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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Can I ask one question on protest?18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q It is a very specific question. There has been a lot of talk in the debate about protests and the ability of, for example, ambulances to get to where they need to get to. Can we…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for the campaigning work that you have done to get us to the point of getting the covenant actioned. It is great. Can I ask Paul about pre-charge bail? What are your…18 May 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillThe Minister has made a lengthy speech on this occasion, perhaps trying to ensure that others have less time to speak. I am glad that he took an intervention from the Father of…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillMy hon. Friend has raised that point many times, and he is standing up for his constituents in a way that I am afraid that this Government will not. What do the Government care…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillThe Sunday Times reported two days ago that the Bank of England is worried that “Britain’s building safety scandal could cause a new financial crisis.” The Bank is worried about…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillThe Minister is shouting names at me from a sedentary position, but he is not answering the question. I do not want to be right. I do not want that to be what the Government care…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Rights to ProtestIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) made some slightly misguided remarks about what we are debating…26 Apr 2021HANSARDTrespassIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I want to begin by thanking everyone who signed the petition and all the individuals and organisations that have spent…19 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI am pleased that so many Members have put in to speak today. I will keep my remarks fairly brief, but I want to make three points. First, thank goodness I am not standing at this…22 Mar 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. The plight of people in shared ownership properties is dire and needs to be looked at by the Government, as does the plight of the many…22 Mar 2021HANSARDCrime ReductionThe shadow Home Secretary will speak about the violence last night in his remarks. I simply want to say that there is never an excuse for violence, and as shadow Policing…22 Mar 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I have a sense of déjà vu, because we have been saying all this for some time, as have Members across the House. Of course the…22 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to focus my brief remarks on how the Chancellor could deliver growth in south London. Over many years, as house prices have risen in…04 Mar 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, and I do not doubt her sincerity or the work that she has done on this since becoming a Member of Parliament, but I fundamentally…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillThe hon. Member is absolutely right. We heard from a lady this morning that the cost of insurance for her small block had gone up from £30,000 a year to £500,000 a year. We heard…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillThe hon. Member said, “I am not saying it would not affect the value of that property”, and that is the key. This issue should not be affecting the value of the property when…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillMy hon. Friend is completely right. There is the idea that someone would have a long-term loan where they pay £50 a month. If someone needs to pay off a £20,000 loan, and that…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI hear what the hon. Member says, but whether we should have a system in law whereby we check that a lift is safe is really not that complicated. Of course there are experts, but…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I have had many similar cases in my constituency, with people just trying to get to the bottom of what the issues are, and meanwhile they…24 Feb 2021