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HANSARD Finance BillDoes my hon. Friend and neighbour agree that the reason why people are driven to suicide, and why a high proportion of those affected are so stressed about the loan charge, as has…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillWill the Minister give way?01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillMy hon. Friend is right that HMRC has said it will not be taking people’s homes, but is she aware, as I am, that bailiffs on behalf of HMRC are locking people out of their own…01 Jul 2020HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance BudgetWhether the Government plan to ring-fence the budget for official development assistance in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Robertson. Thank you very much for your contribution, Mr Fairhurst. In response to the last question,…30 Jun 2020HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance BudgetThose with long memories will remember the Pergau dam scandal of the 1990s, when the High Court found that the Government had unlawfully provided aid in exchange for a lucrative…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I rise in support of amendments 37, 45 and 46, standing in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North.…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)My apologies. Amendments 37, 45 and 46 relate to under-21s. I wish that they went a little older, possibly to 25, because they consider the issue of maturity. I declare a certain…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. As others have said, it would have been better if there had been proper risk assessments of a number of aspects of the Bill, because many…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Thank you.30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Professor Silke, we have covered the issue of prisoners, but what impact do you think the changes to the TPIM regime will have on public safety? Professor Silke: I am not a fan…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Is the potential for deradicalisation among those prisoners there in the same way as it is for those prisoners you talked about earlier? Mark Fairhurst: Yes, without a doubt. At…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Second sitting)Q Are there any other measures for the rehabilitation of terrorist offenders that you would like to see in the Bill? Peter Dawson: I do not think there is anything that I would…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Second sitting)Q You said that in normal circumstances the test is 80% to 90% accurate. My hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North raised questions about those with mental health problems and…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Second sitting)Q My last question was about non-English speakers. Professor Grubin: We do test with interpreters, and they seem to work just as well. Again, it does take training for the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Second sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe, on my first Bill Committee. Mr Dawson, I want to pick up on the length of sentence. You say, in your submission,…25 Jun 2020HANSARDReferral-to-Treatment Waiting ListsWhat recent assessment he has made of trends in the length of referral-to-treatment waiting lists.23 Jun 2020HANSARDReferral-to-Treatment Waiting ListsTo address the inevitable increase in waiting times for non-covid treatments, back in March the Government contracted private health providers to supply some 8,000 bed spaces at a…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Public Health England ReviewWhat steps she has taken in response to the findings on the risks of covid-19 for BAME people in Public Health England’s report entitled “COVID-19: review of disparities in risks…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Public Health England ReviewGiven the delays between publishing the report and publishing the recommendations, and the likely delay now in implementing those recommendations, how do the Government propose to…17 Jun 2020