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HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI rise to speak on the merger of DFID with the Foreign Office. This is an estimates debate, but the decision as to whether International Development and the Foreign Office should…09 Jul 2020HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI am not going to give way, because many others want to speak. The Labour Government of 1997 to 2010 created DFID, following the Pergau dam scandal. It demonstrated our Labour…09 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonI absolutely agree with my other honourable neighbour. She is absolutely right, because while London has the lowest car ownership in the UK, it does not take a lot of additional…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonIf the Government have done an impact assessment on this, I do not believe that they have yet shared it with TfL, the Deputy Mayor or the Mayor of London. I would like to pose…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To quote the brilliant Josh from Lewisham again, public transport is a lifeline for so many of our young people. So far, the Transport…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonIt is good to see my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Meg Hillier) in her place, and it is a particular pleasure to see the Minister in her place and to be…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonAbsolutely. We keep hearing in this House how universal credit and the other benefits just do not keep up with the real cost of living in London. My hon. Friend is absolutely…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonOne fifth of London’s secondary school children travel across borough boundaries and many travel long distances to go to the school of their choice, or even the only school that…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: 60% of children in London schools are BAME, and of course we know that those communities are affected the most. Josh Brown-Smith, who is a…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonI absolutely agree with my neighbour’s point. My son went to Richmond upon Thames College, and many students journey from far too far away to be able to cycle. As she so rightly…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonI believe that they have not. They certainly did not discuss the implications because it came, as I said, out of the blue. It is good to know that local authorities are assessing…08 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageBrentford’s Watermans arts centre, like many arts centres across London, brings arts to all types of communities that do not access the west end. Watermans’ director is grateful…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I apologise for not being present to hear my hon. Friend’s earlier speech, which I gather was excellent, as I was in the House. Does he agree that deradicalisation programmes are…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I entirely accept the important point that the Minister raises and how the issue is about severity. However, Labour Members keep raising the point about maturity. Whether it is…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting so clearly the risk of lone offenders, who are often not clearly linked to any particular organised network and are operating off not much…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)As the Minister said, the Bill brings a new facet to criminal justice by creating the serious terrorism sentence in an earlier clause but removing early release for those who…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Can I just be clear? For certain offences, under-18s will be treated in exactly the same way as adults when being sentenced. If I have got that wrong, can the Minister please…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)What the hon. Gentleman says would be fine if we had that review of the Prevent programme and the programmes in prison. As several of my colleagues have said, the Bill does not…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)That is what I was going to say. I think there needs to be a review of this, as and when it is implemented.02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)The Bar Council is a very authoritative body that needs to be listened to when we are introducing legislation that affects issues such as sentencing. On the POA point, Peter…02 Jul 2020