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HANSARD Public Order BillIt is a pleasure to follow all the contributions that have been made today. As you know, Madam Deputy Speaker, and as many of my hon. Friends have said, we were disappointed with…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThe hon. Gentleman is talking about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which we on this side of the House opposed, in part because of its punitive measures against…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillI am not sure that today is the right day to be talking about people who have broken lockdown rules. Perhaps the hon. Member has not seen some of the pictures that the rest of us…23 May 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe right hon. Member brings a lot of experience to the House, and I listen to him carefully. I agree with him about noisy neighbours, which are a distressing part of my case load…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI ask the Minister back: where is the evidence that residents have asked for this change in legislation? [ Interruption. ] I see no evidence that anybody has asked for this change…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy inbox—I do not know about the Minister’s—is full of emails asking us to vote against the Government’s provisions today. I have not had a single one asking me to vote in favour.25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy hon. Friend is right. I am proud to have campaigned with Jane Hutt. She knows what she is talking about, and she delivers results—something that this Government could learn…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am sorry that the Minister finds himself bored by the democratic process, but this is the process, and sadly he has to come to the Dispatch Box to engage in this debate. There…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I do not mind how noisy the Minister is; I do not want to curtail his right to be as noisy as he likes. We are debating one topic: the right to…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe point we are trying to make is that there is a balance to be struck between what is reasonable in protests and what is not. We believe that the right to protest is not an…25 Apr 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsShocking new figures today show that sexual offence victims face the longest ever wait for their day in court, with some rape victims waiting four years. The Conservatives seem to…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat is an interesting point. Thank goodness for those protests and for our right to protest in that way. It is not fair and not right to force the police to make political…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Drug CrimeI was talking about online drugs and how easy it is for kids to buy them. Fiona Spargo-Mabbs, an inspirational woman in my constituency—the Minister will share a platform with her…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Drug CrimeI will. I always have so many questions for the Minister, as I am sure he appreciates. I will draw my comments to a close with the Prime Minister’s own words: “It’s that much…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Drug CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. It looks as though we are going to be called for a vote imminently. I congratulate the hon. Member for Keighley…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateDoes the Prime Minister think that he broke the law?19 Apr 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillNo, it is not.28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the Minister for his radical reformist speech. I had not realised he was in favour of such reform of the House of Lords. There are three topics for debate today: the Food…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIndeed the Minister can heckle me from a seated position, but it does not make him right. Under the provisions in this Bill, protesters could be criminalised if the police…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. At this significant historical moment when millions of people across the world are protesting against what is happening in Ukraine, we…28 Mar 2022