. Member for Islington…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market Billindicated assent.29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is certainly fair to say that it would have been better to have had the caveats that the Government have now put into the Bill to begin with, and I am grateful to Ministers for…29 Sept 2020