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HANSARDOverseas TerritoriesI entirely agree. I am glad to say that the Chief Minister of Gibraltar made a clear statement after that unfortunate comment was made, making it clear that there was no question…11 May 2023HANSARDOverseas TerritoriesThis has been a most welcome and important debate, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) on securing it. We have talked about the…11 May 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesWill the Minister set out, either here or in the Library, what evidence he has that suggests the risk is significantly greater at five years as opposed to 10? What statistics lead…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesI very much hope that it will, because it is certainly true that that was a problem. Delays in transfer to secure beds were demonstrated to us in the evidence. I hope the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course, he speaks with great experience as a long-standing solicitor specialising in criminal work. He and I have seen this in our…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesI beg to move, That this House has considered the Third Report of the Justice Committee, IPP Sentences, HC 266, and the Government response, HC 933. It is a pleasure to serve…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesI thank all Members who have spoken so powerfully in the debate. Of course, we look forward to engaging with the Minister and the Government on the action plan, but I must say…27 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Immigration Bill: ECHR CompatibilityI have no doubt, and nor has anyone in this House, about the Attorney General’s commitment or that of Conservative Members to the European convention on human rights. Beyond the…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Classical Music: Funding and SupportLet me add my congratulations to the Minister on what will happen in the coming weeks. I hope she will accept that there is a particular issue in relation to London, which…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Classical Music: Funding and SupportI only intervene briefly in this debate to repeat my congratulations to the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate (Bambos Charalambous) on securing it, and to make a few quick points…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Classical Music: Funding and SupportI warmly congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. He and I were at a meeting yesterday with members of the company of the English National Opera. They are in the…29 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ10. As the Deputy Prime Minister will know, stroke is the greatest cause of adult disability in the country and costs our economy some £26 billion a year, let alone destroying…29 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, the Government rightly accepted the Bellamy review’s recommendations on criminal legal aid, one of which was the establishment of an independent advisory board. When…28 Mar 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsThe initiatives that the Government have introduced are very welcome. One of those is the pre-recorded cross-examination under section 28, but, to make that work, there has to be…28 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandDoes my right hon. Friend agree that another great virtue of this framework agreement, which is much to be commended, is that it enables us to resolve the issues in a way that…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI hope very much that, later today, we will hear news of help for motorists and small businesses, but motorists and small businesses in Bromley and the rest of outer London are…15 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI have great faith in the legal input of the Attorney General and the advice of senior Treasury counsel on the Bill. My hon. Friend is right about that. Some of us will look to…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI echo the words of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) in saying that we need some calm and seriousness in this debate. Tone is…13 Mar 2023HANSARDMusicians: Cost of LivingMany musicians are self-employed and lose out on cost of living payments, particularly early on in their careers, because of the operation of the minimum income floor. They have…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillI am sure the hon. Gentleman is right. This can apply to particular communities and to particular sectors. I suspect it is not deliberate, as I do not believe Ministers are…06 Mar 2023