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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)On a point of order, Mr McCabe. I think the Minister has misinterpreted what I said. I had protests against me that were rallying the crowds, which led to the exact same…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)Would those actions not already be criminal activity under existing legislation?08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)I wonder whether the bar would be set at exactly the same level if the music were not classical, but heavy metal. Are we getting into a really subjective area here?08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)The march in Hong Kong that my hon. Friend refers to shut down the city. We, as a country, have been very outspoken about China’s action towards those protestors, for…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)It is very obvious that this is a contentious topic, and the one that has gained the most media attention for this Bill. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for being generous; it is appreciated. On the examples I supplied, her response was that the existing legislation ought to be covering the point. She…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)Let me give an example that I am sure everyone in this room will have experience of, as I have. An MP might be speaking at a demo or rally and a group of people feel the need to…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for her clarity on that. I completely support her point when violence is being done or emergency services are being blocked and the disruption is in no way…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)Can the Minister give an example of an occasion when the current sentence has not been proportionate, in her opinion? Is she looking at custodial sentences and considering the…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)It absolutely is. My hon. Friend lays a very startling future before us. It might not even get to the Home Secretary—it might be an individual police officer who makes the call,…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)Sorry, Minister? I do not think that the reality on the ground—the reality that the Home Office acknowledges—backs up what the other Minister is saying about reasonable,…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I hear what the Minister says about cloning and the risk that it is not suitable for admission in court. Will the Minister comment on a kindness that could be done—giving a clone…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I did not mean to be used in court. I meant for the individual who has lost their one contact with home—that they could get a copy or a print-out of photos, rather than the device…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend talks about the being able to access the device only if there is a reasonable line of inquiry. Should the police or investigating body also look to follow that…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I can only speak from my constituency experience, but many women have come to me having gone to report offences against them in childhood or rape offences against them. They are…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I think we all—well, most of us—got a fantastic briefing from Big Brother Watch, Amnesty, End Violence Against Women and so on. Within that, they refer to these things as digital…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I hear everything the Minister is saying and it is very plausible, but I want to challenge her assertions on necessary, proportionate and clear lines of inquiry, based on the…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend would be making an incredibly powerful argument if she was making it on behalf of the criminals, but she is actually making it on behalf of the victims of crime.…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)This relates to amendments of mine that will be debated later. I wonder whether something needs to be inserted about language competency. My amendments deal with asylum seekers…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for all the points she made, which, to be quite honest, are common sense, but would cause a huge shift in victims’ and survivors’ perceptions of their…27 May 2021